Persepolis

PLDC - Tehran, Fourteen teams played today, and Esteghlal Tehran will visit Esteghlal Khuzestan tomorrow in Ahvaz to conclude the 7th week of the Iran Pro League.


Foolad visited Persepolis in Azadi Stadium and hoped to get at least one point. However, The Reds of Tehran started the game very strong and got two early goals, coming from Farzad Hatami (6' Own Goal) and Jalal Hosseini (12'). This gave Persepolis great momentum and confidence in the first half, and the Tehran giants ended the period with their two goal margin. In the 69th minute, Payam Sadeghian sent a beautiful pass to Seyed Salehi in the penalty box, and with a simple but accurate touch, Salehi gave The Reds a three goal lead. In the 77th minute, Omid Alishah received his second yellow card, for what the referee believed to be a dive, and was sent off. In the dying moments of the match, Sharifat score for Foolad, and the match ended 3-1.

Sepahan visited Damash in Rasht, and this match ended 1-1. Djalovich scored for the Yellows of Esfahan in the 43rd minute, and Seifollahi scored for Damash in the 69th minute. Although this was a low-scoring match, the referee gave each team three yellow cards: Seifollahi, Mohammadi, and Hassan Zadeh from Damash, and Aghily, Ahmadi, and Hajsafi from Sepahan.

Saba defeated Fajr Sepasi 3-0 in Qom. The goalscorers were Sadeghi (54'), F. Karimi (90+2') and A. Ebrahimi (90+5').

Malavan defeated Mes in Kerman, with a score of 3-1. Rahmani (7'), Rafkhaei (28') and Daghagheleh (85') all scored a goal for the White Swans of Bandar Anzali. And Bekric scored the only goal for Mes in the 59th minute.

Rah Ahan lost 2-1 at home to Gostaresh. Rah Ahan took the lead in first half with a goal from Pashaei (32'). Bayrami scored for Gostaresh in the 52nd minute. And Noormohammadi scored on his own net in the 74th minute, which ended the game in his opponents favour.

Tractor Sazi won their home-game against Saipa in Yadegar Emam Stadium. Nosrati scored a late goal (90') to give the Red Wolves three crucial points.

Zob Ahan won 3-2 at home against Naft Tehran. The Greens of Esfahan's goals came from Rajabzadeh (9'), Arab (33') and Farhadi (64'). Ghorbani (68') and Alenemeh (94') scored for Naft, but the Tehrani team failed to gain any points from this away match. This important victory helped Zob Ahan climb to the 9th position of the league table.

Video of Iran Pro League week 7

By: Arman Tamjidi
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