Azmoun on target, Jahanbakhsh on fire

Persianfootball.com – MOSCOW, Iranian teenage striker Sardar Azmoun came on as second half substitute in Rubin Kazan’s 2-0 extra time win over Spartak Moscow in Russian Cup on Thursday and scored the second goal for his team.

Azmoun converted a 120th minute penalty kick to crown a great performance in this important victory.

In Dutch Cup, Alireza Jahanbakhsh assisted the third goal in a 3-1 win over De Treffers. The 20-year-old had already scored a goal in the 3-1 league victory on Sunday to consolidate NEC’s top position in the table and his status as top player of the league with 6 goals and 9 assists.

The week wasn’t so good for Iran’s Steven Beitashour and goalkeeper Daniel Davari.

The right-back had to sit out his sides MLS playoff exit due to an injury while the goalkeeper has at least temporarily lost his number one position at struggling Grasshoppers.

Alireza Haghighi is still the number one in goal for Penafiel, but won’t be able to afford many more blunders, after his mistake resulted in the first goal for the opposition in a 2-3 league loss last weekend.

Meanwhile Javad Nekounam recovered from his minor injury that had sidelined him in last week’s 0-2 defeat of Osasuna. His compatriot Karim Ansarifard had returned from injury as substitute in that match.