League

Lavendon Park
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 6500, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Atash Pahlavi got the match started through his kick off. With a little luck, Nassaji's Kamran Mansourian got control of the ball when Arzhang Asslibasab tried to sneak it across the goal line. Darab Maleki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 10th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Darab Maleki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Arzhang Asslibasab fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kamran Mansourian having to interfere. Darab Maleki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Lavendon AFC's Siamak Kavianpour got a free kick in the 29th minute. Mehrab Jahromi made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shervin Emad in the 33rd minute of play. 36 minutes into the match, Lavendon AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Darab Maleki came free, but Mehrab Jahromi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Shervin Emad stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Nassaji's Kamran Mansourian played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Atash Pahlavi in the 54th minute of play. Mehrab Jahromi stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Shervin Emad's shot from short distance in the 60th minute. Darab Maleki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Mehrab Jahromi tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Nassaji's Shervin Emad got a good chance for a goal in the 67th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 74th minute Shervin Emad shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mehrab Jahromi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 76th minute, Shervin Emad got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 79 minutes into the match, Lavendon AFC's goalkeeper Mehrab Jahromi had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Darab Maleki. In the 88th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nassaji's goalkeeper Kamran Mansourian, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After 91 minutes of play, Lavendon AFC's Arzhang Asslibasab made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kamran Mansourian was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Lavendon AFC's Siamak Kavianpour got a free kick in the 94th minute. If Darab Maleki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 95th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.