League

Sabirabad
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Islam Mustafayev took the kick off in the first half of the match. Islam Mustafayev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 6th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rahib Nağiyev having to interfere. Äli Omarov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Säbuhi Abdasov having to interfere. Städte's Säbuhi Abdasov proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save Städte from getting a goal against them. Äli Omarov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Abşeron's Natiq Bäyazov got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. After a rather tough play, Abşeron's Rasim Xudadlı got a free kick in the 21st minute. After recieving a nice pass, Städte's Äkbär Mäcidov tried to score from far away in the 22nd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. After having played for 23 minutes, Natiq Bäyazov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Abşeron's supporters crossed their fingers, but Natiq Bäyazov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the last second Säbuhi Abdasov throw himself and got hold of the ball when Natiq Bäyazov in the 30thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. In the 41stth minute of the game Islam Mustafayev who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Abşeron's Rahib Nağiyev was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 46 minutes into the match, Städte's goal looked a bit too open when Natiq Bäyazov came free, but Säbuhi Abdasov reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Natiq Bäyazov to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Natiq Bäyazov in the 56th minute of play forced Städte's goalkeeper Säbuhi Abdasov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Äli Omarov in the 57th minute of play forced Städte's goalkeeper Säbuhi Abdasov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Natiq Bäyazov blasted a shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Säbuhi Abdasov having to make a save. In the 61st minute, Äli Omarov left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Abşeron fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Äli Omarov in the 64th minute of play forced Städte's goalkeeper Säbuhi Abdasov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 66 minutes, Näbi Ocaqverdiyev made it 2-0 with a short kick to the right side. Städte's Säbuhi Abdasov tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Säbuhi Abdasov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Äli Omarov, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. 72 minutes into the match, Äli Omarov had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Säbuhi Abdasov. Städte's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Äli Omarov was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. After having played for 77 minutes, Äli Omarov managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Abşeron's supporters crossed their fingers, but Äli Omarov was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Näbi Ocaqverdiyev received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Säbuhi Abdasov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Säbuhi Abdasov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Äli Omarov in the 81st minute of play. Säbuhi Abdasov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Natiq Bäyazov, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. After a rather tough play, Städte's Qarakişi Feruzov got a free kick in the 87th minute. Rasim Xudadlı was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 88th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. In the 90thth minute of the game Natiq Bäyazov who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Städte's Säbuhi Abdasov was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 91st match minute, Abşeron was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Natiq Bäyazov to maneuver through the defense. In the 93rd minute, Rasim Xudadlı hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Äkbär Mäcidov shot from long distance in the 94th minute, but Rahib Nağiyev was prepared and stopped the ball at the left post. Abşeron walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.