Esteghlal registers a 3-2 win over Perserpolis in Tehran’s Derby


n the Persian Gulf League and Esteghlal have registered a 3-2 win over Perserpolis in Tehran’s Derby at Azadi’s Massive stadium.

The Reds started the match as the better side on Sunday and managed to take lead after only five minutes through Soroush Rafiei. But the blues stuck back some 13 minutes later when Farshid Esmaeili blasted the ball past the keeper to make it 1-all. Esteghlal then went ahead for the very first time in the match in the 20th minute on Ali Ghorbani’s awesome header. And Kaveh Rezaei doubled the blues advantage one minute before break by slotting the ball into corner of the net, making it 3-1. Persepolis, however, managed to pull one back after the break but Esteghlal held on to win match 3-2 on Sunday.

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