League

Battle
Spectators: 10000 (Terracing: 7500, Seating: 2300, VIP seats: 200) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Farzan Alinejad got the match started through his kick off. Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Shahram Bagheri, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 10th minute, Javad Talebi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 13 minutes into the match, Kermanshah's goalkeeper Mohammad Hamidi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Parham Taghavi. 15 minutes into the match, Battle's goal looked a bit too open when Ahmad Akbari came free, but Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 19th minute Shahram Bagheri shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Parham Taghavi fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Mohammad Hamidi having to interfere. 27 minutes into the game, Amir Parsa Omidvar was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Kermanshah's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Battle the free kick. Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Kermanshah's Ahmad Akbari. But to his dismay, Ahmad Akbari quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. Battle's Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shahram Bagheri in the 41st minute of play. Mohammad Hamidi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Farzan Alinejad in the 44th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Parham Taghavi got free with Mohammad Hamidi in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After the first half Kermanshah were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ahmad Akbari to make the kick off. Shahram Bagheri sent away a hard shot on goal in the 52nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Javad Talebi received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün came out and tried to block the shot, but Javad Talebi slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 56th minute. Mohammad Hamidi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Parham Taghavi in the 63rd minute of the match. Mohammad Hamidi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Parham Taghavi in the 67th minute of the match. Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Shahram Bagheri sent off a good shot on target. In the 71st minute, Javad Talebi reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün. The goal made the score 0-3. A collision led to Battle getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Parham Taghavi hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmad Akbari in the 76th minute of play forced Battle's goalkeeper Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Farzan Alinejad sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 87 minutes into the match, Battle's goalkeeper Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Amir Parsa Omidvar. Battle's Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmad Akbari in the 89th minute of play. 92 minutes into the match, Battle's goalkeeper Ahmet Koralp Şafakgün had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Shahram Bagheri. The Kermanshah supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Kermanshah would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.