Esteghlal Tehran thrash Esteghlal Ahwaz 6-0

The Seventh week of IPL games were resumed on Thursday with the most noticeable fixture being the blues’ clash between Esteghlal Tehran and Esteghlal Ahwaz. Esteghlal Tehran team overshadowed with the aftermath of the recent news of their sacked chairman, hosted Esteghlal Ahwaz before more than 40,000 spectators at Tehran's Azadi stadium on Thursday night.

Esteghlal Tehran displaying a superior attacking game took the lead in min 22 by Arash Borhani’s header through a free-kick, followed by another header via Akbari’s free-kick which was netted by Pirouz Ghorbani in min 35. Esteghlal Tehran continued to pressure Southern blues with high crosses into Esteghlal Ahwaz’s penalty box but the Half time ended with a 2-0 lead for capital blues.

The 2-0 was surely not enough for Esteghlal strikers as they continued their dominant possession in Second half with Hashem Beikzadeh netting the 3rd goal only 5 min into second interval. Arash Borhani recorded his brace and Esteghlal’s 4th in min 68 thanks to a precise pass by Jabbari, only to be followed by Farhad Majidi’s goal through a deflected ball by Esteghlal Ahwaz’s defender in min 73. While a 5-0 result seemed brutal enough for Esteghlal Ahwaz, Capital blues added to their scoring sheet in min 90 netted by Farhad Majidi again.

Esteghlal Tehran fans were having a blast and Esteghlal Ahwaz team in shame when the Full time whistle pointed to a historic 6-0 victory for Esteghlal Tehran against Southern Blues.

With this result, Esteghlal jumped 10 spots to 7th spot in IPL standing, while Zob Ahan continue to lead the standing with 13 points, followed by Mes Kerman and Bargh Shiraz. Peykan, Perspolis and Foulad have also secured 4th to 6th spot so far.