After a pause of 20 days, Iran’s Pro League of soccer was resumed with the first fixture of the sixth round between visiting Saba of Qom and hosting Esteghlal of Khuzestan in Ghadir Stadiun of Ahvaz.
While the hosts led the game with their listless 1-0 superiority for literally the whole entire game, the last moment goal of Mohammad Ghazi in the 96th minute saved Daie’s team from its second defeat of the current season.
The sixth round will continue, on Tuesday, with 5 fixtures in Tabriz, Mashhad, Isfahan, Tehran and Ahvaz.
In Tabriz Gostaresh Foulad of the city hosts the blue giants of Tehran while Esteghlal with one played game less than Gostaresh stands at the third place above Gostaresh in the fourth row.
Padide of Mashhad and Siah Jamegan of the city line up for the first derby of Mashhad in Premier League.
Sepahan of Isfahan will host Tractorsazi of Tabriz who seek revenge for the loss of the trophy in the last day of the previous season.
In Tehran, Rah Ahan of the city will play against Malavan of Anzali, while both teams lost their fixtures in the last round, the bitter one for White Swans of Anzali who lost at home.
The last fixture of the day will be in Ahvaz where Foulad plays against Zowbahan.
The 7th fixture of the round will be held on Wednesday in Tehran as the red giants of the city get prepared to line up against Saipa in Azadi Stadium.
The fixture between Naft of Tehran and Esteghlal of Ahvaz is postponed to a late time once Naft is freed from Asian Championship games.