shahin 1 - 5 Sichoon (389294273)

Clear skies welcomed the 22292 spectators who had made their way to Fc shahin barca Force. Elmer Romakkaniemi was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Eugène Mounier and Grigore Dinu. shahin started off with a 4-5-1 lineup. Lineup: Nakov - Poudineh, Afshoun, Ahreman, Ahromi - Ghalenoei, Gerosa, Scaramelli, Cicha, Izmailov - Kārkls.

Sichoon decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. Starters: Amariei - Van Landeghem, Pongó, Antonucci, Bagheri - Serup-Nørgaard, Paraipan, Aegler, Brudło - Peltier, Yusuf.

shahin tried to focus their attacks down the middle. Sichoon used their ability to concentrate their attacks in the middle of the pitch, rather than on the wings. shahin made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left A. Gerosa completely alone with keeper I. Amariei, who made a spectacular block. After 29 minutes, Sichoon put themselves up 0 - 1, as E. Aegler finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. Due to some great work on the right wing shahin's K. Ghalenoei was able to even the score after 30 minutes to make the score 1 - 1. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when E. Aegler was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 31 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! shahin were determined to attack in the middle, even their wing attacks ended up centrally. The terraces were silenced after 36 minutes when Sichoon's E. Aegler put the guests ahead 1 - 2, following an attack on the right. The teams went for the halftime break at 1 - 2. Sichoon claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 55 percent.

M. Yusuf left the field with a smile on his face as he was substituted 46 minutes into the game, as his team was in the lead. A. Andouri was the replacement. F. Peltier received a delicate pass through the home side's central defence after 59 minutes, and chipped it past the flailing keeper to score making it 1 - 3. The Sichoon fans went wild, whilst the home fans started to think about leaving early. With 61 minutes played, Sichoon put themselves up 1 - 4 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was E. Antonucci. By now, the players in Sichoon felt that victory was guaranteed and began to play it safe, focusing on defence and not risking too much going forward. Although the whole team were struggling to impress, shahin's A. Gerosa was singled out as being the problem as he was called off the pitch after 67 minutes. M. Sabouri was given a chance to change things around. The bench was restless, and with 69 minutes passed shahin's coach gave F. Amar the opportunity the player had been hoping for. M. Poudineh reluctantly left the field. G. Izmailov was the new captain of shahin - handed the armband by the departing player. Content with how the game was proceeding, the Sichoon coach let N. Ardalan replace E. Aegler after 70 minutes. The Sichoon players could smell victory in the air. C. Paraipan wasn't in a hurry to leave the field as he was substituted for M. Yari after 75 minutes. With 77 minutes played, N. Scaramelli of shahin fell dramatically just outside the penalty area. However, the referee was unimpressed, and booked him for diving. After 83 minutes, shahin switched G. Izmailov with F. Akhtar Shenas, hoping for a quick impact on the pitch. J. Ahreman was handed the shahin captain's armband. F. Peltier increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 1 - 5. Neither team was controlling the possession at this point in the match, with the stats showing a 50:50 split.

J. Afshoun performed admirably for shahin. F. Amar was a disappointment, however. Sichoon's best player was F. Peltier. I. Amariei turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 1 - 5.