League Play-Off

BAKU-CITY
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Georgiy Derkovskiy got the match started through his kick off. After 8 minutes of play, --FIRELAND--'s Häsrät Azamämmädov made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Göyüş Dursunov was left in no man's land by his defense there! Miloš Šlehofer came free with the goalkeeper in the 16th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Göyüş Dursunov could save by the left post. In the 18th minute, Miloš Šlehofer left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The --FIRELAND-- fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-0. After 21 played minutes FK Baku got a freekick which was hit by Niyaz Bähärçinov. Göyüş Dursunov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alberto de Souza, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. A collision led to FK Baku getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Henry Ledezma hit a great ball. Imran Yusubov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Georgiy Derkovskiy in the 26th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Häsrät Azamämmädov got free with Göyüş Dursunov in the 29th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Göyüş Dursunov was out of position in the 30 minute of play, and Alberto de Souza capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Alberto de Souza really showed his touch with that goal: 3-0. Göyüş Dursunov made an important save on a dangerous shot by Miloš Šlehofer in the 34th minute. In the 36th minute, Ilyas Talıblı hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice moves Miloš Šlehofer could shoot a difficult shot in the 37th minute, which Göyüş Dursunov however easily saved by the left post. Imran Yusubov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Georgiy Derkovskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, --FIRELAND--'s Zeynal Malişov got a free kick in the 40th minute. Imran Yusubov showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Georgiy Derkovskiy, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. Ilyas Talıblı's late challenge caught a --FIRELAND--'s player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ilyas Talıblı helped the player get up and apologised. Ilyas Talıblı hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. Miloš Šlehofers short, quick shot in the 48thth minute got Göyüş Dursunov to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Miloš Šlehofer made a kick off. In the 52nd minute Alberto de Souza shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Göyüş Dursunov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 53 minutes into the game, --FIRELAND--'s Alberto de Souza nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Göyüş Dursunov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-0. In the 56th minute Äkbär Albändayev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Göyüş Dursunov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Alberto de Souza managed to get in a good position for a shot. --FIRELAND--'s supporters rose to their feet, but Alberto de Souza was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Göyüş Dursunov breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Alberto de Souza scored 5-1 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Göyüş Dursunov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Göyüş Dursunov came out of the goal in the 69th minute to try and stop a shot by --FIRELAND--'s Zeynal Malişov. But to his dismay, Zeynal Malişov quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 7-1. FK Baku's Göyüş Dursunov played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Häsrät Azamämmädov in the 73rd minute of play. Imran Yusubov took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Georgiy Derkovskiy, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ilyas Talıblı who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 80thth minute tested the skills of Imran Yusubov when he managed to save the team from getting behind. In the 86th minute, Miloš Šlehofer 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. Imran Yusubov made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Ilyas Talıblı sent off a good shot on target. Imran Yusubov made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Georgiy Derkovskiy in the 89th minute of play. Häsrät Azamämmädov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Göyüş Dursunov having to interfere. Alberto de Souza scored 9-1 in the 96th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Göyüş Dursunov, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When the referee ended the match the --FIRELAND-- players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.