League Play-Off

Naxçıvan
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Yaqub Odunov made the kick off which started today's match. Tanriverdi Älibäyli blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Qänbär Babuşov having to make a save. Maarif Abdulrähmanov scored 0-1 in the 11th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Qänbär Babuşov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 15 played minutes Naxçıvan got a freekick which was hit by Säfär Cabbarov. Maarif Abdulrähmanov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 17th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Qänbär Babuşov having to interfere. Ağcäbädi Dinamo's Maarif Abdulrähmanov got a good chance for a goal in the 19th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 23rd match minute, Ağcäbädi Dinamo was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mälik Rüstämov to maneuver through the defense. In the 24th minute, Naxçıvan's Asäf Abbasov ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Näsräddin Qämbärov. Näsräddin Qämbärov yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. Qänbär Babuşov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Maarif Abdulrähmanov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Qänbär Babuşov came out of the goal in the 33rd minute to try and stop a shot by Ağcäbädi Dinamo's Maarif Abdulrähmanov. But to his dismay, Maarif Abdulrähmanov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-2. In the 39th minute, Yavär Sadiqov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Orxan Eyyubov charged in rather forcefully in the 40th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Orxan Eyyubov the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 42nd minute, Mälik Rüstämov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 2-2 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Maarif Abdulrähmanov stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tanriverdi Älibäyli got free with Qänbär Babuşov in the 60th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Yähya Alişanov kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. When Yaqub Odunov came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Naxçıvan fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Yaqub Odunov couldn't finish the play. Yaqub Odunov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Näsräddin Qämbärov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Yaqub Odunov might have been able to make a better finish in the 77th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Näsräddin Qämbärov. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Yaqub Odunov ran back to his position shaking his head. 85 minutes had been played when some careless play by Naxçıvan's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Mälik Rüstämov was slow to take the kick. During this time Ağcäbädi Dinamo's players had a chance to rest. In the 91st minute Maarif Abdulrähmanov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Qänbär Babuşov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Naxçıvan booed when Ağcäbädi Dinamo was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Yavär Sadiqov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yaqub Odunov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 95th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the match had gone on for 99 minutes, Yaqub Odunov put it in 3-3 from a short distance just to the right of Näsräddin Qämbärov. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.