Official Cup

Siverbo Arena
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) If Arash Esmaeeli had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jesper Lindqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Arash Esmaeeli in the 5th minute of play. Karim Tamadon charged in rather forcefully in the 10th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Karim Tamadon the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Karim Tamadon hit a great freekick 10 minutes into the match. Red Army's Abtin Sadeqi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peter Salqvist in the 11th minute of play. 13 minutes into the match, Red Army's goal looked a bit too open when Ulf Ahlqvist came free, but Abtin Sadeqi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Abtin Sadeqi came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by Kumla BK's Peter Salqvist. But to his dismay, Peter Salqvist quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. In the 16th match minute, Red Army was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ramtin Hasanzadeh to maneuver through the defense. Abtin Sadeqi made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Peter Salqvist sent off a good shot on target. When Roozbeh Nakisa came up free with the goalie in the 24th minute, the Red Army 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 Roozbeh Nakisa couldn't finish the play. Egil Hedlund hit a great freekick 25 minutes into the match. When Ali Karimi came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Red Army 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 Ali Karimi couldn't finish the play. Jesper Lindqvist didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Arash Esmaeeli went, in the 29th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Jesper Lindqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Roozbeh Nakisa, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Arash Esmaeeli managed to get in a good position for a shot. Red Army's supporters rose to their feet, but Arash Esmaeeli was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jesper Lindqvist breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 43 minutes had been played when some careless play by Kumla BK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ali Karimi was slow to take the kick. During this time Red Army's players had a chance to rest. Arash Esmaeeli struck a weak shot in the 45th minute. Jesper Lindqvist didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Red Army. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 1-2 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Peter Salqvist was the one to do the kick off. Red Army's Arash Esmaeeli got a good chance for a goal in the 52nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Jesper Lindqvist didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Red Army's Ali Karimi shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-3 in the ordered_time% minute. After 59 played minutes Kumla BK got a freekick which was hit by Peter Salqvist. 60 minutes into the game, Roozbeh Nakisa recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Jesper Lindqvist. Roozbeh Nakisa showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-4. Ali Karimi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 63rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Siamak Fazeli might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jesper Lindqvist. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Siamak Fazeli ran back to his position shaking his head. Siamak Fazeli could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 65th minute of the match, but Jesper Lindqvist made a huge save. In the 69th minute, Arash Esmaeeli 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. An unexpected shot in the 71st minute by Roozbeh Nakisa got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 74 minutes into the match, Kumla BK's goalkeeper Jesper Lindqvist had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Roozbeh Nakisa. In the 76th minute, Red Army's Roozbeh Nakisa ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jesper Lindqvist. Jesper Lindqvist yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-5. A collision led to Red Army getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Siamak Fazeli hit a great ball. Ali Karimi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 87th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 87 minutes of play, Red Army's Roozbeh Nakisa made it 1-7 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jesper Lindqvist was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Kumla BK fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Red Army were clearly better and deserved to take the win.