TEHRAN – A group of Iranian female soccer fans used false beards tochallenge a ban on women’s presence in football matches and managed toenter the stadium and encourage their team to win a local league tournament.

Video clips and a wide variety of photos were posted on the websitesshowing these five young women cheering the names of their favoriteplayers, while wearing wigs and false beards.

The girls were fans of Perspolis, one of the most prominent teams inTehran, which had already won the professional championship and won thetrophy after the match against the Spidrod Rasht scoring three goals.

The girls carried red flags of Persepolis and raised six fingers to thecameras, a gesture that is very popular among the fans of the teamsupporting the club to repeat one of the most famous results, 6-0.

One of the girls, called Zahra, spoke to a local sports newspaper. She saidthat there were eight members of the group and had made similar attempts toenter the stadium earlier.