IRNA - Some 50,000 die-hard fans stopped waving
their blue flags as the below-strength Esteqlal lost eagerly-awaited derby to its archrival Perspolis Friday. In front of some 100,000 partisan fans in a newly-repaired
packed Azadi Stadium, 100 km west of Tehran, Perspolis possessed both ball and field as the Slovak referee announced the kickoff. The sky was reddened one minute later when the unmarked
advancing defender Yahya Golmohammadi slotted home a Karim Baqeri corner from a close range. Perspolis came close to the second goal five minutes later but
striker Reza Jabbari sent a loose ball in the six-yard box wide above the bar. Esteqlal minimized the gap when the fast-packed striker Ali
Reza Akbarpour escaped from an offside trap and dribbled past a diving
Karimi, side-footing the ball into an empty net in the 63rd minute. Winning 41 points, Perspolis jumped to the second place and
Esteqlal of Tehran dropped to the seventh spot.
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- Persianleague
- - Jun 13, 2003
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