Sepahan, Paykan win semifinal first legs

Tehran, June 8, IRNA -- Two teams of Sepahan and Paykan won their first-leg semifinal matches of the league Friday.
Sepahan crushed Esteqlal of Tehran 4-2 at its home, Isfahan and visitor Paykan netted once to beat Fajr-e Sepassi of Shiraz.
Leon Estepanian's hat-trick helped Sepahan stun Esteqlal.

Estepanian slotted home in the 17th, 50th and 51st minutes and his teammate Mahmoud Karimi added the fourth.
Esteqlal strikers Ahmad Mo'menzadeh and Faraz Fatemi scored in the 60th and 64th minutes respectively.
Mohammad Khorramgah and Sohrab Bakhtiari-Zadeh of Esteqlal and Sepahan skipper Majid Bassirat received their marching orders in the 
50th, 86th and 44th minutes respectively.
In Shiraz, Amir-Abbas Ghafourihai-Asl scored the sole goal of the match, helping Paykan defeat Fajr.
The second-leg clashes will be held Tuesday, June 11, on the pitch of Tehran's Takhti Stadium.

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