PERSPOLIS 1-1 ESTEGHLAL Full Time
Goals: Ravankhah (4), Khalili (27)
PERSPOLIS: Roudbarian, Sheys, Heydari, Nosrati, Nouri, Bagheri, Kaebi, Nikbakht, Badamaki, Aghaei, Khalili (Mate, 71).
ESTEGHLAL: Taleblou, Sadeghi, Yousefi (Majidi, 70), Montazeri, Jabbari, Koushki, Pouladi, Amirabadi, Ravankhah, Borhani (Alizadeh, 93), Mansourian (Bayat, 45)
Yellow Cards: Bagheri (39, 82), Kaebi (41), Montazeri (40), Koushki (53, 86)
Red Cards: Bagheri (82), Koushki (86)
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13:34: Full Time: 1-1
13:33: SUBSTITUTION: Alizadeh is brought on for Borhani.
13:31: A short back pass by Esteghlal nearly find its way to Kaebi, but Talbelou somehow manages to send the ball to corner, which is wasted by Perspolis.
13:30: 90 minutes are up. There will be 3 minutes for injury time.
13:29: Esteghlal wins a corner. Majidi's effort is deflected over for another corner which is wasted.
13:27: RED CARD ESTEGHLAL - Koushki gets his second yellow card for a foul on Badamaki.
13:25: The resulting free kick by Jabbari hits the wall, and is defended by Perspolis.
13:21: RED CARD PERSPOLIS - Karim Bagheri receives his second yellow card for fouling Ravankhah. Esteghlal were setting up a dangerous counter attack, and Bagheri probably saved a goal by fouling.
13:19: Both teams are now pushing for a win.
13:17: CHANCE FOR ESTEGHLAL - A through ball by Esteghlal reaches Borhani who is one on one with Roudbarian. He delays his shot so much that Perspolis defenders arrive and put the ball out for a corner. The corner goes out.
13:15: Only 15 minutes left.
13:13: CHANCE FOR PERSPOLIS - A corner is worked out to Bagheri, who shoots from 30 yards out. Taleblou has to make a great one handed save to keep the ball out.
13:12: SUBSTITUTION: Majidi comes on for Yousefi, and Mate comes on for Kahlili.
13:11: There is not much to write about at the moment.
13:04: The quality of the game has dropped considerably in the second half.
13:02: A great run by Badamaki who goes in the penalty area. His cut back reaches Nikbakht who shoots high and wide.
12:58: Esteghlal are creating the better chances so far in the second half.
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12:53: YELLOW CARD FOR ESTEGHLAL - Koushki gets booked for a foul on Sheys.
12:51: A great run by Borhani who goes past two defender. He is brought down on the edge of the area. Yousefi's shot hits the wall.
12:49: In the other top of the table clash, Sepahan is beating Esteghlal Ahvaz 1-0. If the results stands, the draw is not good for either Perspolis or Esteghlal.
12:45: Second half in under way.
12:26: HALF TIME 1-1
12:25: CHANCE FOR PERSPOLIS - A free kick is taken quickly, and Nikbakht finds himself free on goal. But Taleblou is out of his goal quickly, and the ball goes out.
12:21: The game cant get going. Every few seconds there is a foul. There are going to be 5 minutes of injury time.
12:19: Khalili is OK, and gets back on the pitch. We are close to half time. There is going to be a lot of injury time at the end of the first half.
12:17: Another foul. This time Pouladi fouls Khalili. He escapes a yellow card, but seems like Khalili is injured.
12:16: YELLOW FOR PERSPOLIS - Kaebi is also booked for a foul on Borhani.
12:16: Coner for Perspolis - Esteghlal defends.
12:15: YELLOW CARD FOR ESTEGHLAL- Montazeri is booked.
12:14: YELLOW CARD FOR PERSPOLIS - Bagheri gets a yellow card for a foul. Jabbari takes the free kick, it goes over.
12:12: 8 minutes left in the first half.
12:09: Bagheri is playing very well for Perspolis. Ravankhah has played well for Esteghlal.
12:07: Esteghlal is trying to come out of its defensive shell. The game has slowed down.
12:03: An Esteghlal attack is broken up by Bagheri who sends Khalili free on goal. Khalili finds himself one on one with Taleblou, and chips the ball over him to make it 1-1.
12:02: GOALLLLLLLL PERSPOLIS
12:00: 25 minutes gone. Still 0-1 to Esteghlal. Nikbakht wins a corner for Perspolis.
11:58: Chance for Perspolis. A high cross is missed by Taleblou, but Nikbakht heads wide.
11:56: After a few moments of Perspolis pressure, Bagheri shoots from distance. It goes wide.
11:54: Perspolis defence looks shaky. Every time Esteghlal attacks they open up Perspolis defence.
11:52: Corner for Esteghlal. It is headed away.
11:51: 16 minutes gone. Perspolis is trying to control the midfield, and Esteghlal is looking for counter attacks.
11:48: Taleblou is OK. He saves a weak Nikbakht shot with ease.
11:45: Taleblou gets up after receiving treatment for 3 minutes.
11:43: A half chance for Perspolis. A cross on Esteghlal's goal, but it is called a foul. Taleblou is injured.
11:40: A great pass by Jabbari to Ravankhah, who goes past a Perspolis defender, and opens the scoring from around 12 yards out. Great start for Esteghlal.
11:39: GOALLLLLLL ESTEGHAL
11:38: A foul by Mansourian on Badamaki. Aghaei takes it for Perspolis, and it is wasted.
11:36: The weather is sunny, and it is 19 oC in Tehran.
11:35: HERE WE GO. Esteghlal kicks off.
11:33: The referee is from Spain.
11:31: We will be under way shortly. The two sets of players are shaking hands.
11:30: The two teams are on the pitch.
11:29: There are around 80,000 fans in the stadium.
11:20: TEAM NEWS:
PERSPOLIS: Roudbarian, Sheys, Heydari, Nosrati, Nouri, Bagheri, Kaebi, Nikbakht, Badamaki, Aghaei, Khalili.
ESTEGHLAL: Taleblou, Sadeghi, Yousefi, Montazeri, Jabbari, Koushki, Pouladi, Amirabadi, Ravankhah, Borhani, Mansourian.
11:16: We are just 15 minutes away from the kick off. I will bring you the lineups as soon as i get them.
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