{"id":44654,"date":"2022-01-08T09:59:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-08T17:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/?p=44654"},"modified":"2022-01-08T09:59:55","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T17:59:55","slug":"ipl-esteghlal-move-three-points-clear-at-top-spot-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/2022\/01\/08\/ipl-esteghlal-move-three-points-clear-at-top-spot-video\/","title":{"rendered":"IPL: Esteghlal move three points clear at top spot [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Tehran Times &#8211; TEHRAN, <strong>Esteghlal football team defeated Mes 3-2 to go three points clear of Persepolis at top of the Iran Professional League (IPL) in Tehran\u2019s Azadi Stadium.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin Yamga opened the scoring for Esteghlal in the 9th minute from the penalty spot. Godwin Mensha equalized the match in the 35th minute from the spot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yamga once again scored from the penalty spot just after the hour mark. With three minutes remaining, substitute Amin Ghaseminejhad scored Esteghlal\u2019s third goal. Mohammadreza Soleymani pulled a goal back in the injury time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier in the day, Persepolis were held to a 1-1 draw by Padideh in Mashhad. Masoud Zaer Kazemi scored an own goal in the 31st minute and Persepolis midfielder Vahid Amiri also scored an own goal just before the break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Isfahan, Sepahan earned a 2-1 win over Foolad. Soroush Rafiei (35th) and Omid Noorafkan (56th) scored for the hosts and Ayanda Patosi halved the deficit from the penalty spot in the 60th minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Sanat Naft defeated Naft Masjed Soleyman 2-0, Gol Gohar edged past Havadar 1-0, Fajr Sepasi and Tractor shared the spoils in a 1-1 draw, Nassaji defeated Zob Ahan 1-0, Paykan drew with Aluminum 1-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CeMC1GgDx18\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WLTZdyOPibo\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T3Tk2UCrs9k\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tehran Times &#8211; TEHRAN, Esteghlal football team defeated Mes 3-2 to go three points clear&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26307,"featured_media":44655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,84,164,136,165],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-esteghlal","category-c47-featured-news","category-ipl","category-iran-first-division","category-persian-gulf-pro-league"],"views":671,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44654","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\/26307"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44654"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44656,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44654\/revisions\/44656"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.persianfootball.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}