Tehran - Saipa pulverized the visiting Barq 6-0 in the seventh week of the
fifth Iran pro league in Shariati stadium in Karaj, 35 km west of Tehran,
Friday.
Majid Ayoubi put Saipa ahead in the 37th minute when he headed home a Hamid-Reza
Rajabi corner.
The home team doubled the scoring nine minutes into the second half as
Mohsen Khalili sent a set piece from Massoud Shojaei past keeper Reza
Haj-Osbouei with a header.
Saipa hit the third two minutes later. Amir Vaziri clutched on to a through
ball to beat Osbouei in a man-to-man challenge.
Barq conceded the fourth goal on 57 minutes. Shojaei found the net, heading
home an Ayoubi cross.
Osbouei was forced to take the ball out of the net in the 59th minute
following a cross from Darioush Yazdani and a goal-bound header by Rajabi.
Vaziri completed the visitor's rout on 65 minutes when his header kissed the
net.
Fajr-e Sepassi, Saba fight to draw
Fajr-e Sepassi and Saba Battery struggled to a
1-1 tie in the seventh week of the fifth Iran pro league in Hafezieh stadium
in southern capital city of Shiraz Friday.
The visitor took the lead seven minutes from the break when the advancing
defender Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh beat Fajr goalie Hossein Ashna with a header.
Fajr came close to equalizer in the 42nd minute when Mojtaba Zarei was
brought down by Mohsen Soltani, leaving the referee Hedayat Mombini with no
option but show the penalty spot.
But Hashem Beikzadeh failed to convert the spot-kick as keeper Asghar
Karamollahi spectacularly palmed away the ball.
The home side, however, leveled the match in the 54th minute when Vahid
Rezaei curled home a free-kick from just behind the box.
Fajr moved up one place from rock bottom, occupying the 15th slot on meager
five points and the the league cup-winning Saba Battery lies in the 10th
place with eight points.
