Tractor Sazi beats Saipa in 2017 Shohada Cup, wins championship
Iranian professional soccer club Tractor Sazi Tabriz, also known as Tractor, has trounced Saipa Football Club in the final showdown of the 2017 Shohada (Martyrs) Cup, and was crowned the champion of the four-a-side national tournament.
Tractor Sazi thrashed the Karaj-based football club 3-0 in a match staged at the multi-purpose Takhti Stadium in eastern Tehran on Tuesday afternoon.
Tractor’s forward Farzad Jalal Hatemi nailed the opener in the 27th minute. He doubled his team’s lead in the 74th minute.
Midfielder Omid Alishah scored the third goal of the game in the 85th minute with a header.
“We took advantage of two matches in the competition. It was a good opportunity for us to prepare our players for the (Persian Gulf) League,” Tractor Sazi coach Yahya Golmohammadi said in the post-match news conference.
“We could test some of our unused players in the competition,” he added.
On Monday, Padideh Football Club defeated Pars Jonoubi Jam Football Club, commonly known as Pars Jonoubi Jam, 4-1 in penalty shootout, and finished in the third place.
The first edition of Shohada Cup was held in 2014. Tractor Sazi defeated Iranian professional football club Esteghlal 2-1, and won the title on July 24, 2014.
Saba Qom Football Club claimed the title of the second edition of the friendly football tournament on January 26, 2016, edging past Persepolis 1-0.
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