2020 Hazfi Cup final

Football match
2020 Hazfi Cup Final
Event2019–20 Hazfi Cup
Tractor Esteghlal
3 2
Date3 September 2020
VenueImam Reza Stadium, Mashhad
Man of the MatchAshkan Dejagah[1]
RefereeMooud Bonyadifar
Attendance0
WeatherClear
32 °C (90 °F)
11% humidity
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2020 Hazfi Cup Final was the final match of the 33rd edition of Hazfi Cup that was held between Tractor and Esteghlal at Imam Reza Stadium in Mashhad. Tractor won 3-2 against Esteghlal and won the cup for the second time.

Originally, the final was planned to be held at Pars Stadium in Shiraz in mid-May 2020 but it was delayed. On 26 August 2020, the final venue was also changed due to problems with the field in Pars stadium.[2] The match was also played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran.

Teams

Team City Previous finals appearances (bold indicates winners)
Tractor Tabriz 4 (1976, 1995, 2014, 2017)
Esteghlal Tehran 11 (1977, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2018)

Route to the final

Tractor

Round Opposition Score
Round of 32 PAS Hamedan (A) 2–1
Round of 16 Navad Urmia (A) 1–1
(P: 7-6)
Quarter-final Mes Kerman (H) 4–1
Semi-Final Naft Masjed Soleyman (H) 1–0
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

Tractor, as a Iran Pro League club, started in the Round of 32 against League 2 side Pas Hamedan and won 2–1 with goals from Ashkan Dejagah and Mohammad Reza Azadi at their Haj Babayi Stadium. In the next round, they drew Navad Urmia at Takhti Stadium of Urumia and they won 7-6 in a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw in 120 minutes. In the quarter-final round they were drawn with Mes Kerman at home and won 4-1 with goals from Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh, Ashkan Dejagah, Mohammad Reza Azadi and Saeid Mehri. In the semi-final at Yadegar-e Emam Stadium, Tractor played the first team from Iran Pro League Naft Masjed Soleyman in the cup. Tractor reached the final after a 1-0 win with a goal from Saeid Mehri.

Esteghlal

Round Opposition Score
Round of 32 Gol Reyhan Alborz (A) 3-1 (aet)
Round of 16 Fajr Sepasi Shiraz (H) 3-0 (aet)
Quarter-final Sepahan Isfahan (H) 2–0
Semi-Final Persepolis (A) 2-2
P: 4-1
Key: (H) = Home venue; (A) = Away venue; (N) = Neutral venue

Esteghlal, as a Iran Pro League club, started in the Round of 32 against Azadegan League side Gol Reyhan Alborz and won 3-1 after extra time with goals from Sajjad Aghaei and Farshid Esmaeili and an own goal at Enghelab Karaj Stadium. In the next round, they faced another Azadegan League side Fajr Sepasi Shiraz at Azadi Stadium and they won 3-0 after extra time with goals from Voria Ghafouri, Sajjad Aghaei and Dariush Shojaeian. In the quarter-final round they were drawn with Sepahan Isfahan at home and won 2-0 with goals from Voria Ghafouri and Ali Karimi. In the semi-final at Azadi Stadium, Esteghlal played with Persepolis in the 93rd Tehran Derby. Esteghlal won semi-final match in a penalty shoot-out after a 2-2 draw in 120 minutes. Mehdi Ghayedi and Mohammad Daneshgar scored goals for Esteghlal and Cheick Diabaté, Vouria Ghafouri, Hrvoje Milić and Amir Arsalan Motahari scored their penalties while Hossein Hosseini saved one penalty as the goalkeeper.

Details

Esteghlal2–3Tractor
Ghayedi 51'
Motahari 79'
Report Khanzadeh 17'
Dejagah 34'
Imani 41'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mooud Bonyadifar

Assistant Referees:
Iran Saeid Alinezhadian
Iran Saeid Ghasemi
Additional AR:
Iran Seyed Vahid Kazemi
Iran Amir Arabbaraghi
Fourth official:
Iran Morteza Mansourian

References

  1. ^ دژاگه، بهترین بازیکن فینال حذفی
  2. ^ تغییر ورزشگاه فینال حذفی
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