According to "Varzesh3", Sepahan , who in the past six weeks of the Premier League had followed an extraordinary run with four wins and two draws and had returned themselves to the ranks of the contenders, today faced bottom-of-the-table Mes Shahr-e Babak; and while their opponents were reduced to ten men in the 9th minute with the sending-off of Mohammadreza Raoufimanesh, the Golden Wearers scored four goals with an all-out attacking display, to now draw level on 20 points with Persepolis and Tractor and stand in second place due to goal difference.
Sepahan's goals started in the 12th minute with Mehdi Limouchi's beautiful strike, and two minutes later Mohammad Mehdi Lotfi's pass was converted by Kasra Taheri; but in the 32nd minute it was Omid Noorafkan's turn to send an exceptional shot into the corner of the goal and make the result 3–0.
The Golden Wearers' attacks continued in the second half too, and in the 59th minute Noorafkan's cross was converted by Kasra Taheri with a header, and in the end the game finished 4–0 — although if two more goals had been scored, Sepahan would now be above Persepolis at the top of the Premier League .
Week 10 of the Premier League
Stadium: Naghsh-e Jahan, Isfahan
Referee: Shahab Mohammadi / Assistants: Amin Zahedi and Saeid Mohammadi / Fourth official: Milad Kahzadi / VAR referee and assistant: Mohammadreza Tarakh and Reyhaneh Shirazi. Refereeing observer: Hossein Nejati.
Sepahan Isfahan
Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Mohammad Amin Hazbavi, Hadi Mohammadi (68 – Yasin Jorjani), Ehsan Hajsafi (68 – Mohammad Asgari), Omid Noorafkan, Aref Hajieidi (68 – Seyed Mohammad Karimi), Arash Rezavand, Abbas Habibi, Mohammad Mehdi Lotfi, Mehdi Limouchi (78 – Aria Shafidoust) and Kasra Taheri (83 – Amirhossein Jalalivand)
Head coach: Moharram Navidkia
Mes Shahr-e Babak
Mohammadreza Ghavidel, Mohammad Azhir, Mehdi Mohammadi, Mohammad Ali Abdollahi (65 – Mohammad Amin Vahabzadeh), Akbar Karbalaei, Mohammadreza Raoufimanesh, Alireza Enayatzadeh (65 – Aref Ghezel), Majid Tajik, Mojtaba Hasheminasab, Mohammad Javad Poureavaz (74 – Pouya Gholami) and Alireza Valizadeh (81 – Homayoun Eftekhari)
Head coach: Ghasem Shahba
Yellow cards
Sepahan: Mohammad Karimi (71)
Mes Shahr-e Babak: Alireza Valizadeh (25), Alireza Enayatzadeh (61)
Red cards
Mes Shahr-e Babak: Mohammadreza Raoufimanesh (9)
Goal descriptions
Sepahan 1 – Mes Shahr-e Babak 0 (minute 12: Mehdi Limouchi): Omid Noorafkan's long pass from the right side of midfield behind Mes's defenders arrived as Ehsan Hajsafi, after a quick escape, passed to Mehdi Limouchi, so that this player scored the first goal of the game with a precise instep strike.
Sepahan 2 – Mes Shahr-e Babak 0 (minute 14: Kasra Taheri): Aref Hajieidi's forward pass was delivered by Mohammad Mehdi Lotfi to Arash Rezavand, whose cut-back came back to Lotfi again; this time his backward pass was converted by Kasra Taheri without hesitation with a ground shot.
Sepahan 3 – Mes Shahr-e Babak 0 (minute 32: Omid Noorafkan): The chance Limouchi had created, which had been cleared by Mes's defenders, reached Noorafkan behind the penalty area; after beating the man in front of him he sent the ball into the corner of the goal with a powerful instep shot, making it 3–0 with this exceptional goal.
Sepahan 4 – Mes Shahr-e Babak 0 (minute 59: Kasra Taheri): Omid Noorafkan appeared influential again, and this time his left-foot cross from the right flank was converted by Taheri with a high leap and a spectacular header into a goal.
🥇 Man of the match
Although Kasra Taheri scored two goals, Omid Noorafkan must be introduced as the man of the match, because alongside recording a beautiful goal he was able to provide a spectacular assist and lay the foundation for another goal, and in addition he performed brilliantly in his first experience of playing at right-back.
📌 Special incident
Mes Shahr-e Babak, like in the match against Persepolis, had a man sent off in the first half, so that their work was finished in that same half, and with another heavy defeat they remain bottom of the table — so that this match will probably be Ghasem Shahba's last presence on his team's bench.
Key moments
Minute 6: Mohammadreza Raoufimanesh's harsh tackle in midfield on Abbas Habibi's pass caused the young Sepahan midfielder to be brought down, and the referee, after stopping the game and reviewing the incident, decided to send off the Mes Shahr-e Babak midfielder.
Minute 10: Hajsafi gained possession inside the penalty area, and his powerful left-foot shot was sent to a corner by Ghavidel.
Minute 17: Noorafkan's cross and Kasra Taheri's header in front of the far post reached Hajieidi, whose shot struck the side netting.
Minute 23: Mohammad Mehdi Lotfi's technical left-foot shot, after striking a Mes defender, went out just past the goal.
Minute 23: Lotfi's beautiful cut-back reached Hajsafi, and the Sepahan captain's shot from behind the penalty area went over the goal.
Minute 27: Hasheminasab's cross from the right and Valizadeh's header were saved beautifully by Hossein Hosseini.
Minute 32: Mehdi Lotfi's long-range shot was gathered with difficulty by Ghavidel in two stages.
Minute 37: Hazbavi's powerful shot towards goal led to a corner being awarded.
Minute 38: Noorafkan's cross and Kasra Taheri's header settled into Ghavidel's hands.
Minute 43: Noorafkan's feint and cross were accompanied by Rezavand's header, but this time the ball went out.
Minute 44: Limouchi's through pass, Hajsafi's escape down the left flank and Kasra Taheri's header struck a Mes defender and were cleared.
Minute 45+2: Mehrshad Abdollahi's shot from behind the penalty area went well over Sepahan's goal and out.
Minute 45+3: Limouchi threatened again with an escape down the left; this time his sliding dribble and left-foot shot were turned back by Ghavidel from a tight angle.
Minute 45+4: Noorafkan's pass behind the penalty area was hit by Habibi with a shot under the ball and out.
Minute 54: The first serious opportunity of the second half occurred at this moment with the pressure of Sepahan's attacks; Mehdi Lotfi's left-foot shot inside the penalty area was turned back by Ghavidel with an incomplete reaction, and in the rebound a Mes Shahr-e Babak defender also cleared the ball.
Minute 65: Noorafkan's cross from the right and Mehdi Lotfi's header went out over Mes's goal by the smallest distance.
Minute 65: Taheri failed to score his third goal and his shot went out by a small distance from the goal.
Minute 68: Rezavand's inaccurate pass was turned back by Ghavidel, and in the rebound Kasra Taheri could not make use of Lotfi's excellent cross, so the ball went out.
Minute 76: Mohammad Karimi's chip pass behind Mes's defenders and Limouchi's first-time shot went out beside the goal.
Minute 79: Kasra Taheri went down inside the Mes penalty area, but the referee did not believe a penalty should be awarded.
Minute 81: Noorafkan's powerful shot from behind the penalty area went to a corner with Ghavidel's reaction.
Minute 82: Kasra Taheri could not complete a hat-trick and his shot was sent to a corner by Ghavidel.
Source: Varzesh3
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