{"id":12867,"date":"2012-04-17T17:44:59","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T00:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2012\/04\/17\/10-man-al-gharafa-stuns-persepolis-at-azadi-video\/"},"modified":"2012-04-17T17:44:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T00:44:59","slug":"10-man-al-gharafa-stuns-persepolis-at-azadi-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2012\/04\/17\/10-man-al-gharafa-stuns-persepolis-at-azadi-video\/","title":{"rendered":"10-man Al Gharafa stuns Persepolis at Azadi [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/tehrantimes.com\/cache\/multithumb_thumbs\/c_330_235_16777215_0_http___www.tehrantimes.com_images_stories_apr02_18_13-3.jpg\" \/>TEHRAN TIMES &#8211; TEHRAN, <strong>Al Gharafa of Qatar salvaged a draw against Persepolis football team in the AFC Champions League on Tuesday.<\/strong> <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>In front of some 100,000 spectators in Tehran\u2019s Azadi Stadium, Persepolis was held to a 1-1 draw against Qatar\u2019s Al Gharafa.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Iranian Al Gharafa striker Farhad Majidi was sent off by Ravshan Irmatov in the 72nd minute after receiving his second yellow card. Afterward, Persepolis put the visiting team under pressure but they were lacking a cutting edge. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Finally, Persepolis captain Ali Karimi opened the scoring with a shot which was deflected into the net by a Al Gharafa defender.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>In the dying moments of the match, Lawrence Quaye equalized the match with a long-range shot. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>\u201cThis is a great honor for Qatar football to hold Persepolis at the Azadi Stadium. Thanks to Persepolis because of its fans. It\u2019s so wonderful that so many fans come to the stadium and support their team,\u201d Al Gharaf coach Paulo Silas said in the post-match news conference. <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Lauding Ali Karimi, the Brazilian coach added, \u201cKarimi is an experienced player and helped Persepolis to attack us on their own soil.\u201d <br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Persepolis remains top of the table with eight points.<\/p>\n<p>Below come the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pfdctv.com\/?p=3398\">goals from <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>PFDCTV<\/strong><\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/40523398\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/40523398<\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/40524379\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/40524379<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEHRAN TIMES &#8211; TEHRAN, Al Gharafa of Qatar salvaged a draw against Persepolis football team&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22614,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c17-asian-competitions"],"views":4630,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22614"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}