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ARBO ARENA
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Hafis Ağamirzadä made the kick off and thus started the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hafis Ağamirzadä in the 3rd minute of play forced SanSon's goalkeeper Rahib Balayev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a little luck, SanSon's Rahib Balayev got control of the ball when Fariz Utanov tried to sneak it across the goal line. Söhrab Israfilov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 27th minute. Hafiz Äbdüläzimov tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Söhrab Israfilov struck a weak shot in the 29th minute. Hafiz Äbdüläzimov didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for SanSon. A collision led to ARBO FC getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Soltanmäcid Cäbiyev hit a great ball. In the 33rd minute Cuma Balacayev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Hafiz Äbdüläzimov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Hafiz Äbdüläzimov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cuma Balacayev's shot from short distance in the 34th minute. Fariz Utanov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rahib Balayev having to interfere. Pänah Gözälov hit a great freekick 41 minutes into the match. Hafiz Äbdüläzimov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cuma Balacayev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cuma Balacayev made a kick off. Fariz Utanov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 53rd minute. Rahib Balayev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to SanSon getting a freekick after 54 minutes play. Aqşin Babazadä hit a great ball. 55 minutes into the match, Hafis Ağamirzadä had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rahib Balayev. SanSon's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Hafis Ağamirzadä was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. Söhrab Israfilov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hafiz Äbdüläzimov having to interfere. Rahib Balayev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Fariz Utanov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 63 played minutes SanSon got a freekick which was hit by Aqşin Babazadä. After a rather tough play, SanSon's Natiq Isgändärov got a free kick in the 66th minute. The referee felt a red card was in order, 71 minutes into the game, when Yasin Hacibabayev put in a rough tackle. In the 71st minute, one of SanSon:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for SanSon. In the 73rd minute there was a penalty for ARBO FC. Oqtay Osmanov stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Rahib Balayev. 2-1. Rahib Balayev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fariz Utanov in the 76th minute of the match. Rahib Balayev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fariz Utanov, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. When Natiq Isgändärov fell near the penalty area in the 84th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored SanSon's protests and gave Natiq Isgändärov a yellow card for diving instead. In the 84th match minute, SanSon was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Natiq Isgändärov to maneuver through the defense. When the match clock showed 87 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Söhrab Israfilov sped through ARBO FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Hafiz Äbdüläzimov. The audience was convinced that Fariz Utanov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rahib Balayev was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. If Hafis Ağamirzadä had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the SanSon players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.