Star InactiveStar InactiveStar InactiveStar InactiveStar Inactive

IRNA - Esteqlal of Tehran on Friday beat their archrival Persepolis over the 55th derby of the capital in a packed 
100,000-seater Azadi Stadium, west of Tehran. 
A curling shot by Ali Samereh in the 10th minute put the blues ahead of the reds who have recruited the best of the best for the current season of Iran`s Professional League (IPL), among them the captain of the national squad Ali Daei. 
The gloom of the reds was even more compounded when Mahmoud Fekri shot a long-range free kick to kiss the net in the 55th minute. 
Issa Teourer scored a relieving single for the reds in the 68th minute that triggered a wave of fierce charges on the blues. 
However, all the efforts of Persepolis squad for an equalizer proved fruitless as the lucky Esteqlal ended the day victorious. 
The IPL table in the seventh week comes below: 
Team p w d l gf ga pts 
1- Zob Ahan 7 5 2 - 14 6 17 
2- Esteqlal (Tehran) 7 4 2 1 15 11 14 
3- Foulad 7 4 1 2 12 9 13 
4- Persepolis 7 3 2 2 20 12 11 
5- Pas 7 3 2 2 11 8 11 
6- Fajr-e Sepassi 7 3 1 3 9 11 10 
7- Sepahan 7 2 3 2 13 12 9 
8- Abu Moslem 7 3 - 4 8 9 9 
9- Paykan 7 3 - 4 7 9 9 
10- Barq 7 2 1 3 15 17 9 
11- Pegah 7 2 2 3 6 15 8 
12- Shamoushak 7 1 3 3 7 9 6 
13- Esteqlal (Ahvaz) 7 1 3 3 11 14 6 
14- SAIPA 7 - 3 4 5 10 3

Top