National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 5153 (Terracing: 3865, Seating: 1185, VIP seats: 103) Faraz samsami started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After a rather tough play, U21 China's Shi Ming Sheng got a free kick in the 4th minute. In the 7thth minute of the game Faraz samsami who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but U21 China's 陆悦宁 was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Hooshang Haghighi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Shi Ming Sheng's shot from short distance in the 10th minute. U21 China's Tang Yuan Xiang got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After 13 minutes, Faraz samsami mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the U21 Iran and the U21 China players grew even worse after the yellow card. U21 China's D.J. 范志义 was substituted for 刘彬杰. Faraz samsami hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. 宋鹏西 received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Hooshang Haghighi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Farzan Alinejad fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without 陆悦宁 having to interfere. Hooshang Haghighi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 顾旭洋 in the 28th minute of the match. Hooshang Haghighi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shi Ming Sheng in the 31st minute of play. 宋鹏西 fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hooshang Haghighi having to interfere. After 36 minutes of play, U21 China's 顾旭洋 made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hooshang Haghighi was left in no man's land by his defense there! Tang Yuan Xiang's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Hooshang Haghighi read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 39th minute of play. Hooshang Haghighi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 顾旭洋 in the 40th minute of the match. In the 42nd minute, Tang Yuan Xiang hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Faraz samsami's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 陆悦宁 was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. Saeed Narimani hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match.

The wind increased when Shi Ming Sheng made the kick off in the second half. Hooshang Haghighi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 宋鹏西 in the 52nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that 宋鹏西's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Hooshang Haghighi was relentless in the 53rd minute of the game. Hooshang Haghighi made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tang Yuan Xiang in the 55th minute. 55 minutes into the game, Shi Ming Sheng lined in a short shot 1-2 behind a frustrated Hooshang Haghighi. Tang Yuan Xiang struck a weak shot in the 62nd minute. Hooshang Haghighi didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for U21 China. After 67 minutes of play, U21 China's 顾旭洋 made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hooshang Haghighi was left in no man's land by his defense there! 71 minutes into the game, U21 China's Shi Ming Sheng nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hooshang Haghighi made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-4. Hooshang Haghighi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 顾旭洋 in the 73rd minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, 顾旭洋 notched a goal, 1-5, to the right of U21 Iran's Hooshang Haghighi. Hooshang Haghighi was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. U21 China's 彭冰俊 was substituted for Shi Ming Sheng. After some fancy dribbling in the 79th minute, Wei Qi Yi managed to get in a good position for a shot. U21 China's supporters rose to their feet, but Wei Qi Yi was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Hooshang Haghighi breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Wei Qi Yi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Hooshang Haghighi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. U21 China's 陆悦宁 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Faraz samsami in the 85th minute of play. 86 minutes into the match, U21 Iran's goal looked a bit too open when Tang Yuan Xiang came free, but Hooshang Haghighi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 88 minutes into the match, U21 Iran's goal looked a bit too open when 彭冰俊 came free, but Hooshang Haghighi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as U21 China's 龙挺锋 slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Hooshang Haghighi. That made the score 1-6 after 91 minutes of play. U21 Iran's Hooshang Haghighi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 彭冰俊 in the 94th minute of play. 彭冰俊's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 95thth minute, Hooshang Haghighi skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. When the final whistle sounded U21 China left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than U21 Iran.