According to Mehr reporter, the meeting between Sepahan and Persepolis football teams in the round of 16 finals of the Football Cup was held at Naqsh Jahan Stadium in Isfahan at 15:00 on Wednesday. This match ended with a 2-2 draw in 90 minutes.
Giorgi Gulsiani (10-100 penalty) and Issa Al Kathir (57), Siamak Nemati (93) scored for Persepolis and Daniyal Esmailifar (40-own goal) and Farshad Ahmadzadeh (74) scored for Sepahan.
Yahya Golmohamadi, head coach of Sarkhpoushan, did not appear at the press conference after this match, and only the players made comments.
Needed message The captain of the Sepahan Isfahan football team, whose goal was opened four times today, was the only host player who talked to reporters. He said about the result of this game: We shouldn’t have made a mistake and we paid for it. It was not a good day for Sepahan. We lost the game and were ashamed of the fans. We hope that we can compensate in the remaining 10 games of the league and get results that compensate for this knockout cup game.
However, Persepolis players spoke to reporters regarding the victory with many goals and promotion to the quarter-final stage of the FA Cup:
Perfect achievement:
Congratulations to Persepolis big fans for this win. It was a very good victory. I hope we can continue this process. I think, today everyone saw the real Persepolis.
Soroush Rafiei:
I respect this club, we deserved to win this game today. However, we fought in this game and tried to focus on possession. Sepahan has good players and they have the ability to keep the ball, but in this case we were better. We were better in running and pressing and we deserved to win. The best thing I saw was the stadium, for the first time we played in a stadium full of spectators.
Alireza Biranvand:
We deserve much more than this, but today we showed that we are a good team. I thank the fans for coming. Do not doubt that we will take back the lead in the Premier League because we have a face-to-face game with Sepahan. We were 5 points ahead of Esteghlal and Sepahan, but now we are tied with Esteghlal and three points behind Sepahan. There are 10 games left until the end of the league and a thousand things happen in it.
Siamak Nemati:
Hard things happened to me. The fans were always behind me and supported me. I would like to thank the technical staff for trusting me. At the moment of scoring, I really felt that it was not in my hands. I really had no message. I was happy for myself, my family, the technical staff team, the fans and everyone. I went through a difficult situation. I hope I can be proud and help the team.
Georgi Golsiani:
We won against a strong team. I’m glad we passed this stage. Out of respect for my former team, I was not happy. There is no secret in my goals. I always give my best performance and play with my heart.