Malavan 1-2 Foolad; Motahari's Side Climbs to Fifth Place with a Stunning Comeback

Foolad Khuzestan came from behind in a postponed Week 7 Persian Gulf Pro League match, trailing hosts Malavan Anzali until the 88th minute. Goals from Vahid Amiri and Abolfazl Zadeh-Attar sealed a spectacular comeback and a 2-1 win.

Khuzestan Football Team made a spectacular comeback with the goals of Vahid Amiri and Abolfazlzadeh Attar and won with a result of 2-1.

Ambassador of Arjan-Sports Group: Melvan Anzali football team lost to their guests by conceding two goals in the last minutes, in a match delayed from the seventh week of the Premier Football League of the country, while they were ahead of Khuzestan Steel until the last minutes.

This match was held at the Anzali Siros Rowing Stadium from 17:00 and was judged by Morteza Mansourian.

Before this match, Melvan was in 11th place with 8 points and Foulad was in 7th place with 12 points. The host started the game stormily and scored a goal very soon in the 4th minute. Amirreza Karimi handed the ball to Irfan Shahriari and this young striker opened Hamed Lak's goal with a precise shot from the back of the penalty area, so that the first half ended with the lead of Anzali Gowas 1-0.

In the second half, Hamid Motahari, the head coach of Foulad, made some changes in the composition of his team, which changed the fate of the game. In the 88th minute, on a corner kick and a return ball, Vahid Amiri, an experienced and 38-year-old football star of our country, was able to open the goal of the sailor with his left foot and tie the game to register his name in the scorers table again after a long time.

This was not the end; Qaim Islamikhah from Melvan was sent off after receiving a red card, and in the lost time of the match, the ball hit the hand of the Melvan defender in the penalty area with video review (VAR) leading to the announcement of a penalty in favor of Foolad. Abolfazl Zadeh Attar, another substitute player of Foulad, stood behind the penalty kick and scored the second goal and the lead of his team.

With this valuable victory away from home, Khuzestan Steel gained 15 points and climbed to the fifth place in the table, while Melvan fell to the twelfth place with the same 8 points.

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