League

Naftalan
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5400, Seating: 2000, VIP seats: 100) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Vüqar Älişov made the kick off which started today's match. In the 4th minute, Naftalan PFC's Älirza Alduxov dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Äliqulu Cäfärov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vüqar Älişov in the 8th minute of play. Älirza Alduxov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Äliqulu Cäfärov made a huge save. 12 minutes into the match, Tacir Baxışov dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Äliqulu Cäfärov, 2-0. Tacäddin Hüseyinli charged in rather forcefully in the 16th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tacäddin Hüseyinli the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Naftalan PFC's Yusif Imamverdiyev was substituted for Elgiz Alcanov. The supporters of Naftalan PFC booed when Tärtär PFK was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tacäddin Hüseyinli didn't get a good kick on the ball. Yusif Imamverdiyev fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Äliqulu Cäfärov having to interfere. Äliqulu Cäfärov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vüqar Älişov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 37th minute, Väkil Güläliyev hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Äliqulu Cäfärov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vüqar Älişov in the 41st minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as Älirza Alduxov kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Äliqulu Cäfärov. That made the score 4-0 in the 43 minute of play. In the last second Äliqulu Cäfärov throw himself and got hold of the ball when Vüqar Älişov in the 46thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Dawid Pietrowski managed to get in a good position for a shot. Naftalan PFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Dawid Pietrowski was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Äliqulu Cäfärov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 4-0 at half-time.

Älibaba Zeydiyev recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Tacäddin Hüseyinli was shown his second yellow card after 55 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 55th minute of the game. One of Tärtär PFK:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Naftalan PFC:s goal. Dawid Pietrowski walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. If Tacir Baxışov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Älirza Alduxov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 63rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Vüqar Älişov in the 68th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Äliqulu Cäfärov saved Tärtär PFK from getting behind. Älirza Alduxov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 69th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Tärtär PFK's Äliqulu Cäfärov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Angel Bernal in the 73rd minute of play. In the 75th minute Vüqar Älişov shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Äliqulu Cäfärov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tärtär PFK's Äliqulu Cäfärov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Älirza Alduxov in the 76th minute of play. Yusif Xasiyev kicked well hit freekick during the 77th minute of the match. In the 79th minute of the game Färman Älişov made a throw-in which Esger Aydinov played forward. 81 minutes into the match, Tacir Baxışov notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Tärtär PFK's Äliqulu Cäfärov. Äliqulu Cäfärov was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Yusif Imamverdiyev in the 85th minute of play forced Tärtär PFK's goalkeeper Äliqulu Cäfärov to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Vüqar Älişov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Äliqulu Cäfärov was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. 88 minutes into the game, Älirza Alduxov cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Äliqulu Cäfärov was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Äliqulu Cäfärov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Vüqar Älişov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Naftalan PFC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Dawid Pietrowski in the 93rd minute. Dawid Pietrowski made a great header on Naftalan PFC's corner, it was just that Tärtär PFK's Äliqulu Cäfärov managed to reach the ball for a save. The Naftalan PFC fans' excitement grew in the 93rd match minute when Naftalan PFC's Nazir Äşräfov looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 7-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Äliqulu Cäfärov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vüqar Älişov in the 96th minute of play. Äliqulu Cäfärov showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vüqar Älişov in the 98th minute of the match. Naftalan PFC were awarded a corner in the 100th minute after Tärtär PFK's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Dawid Pietrowski took the corner. Naftalan PFC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.