Azimieh 1 - 5 Resident (377537489)

1143 spectators arrived at Ahmad Arena, where weather conditions were pretty good for football. Yağmur Alasay was the appointed referee with assistance provided by David Gómez and Ko Broekhof. Azimieh started off with a 3-4-3 lineup. The following players had been chosen: Remón - 斎藤 (Saito), Eggenberger, Cazac - Beyer, Furacão, Serreau, Erretureta - Risgaard, van Kas, Kaldoja.

Resident decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Lineup: Hajjar - Imani, Amir Moez, Ebrahim Nejad, Adabi - Esmaeilzaei, Atyabi, Haji Gholikhani, Razzaghi - Bairami, Edrisipour.

Azimieh were mostly trying to use their skill at attacking on the flanks. The strategy for Resident was to use their ability to press. 2 minutes into the game, Azimieh seemed to suffer a certain amount of confusion and they fell to a poor level of organisation. 16 minutes into the game, G. Furacão had to leave the pitch due to a knee injury. In came N. Amengual. The Azimieh captaincy was handed to A. Remón. 28 minutes into the game, F. Razzaghi almost gave the visitors the lead, as he clipped a delicate lob over the keeper, but the ball glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. The visiting N. Adabi was booed thoroughly by the home crowd 32 minutes into the game, after he broke through the middle and scored, resulting in the visitors taking the lead. 0 - 1 was the score. After 34 minutes, an incisive pass through the middle gave A. Bairami a chance to increase the lead for Resident, and he did not disappoint. The score was then 0 - 2. Resident's talent at pressing frustrated the spectators as the game became a dire midfield struggle. It was 0 - 2 at the break. Resident had most of the ball, with 70 percent of possession.

A review of the gameplan helped Azimieh get back to a passable organisation when the referee blew his whistle again. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Resident coach let A. Afsordeh replace A. Haji Gholikhani after 46 minutes. M. Ebrahim Nejad wanted to play on, but the Resident coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 47 minutes into the game by K. Ahadpour. A drive down the left side allowed A. Edrisipour to get in close and score another goal for Resident after 53 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 3. By now, the players in Resident felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. The coach of Resident was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 60 minutes, J. Kianfar came on for F. Razzaghi. The home crowd was not impressed when A. Bairami came in from the right, shooting hard to score after 72 minutes. Resident were now up 0 - 4. Azimieh's T. van Kas managed a superb strike from the left after 82 minutes that would have left goalkeeper A. Hajjar without a chance, had it not hit the post. After 84 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Azimieh found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to inadequate. 85 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 5 as H. Imani finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. T. van Kas's speed is always a threat when he gets a little room to move, and 86 minutes into the match was no different as he broke free of his man to send a delightful through ball to L. Risgaard who knocked it in for Azimieh. 1 - 5! With 88 minutes of the game having been played, A. Afsordeh received a blow to the hip in a collision and was unable to continue. Resident, with no available replacements, now faced the prospect of finishing the game with a reduced number of players. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Resident, with 58 percent of the ball.

Most important Azimieh player was A. Remón. U. Erretureta turned in a dismal performance, however. A. Edrisipour performed admirably for Resident. J. Kianfar on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 1 - 5.