{"id":15778,"date":"2013-09-06T10:26:18","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T17:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=15778"},"modified":"2013-09-07T04:32:33","modified_gmt":"2013-09-07T11:32:33","slug":"esteghlal-persepolis-play-out-another-lackluster-goalless-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2013\/09\/06\/esteghlal-persepolis-play-out-another-lackluster-goalless-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"Esteghlal, Persepolis play out another lackluster goalless draw [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; TEHRAN, <strong>Esteghlal and Persepolis played out a goalless draw in the eighth week of the Iranian Professional League (IPL) on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a lackluster performance that left about 100,000 spectators at Tehran\u2019s Azadi Stadium disappointed, neither Esteghlal nor Persepolis was able to find the net.<\/p>\n<p>In the second half, the two teams played a little better. But Esteghlal midfielder Jlloyd Samuel squandered a good chance after the hour mark.<\/p>\n<p>Persepolis striker Payam Sadeghian also missed a chance two minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Esteghlal and Persepolis have played each other 77 times, with Esteghlal winning 24 games, Persepolis taking 18, and 35 matches ending in a draw.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere in the IPL, first-place Foolad defeated Zob Ahan 1-0 thanks to a goal from Bakhtiar Rahmani, Naft edged past last-place Mes 1-0, Fajr Sepasi was held to a 2-2 draw by Damash, newly promoted teams Gostaresh and Esteghlal Sanati drew 1-1, Saba lost to Tractor Sazi 3-1, Sepahan and Rah Ahan played out a 0-0 draw, and Malaven was humiliated 3-0 by visitors Saipa.<\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cWuzhtBgExg\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cWuzhtBgExg<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; TEHRAN, Esteghlal and Persepolis played out a goalless draw in the eighth&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,87],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c47-featured-news","category-c14-ipl-league-persian-gulf-cup"],"views":2819,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15778","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}