According to Varzesh Seh, the final match of week 10 of the Premier League between the teams of Esteghlal Khuzestan and Shams Azar Qazvin was held at Ghadir Stadium in Ahvaz, where Amir Khalifeh Asl's men, with a spectacular display, fast football and an attractive game, won by two goals to nil.
The match, which had no unnecessary stoppages, was played at a high tempo, and although the two teams were not very successful in creating chances despite their quick transitions, they put on fluid and entertaining football. Esteghlal Khuzestan created more chances in this match and was the better side on the pitch, and they reaped the reward for that superiority with two goals from Javad Zargani and Seyed Mehdi Mousavi to climb to tenth place in the table with the three home points.
In this match, Amir Khalifeh Asl and Vahid Rezaei had fielded young lineups; Esteghlal Khuzestan had a special plan for long-range shots, and in the end, with a strike by Javad Zargani and a mistake by Adib Zarei, they scored the first goal of the match. Then, on counterattacks and combination plays, Seyed Mehdi Mousavi, in a good position, fired a spectacular shot out of Adib Zarei's reach into the goal.
Iran Premier League | Week: 10 | October 25, 2026, at 17:00, Ghadir Ahvaz
Referee: Farhad Amini; assistants: Yaghoub Hojjati, Hamed Safaei and Masoud Haghighi; inspector: Davoud Rafati
VAR referee: Ali Sam; assistant: Aban Nasiri
Esteghlal Khuzestan lineup:
Mohammad Amin Rezaei, Amirhossein Farhadi, Farzad Jafari, Mohammad Mehdi Ahmadi, Mohammad Reza Mehdizadeh, Abbas Sharafi, Mohammad Ahl Shakheh, Aref Rostami, Erfan Sazegari, Omid Mohammadi and Javad Zargan
Head coach: Amir Khalifeh Asl
Shams Azar Qazvin lineup:
Adib Zarei, Amir Taher, Mohammad Reza Rezaei, Mohammad Nezhad Mehdi, Ahmad Nasiri, Mehdi Mamizadeh, Amir Mohammad Mohkamkar, Milad Sourgi, Reza Mohammadi and Mohammad Mehdi Mansouri
Head coach: Vahid Rezaei
Key moments:
Minute 18: Aref Rostami's header, after deflecting off a Shams Azar defender, headed toward goal, but Adib Zarei, with a long spectacular dive, prevented the ball from going in.
Minute 26: Javad Zarkani's long-range shot went dangerously over the Shams Azar goal and out.
Minute 28: Omid Mohammadi's chest control and first-time shot was turned behind for a corner by Mohammad Amin Rezaei's reaction, which brought protests from the Esteghlal Khuzestan bench, and the video assistant referees announced that the ball had hit the side netting of the goal.
Minute 37: Farzad Jafari's powerful first-time shot went wide of Adib Zarei's goal.
Minute 58: another long-range strike from the Esteghlal Khuzestan players; this time Abbas Sharafi tried his luck, and he too could not open the goal.
Minute 70: an Esteghlal Khuzestan defender's clearance bizarrely went skyward inside their own penalty area, landed near their goal line and incredibly went out over the goal!
Minute 77: Seyed Mehdi Mousavi ran in behind the Shams Azar defenders and sent his shot toward goal, but after hitting the post and Adib Zarei's hands it found no way into the goal.
Goal descriptions:
Minute 62 - Javad Zargani (Esteghlal Khuzestan one - Shams Azar Qazvin nil): Esteghlal Khuzestan players' successive shots finally paid off, and Javad Zargani's long-range strike went in thanks to a mistake by Adib Zarei.
Minute 86 - Seyed Mehdi Mousavi (Esteghlal Khuzestan two - Shams Azar Qazvin nil): Aref Rostami's through pass behind the defenders reached Seyed Mehdi Mousavi, and his shot went in under the crossbar of the Shams Azar goal.
Sidelines:
* In the closing minutes of the first half, Amin Rezaei, Esteghlal Khuzestan's goalkeeper, had a heavy collision with a Shams Azar forward; the visiting team's technical staff believed the Esteghlal goalkeeper should have been sent off, but the referee settled for a yellow card.
* Esteghlal Khuzestan fans celebrated in an interesting way after the goal Foolad scored against Persepolis in Shahr-e Qods, which surprised the players on the pitch.
Special incident:
The fluid play and quick ball transitions by both teams throughout the ninety minutes made for beautiful football at Ghadir Stadium, and the bold performance of both teams in keeping up the attacking rhythm of the match added to the appeal of this game.
Man of the match:
Aref Rostami was in charge of Esteghlal Khuzestan's rhythm of play and had a good day; Javad Zargan, with his movement in the attacking phase and the goal he scored, and Seyed Mehdi Mousavi, in the few minutes he played, with a goal and several scoring chances, were among the best in this match.
Source: Varzesh Seh
