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BAKU-CITY
Spectators: 10827 (Terracing: 8121, Seating: 2490, VIP seats: 216) Salvatore Foti started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Äjdärxan Cümşüdov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Häsrät Azamämmädov in the 6th minute of play. Ağasif Äkbärov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lukasz Rasialdo having to interfere. 16 minutes into the match, --FIRELAND--'s goal looked a bit too open when Abbasäli Ağamämmädov came free, but Lukasz Rasialdo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abbasäli Ağamämmädov in the 17th minute of play forced --FIRELAND--'s goalkeeper Lukasz Rasialdo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lukasz Rasialdo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ağasif Äkbärov in the 18th minute of play. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when --FIRELAND--'s Alberto de Souza in the 24th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Äjdärxan Cümşüdov was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Mübariz Team through an amazing save. In the 28th minute Alberto de Souza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Äjdärxan Cümşüdov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 30 minutes Mübariz Team's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Zeynal Malişov who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on --FIRELAND--'s corner Zeynal Malişov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Äjdärxan Cümşüdov quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Abbasäli Ağamämmädov in the 32nd minute of play forced --FIRELAND--'s goalkeeper Lukasz Rasialdo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute of the match Mübariz Team got a corner. --FIRELAND--'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Gündüz Haqverdiyev ran over to the corner to take the kick.

--FIRELAND--'s Xaläddin Qährämanov was substituted for Zeynal Malişov. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Şakir Adişirinov made a kick off. Äjdärxan Cümşüdov came out of the goal in the 54th minute to try and stop a shot by --FIRELAND--'s Alberto de Souza. But to his dismay, Alberto de Souza quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. When --FIRELAND--'s Alberto de Souza in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Mübariz Team's goalie prevented a goal. Bäşir Abudova kicked well hit freekick during the 58th minute of the match. The supporters of Mübariz Team booed when --FIRELAND-- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 60 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mehdi Allahyarov didn't get a good kick on the ball. 61 minutes into the match, Abbasäli Ağamämmädov notched a goal, 1-2, to the right of --FIRELAND--'s Lukasz Rasialdo. Lukasz Rasialdo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Ağasif Äkbärov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ağasif Äkbärov received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Lukasz Rasialdo came out and tried to block the shot, but Ağasif Äkbärov slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 72nd minute. The supporters of Mübariz Team booed when --FIRELAND-- was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Mehdi Allahyarov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Lukasz Rasialdo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Şakir Adişirinov in the 78th minute of the match. Lukasz Rasialdo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Şakir Adişirinov in the 79th minute of play. --FIRELAND--'s Lukasz Rasialdo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bäşir Abudova in the 81st minute of play. In the 84th minute Salvatore Foti shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Äjdärxan Cümşüdov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lukasz Rasialdo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Abbasäli Ağamämmädov in the 86th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ağasif Äkbärov got free with Lukasz Rasialdo in the 88th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. --FIRELAND--'s Mehdi Allahyarov challenged an opponent after 93 minutes. The hit was so bad that he suffered a foot injury. After 93 minutes of play Mübariz Team's Bäşir Abudova was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. --FIRELAND--'s Fäzayil Cäbiyev was substituted for Mehdi Allahyarov. After 95 played minutes Mübariz Team got a freekick which was hit by Bäşir Abudova. The Mübariz Team supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Mübariz Team would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.