mojearam281 0 - 3 esteghlale (389321283)

Clouds darkened the skies at mojearam281 Arena as 10409 spectators turned up for the match. Odón Salas was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Odón Crespo and Mehrshad Behzadpour. mojearam281 tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players took the field: Hafez - Emad, Ayati, Salehizadeh, Galavi - Abtahi, Parastesh, Kheradmand, Firouzabadi - Zarandi, Motahari.

esteghlale decided to use a 5-4-1 set up. The following players had been chosen: Tjäder - Bruneel, Ocampo, Ansermet, Amstein, Eskandarian - Lakaniemi, Lapeira Lizarra, Jones, Häikiö - Kratzer.

Counter-attacking seemed to be the preferred strategy of esteghlale. After 2 minutes a well-practised indirect free kick routine by esteghlale was easily anticipated by the defenders. The players forward were so well marked, they were left with few viable options. mojearam281's L. Ayati was shown a yellow card after 18 minutes for slicing down an opponent. Due to a severely mistimed tackle, A. Lakaniemi of esteghlale spent some time on the grass writhing in agony before he could get up and continue the game. After 32 minutes, the defensive line of mojearam281 created a counterattack through the middle that gave M. Zarandi a good look at the goal, but his shot glanced harmlessly off the crossbar. The opposing supporters gave the referee an earful when he only gave K. Abtahi from mojearam281 a yellow card after a mistimed challenge from behind 33 minutes into the game. That was far too lenient! esteghlale were forced into a substitution as E. Bruneel couldn't continue due to some rough treatment, forcing D. Mischie to come in off the bench. D. Ocampo had a good try after 36 minutes, coming in on a fine move from the left, but the ball went wide. Halftime score was 0 - 0. esteghlale claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 61 percent.

K. Abtahi managed to make an excellent pass from the flank, but M. Zarandi was not as skillfull in scoring. 75 minutes into the game, N. Jones had a great chance to put his team ahead, but his kick from the left went wide. esteghlale's N. Jones managed to lose the defenders as he advanced down the right wing and scored, putting the visitors ahead after 76 minutes. 0 - 1. 83 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as M. Kratzer finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. D. Ocampo of esteghlale took advantage of a mistake on the home side's right after 83 minutes which increased the away team's lead to 0 - 3. M. Kratzer of esteghlale received a yellow card after 84 minutes for unsportsmanlike behaviour. esteghlale enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 68 percent of possession.

Most important mojearam281 player was M. Zarandi. M. Hafez turned in a dismal performance, however. The most dominating esteghlale player was without a doubt M. Kratzer. On the other hand, D. Ocampo's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 3.