Challenge

National stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ariel Martinez started the match with the kick off. Şair Baloğlanov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ariel Martinez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Mänsur Rzayev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mänsur Rzayev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ariel Martinez, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Mänsur Rzayev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ariel Martinez in the 20th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Ariel Martinez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mänsur Rzayev was relentless in the 21st minute of the game. Pingos Futbol Club's Marcial Licerio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Häsrät Azamämmädov in the 24th minute of play. After 25 minutes Pingos Futbol Club's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Gündüz Haqverdiyev who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Gündüz Haqverdiyev almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Pingos Futbol Club's Marcial Licerio did a great save. The supporters of Azerbaijan booed when Pingos Futbol Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Javier Cefero didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ariel Martinez in the 29th minute of play forced Azerbaijan's goalkeeper Mänsur Rzayev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mänsur Rzayev stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Clemente Matteo's shot from short distance in the 30th minute. Clemente Matteo received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Mänsur Rzayev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ariel Martinez in the 34th minute of play forced Azerbaijan's goalkeeper Mänsur Rzayev to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 35th minute Ariel Martinez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mänsur Rzayev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Azerbaijan booed when Pingos Futbol Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Melchor Salomone didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 46th minute, Clemente Matteo left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Pingos Futbol Club fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. The Azerbaijan players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Pingos Futbol Club were winning 0-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Aqil Mövsümov to make the kick off. Gündüz Haqverdiyev kicked well hit freekick during the 51st minute of the match. Pingos Futbol Club's Marcial Licerio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Aqil Mövsümov in the 56th minute of play. Ariel Martinez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Mänsur Rzayev tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ariel Martinez got free with Mänsur Rzayev in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Ariel Martinez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 73rd minute, Clemente Matteo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mänsur Rzayev was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. In the 80th minute, Clemente Matteo fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Mänsur Rzayev, passed just outside the right post. Pingos Futbol Club made a substitution. Arsenio Laffitte replaced Clemente Matteo. Pingos Futbol Club's Rogelio Ezkerra was substituted for Ariel Martinez. Mänsur Rzayev showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arsenio Laffitte, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. When Mikayıl Malişov fell near the penalty area in the 87th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Azerbaijan's protests and gave Mikayıl Malişov a yellow card for diving instead. In the 87th match minute, Azerbaijan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mikayıl Malişov to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pascual Ferrer got free with Mänsur Rzayev in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rogelio Ezkerra got free with Mänsur Rzayev in the 93rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Pingos Futbol Club's Melchor Salomone got a free kick in the 94th minute.