PEI 0 - 2 Man_UNT (379029450)

Clouds darkened the skies at Perspolis as 1244 spectators turned up for the match. Raf Cantin was the appointed referee with assistance provided by William Dall'Armellina and Rango Heyden. PEI had chosen a strategic 3-5-2 formation. They fielded: Pereira Gouveia - Arzápalo, Bösches, Ogiermann - Uznayo, Navidkia, Philippe, Irani, Danninger - Skals, bin Zain.

A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Man_UNT. Starters: Asatiri - Jalali, Amir Yousefi, Haji Rajabi, Atyabi - Eliaszadeh, Barati, Mashhadi, Amirzadegan, Bafti - Rezazadeh.

It was an obvious ambition of PEI to use their ability at attacking on the flanks. For their match strategy, Man_UNT had decided to use their ability to counter-attack whenever possible. The guests took the lead 15 minutes into the match, after a right-side attack resulted in S. Bafti scoring to make it 0 - 1. 19 minutes in, Man_UNT appeared unsure on how to play and their organisation was only solid. It was obvious that PEI had instructions to attack on the wings instead of in the middle. Halftime score was 0 - 1. PEI had most of the ball, with 53 percent of possession.

The coach gave his players an extra tactical briefing during the break, and after that Man_UNT had solid organisation. The coach of Man_UNT was happy with the game so far, but still wanted to change the line up. After 46 minutes, S. Ebrahimi came on for M. Amirzadegan. P. Mashhadi wanted to play on, but the Man_UNT coach had other ideas, and he was replaced 46 minutes into the game by N. Ghelich. The Man_UNT players could smell victory in the air. B. Barati wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for M. Chaharkhatti after 46 minutes. Attacking on the wings was the choice for PEI, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. Man_UNT increased their lead after 73 minutes when H. Atyabi broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 2, much to the home crowd's dismay. After 83 minutes, there was a bit of a mixup on the field as Man_UNT found themselves out of position and their organisation level dropped to solid. Possession in this half belonged to Man_UNT, who controlled the ball 53 percent of the time.

J. Philippe performed admirably for PEI. On the other hand, N. Uznayo's play was disheartening. The most dominating Man_UNT player was without a doubt A. Eliaszadeh. However, S. Bafti made a disastrous appearance. The match ends 0 - 2.