Last-gasp goal gives Saba League Cup quarters spot

MNA – Yadollah Akbari scored a stoppage-time winner to give Saba Battery a 2-1 victory over visiting Barq in Sabashahr, southwest of Tehran, Sunday and a place in Iran’s League Cup quarterfinals.

Former national defender Yahya Golmohammadi put home side ahead five minutes after kickoff, but his opener was canceled out by Barq striker Mehrdad Karimian on 72 minutes.

Saba, however, advanced to the last eight as Akbari found the net late in additional time, setting up the match against San’at Naft.

According to the schedule, Persepolis and Moqavemat-e Basij of Fars Province will fight for a quarterfinal berth in Azadi Stadium in Tehran on Feb. 13.