{"id":19627,"date":"2014-11-23T10:58:57","date_gmt":"2014-11-23T18:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=19627"},"modified":"2014-11-24T09:16:45","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T17:16:45","slug":"persepolis-defeats-esteghlal-in-tehran-derby-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2014\/11\/23\/persepolis-defeats-esteghlal-in-tehran-derby-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Persepolis Defeats Esteghlal in Tehran Derby [VIDEO+PHOTOS]"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tasnim – TEHRAN,\u00a0 Persepolis of Tehran football team defeated its arch-rival Esteghlal in the Iran Professional League (IPL) on Sunday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Reds beat Esteghlal 2-1 in Tehran\u2019s Azadi Stadium.<\/p>\n

Sajjad Shahbazzadeh gave Esteghlal the lead just before the interval.<\/p>\n

In the second half, Persepolis possessed and dominated the field until Mohammad Nouri equalized the match in the 74th minute.<\/p>\n

Eight minutes later, Omid Alishah extended Persepolis\u2019s lead with a header.<\/p>\n

He promptly whipped off his shirt and flung it in the air after scoring and received his second yellow card and was forced to leave the field.<\/p>\n

Esteghlal put 10-man Persepolis under pressure soon after and hit the bar once but failed to change the result.<\/p>\n

Persepolis moved up to 7th in the table with 22 points and Esteghlal remained in the table with 24 points; four points clear of IPL leader Tractor Sazi.<\/p>\n

Esteghlal and Persepolis have played against each other 79 times, with Esteghlal winning 24 games, Persepolis taking 18 victories, and 37 matches ending in a draw.<\/p>\n

Tehran derby is a football match between the two prominent Tehran clubs Esteghlal (Blues) and Persepolis (Reds).<\/p>\n

This match was declared as the most important derby in Asia and 22nd most important derby in the world in June 2008 by World Soccer magazine.<\/p>\n