Official Cup

Red Arena
Spectators: 196 (Terracing: 148, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) Red Army's Ali Karimi started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Dan Siggman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 2nd minute. Jalal Shakouri tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Siamak Fazeli might have been able to make a better finish in the 13th 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. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ali Karimi in the 15th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jesper Lindqvist saved Kumla BK from getting behind. After 16 minutes Kumla BK's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ali Karimi who took care of the corner kick. Red Army's Siamak Fazeli was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jesper Lindqvist in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. The crowd rose to their feet as Ali Karimi kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Jesper Lindqvist. That made the score 1-0 in the 18 minute of play. Edmond Bezik received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jesper Lindqvist came out and tried to block the shot, but Edmond Bezik slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 20th minute. When Ali Karimi 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 Ali Karimi couldn't finish the play. Ali Karimi 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. Jesper Lindqvist made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Amir Parsa Hamidi sent off a good shot on target. After a rather tough play, Red Army's Siamak Fazeli got a free kick in the 35th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dan Siggman in the 38th minute of play forced Red Army's goalkeeper Jalal Shakouri to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jesper Lindqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Karimi in the 39th minute of the match. In the 47th minute, Soheil Mahdavikia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Felix Sundberg fell near the penalty area in the 49th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kumla BK's protests and gave Felix Sundberg a yellow card for diving instead. Felix Sundberg hit a great freekick 49 minutes into the match. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dan Siggman to make the kick off. In the 59th match minute, Kumla BK was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isaac Apelqvist to maneuver through the defense. In the 62nd minute, Ali Karimi hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Kumla BK's Johannes Ahlquist got a free kick in the 66th minute. Jesper Lindqvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ali Karimi in the 69th minute of play. Roland Vesterberg hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Siamak Fazeli received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 78th minute. Jesper Lindqvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Amir Parsa Hamidi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jesper Lindqvist showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Siamak Fazeli, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. The Red Army fans' excitement grew in the 84th match minute when Red Army's Ali Karimi looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 89thth minute of the game Ali Karimi who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Kumla BK's Jesper Lindqvist was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. A collision led to Kumla BK getting a freekick after 90 minutes play. Simon Västberg hit a great ball. In the 92nd minute of the match Ali Karimi shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Jesper Lindqvist showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Jesper Lindqvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ali Karimi in the 93rd minute of the match. Siamak Fazeli fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jesper Lindqvist having to interfere. Red Army walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.