In the all West Asian affair, both sides applied pressure from the start and were equally matched in possession and attempts on shot. Nafit’s Farhad Tavakoli came close in the opening minutes but his left-footed shot struck the crossbar. Thirteen minutes in, Nafit reacted with a counter-attack that saw Tavakoli and Ghodrat Bahadori unmarked in opposition territory, but Bahadori failed to connect a crucial pass in the box.
