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Kermanshah Arena
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After a rather tough play, Kermanshah's Farzam Tamadon got a free kick in the 7th minute. After 9 played minutes Kermanshah got a freekick which was hit by Anoushiravan Hashemian. 11 minutes into the match, Kermanshah's goal looked a bit too open when Siamak Fazel came free, but Zakaria Alinejad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zakaria Alinejad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kasra Mirzaei in the 13th minute of the match. 15 minutes into the game, sam Abadian cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Zakaria Alinejad was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Kermanshah's Zakaria Alinejad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by sam Abadian in the 19th minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet as Kermanshah's Heydar Kazemi slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Mohammad Reza Karobi. That made the score 1-1 after 21 minutes of play. Zakaria Alinejad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kasra Mirzaei in the 25th minute of the match. Ardavan Hojjati who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 27thth minute tested the skills of Mohammad Reza Karobi when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 31st minute of the match Abou Ali Javaherian shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mohammad Reza Karobi showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. A collision led to Petros United getting a freekick after 32 minutes play. Behnam Memarzadeh hit a great ball. When Daryoush Zahraei came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Petros United fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Daryoush Zahraei couldn't finish the play. sam Abadian received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Zakaria Alinejad tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After having played for 40 minutes, Ardavan Hojjati managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Kermanshah's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ardavan Hojjati was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Farzin Samereh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ardavan Hojjati to make the kick off. In the 59th minute Heydar Kazemi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mohammad Reza Karobi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Siamak Fazel kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Zakaria Alinejad. That made the score 1-2 in the 61 minute of play. Mohammad Reza Karobi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ardavan Hojjati, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Serjik Sohrabpour had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 66th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 69th minute, Siamak Fazel made a precise shot to the right of Zakaria Alinejad. Kermanshah's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-3. Mohammad Reza Karobi didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Ardavan Hojjati went, in the 74th minute, to the upper right corner, 2-3 was the resulting score. With an all-out effort, Petros United's Zakaria Alinejad threw himself towards the right post 77 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from sam Abadian, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Siamak Fazel's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Zakaria Alinejad firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 80th minute, Siamak Fazel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zakaria Alinejad was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. 83 minutes into the match, Petros United's goal looked a bit too open when Ardavan Hojjati came free, but Mohammad Reza Karobi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Farhang Taghavi during the 85th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 84th minute, one of Petros United:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Petros United. Zakaria Alinejad made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Kasra Mirzaei sent off a good shot on target. Siamak Fazel fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zakaria Alinejad having to interfere. Siamak Fazel's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Zakaria Alinejad firmly grabbed it by the left post.