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BAKU-CITY
Spectators: 10850 (Terracing: 8139, Seating: 2495, VIP seats: 216) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Kılıçalp Tur got the match started through his kick off. Santi Cañizares showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Alberto de Souza, who was totally free with the ball in the 2nd minute. Dominik Domeradzki sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 6 minutes into the match, Neftci's goalkeeper Santi Cañizares had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lucho Valdez. Häsrät Azamämmädov received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Santi Cañizares came out and tried to block the shot, but Häsrät Azamämmädov slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 8th minute. After 12 minutes of play, --FIRELAND--'s Lucho Valdez made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Santi Cañizares was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Neftci's Kılıçalp Tur in the 16th minute got a chance for a shot 16th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye --FIRELAND--'s goalie prevented a goal. Häsrät Azamämmädov scored 3-0 in the 23rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Santi Cañizares, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 28th match minute, Neftci was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dominik Domeradzki to maneuver through the defense. Santi Cañizares made an important save on a dangerous shot by Häsrät Azamämmädov in the 32nd minute. Santi Cañizares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto de Souza in the 34th minute of the match. A collision led to Neftci getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Yusuf Kücük hit a great ball. In the 45th minute Lucho Valdez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santi Cañizares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to --FIRELAND-- getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Zeynal Malişov hit a great ball. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Alberto de Souza to make the kick off. Dominik Domeradzki received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 50th minute. Lukasz Rasialdo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dominik Domeradzki came free with the goalkeeper in the 56th minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Lukasz Rasialdo could save by the left post. If Kılıçalp Tur had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 58th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Lukasz Rasialdo made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kılıçalp Tur in the 58th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Häsrät Azamämmädov in the 62nd minute of play forced Neftci's goalkeeper Santi Cañizares to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rza Albändayev hit a great freekick 64 minutes into the match. In the 65th minute, Zeynal Malişov sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Neftci's Santi Cañizares didn't even have to move. If Dominik Domeradzki had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dominik Domeradzki in the 67th minute of play forced --FIRELAND--'s goalkeeper Lukasz Rasialdo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santi Cañizares made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lucho Valdez in the 68th minute of play. In the 69th minute of the match --FIRELAND-- got a corner. Neftci's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Zeynal Malişov ran over to the corner to take the kick. In the 77th minute Äkbär Albändayev shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Santi Cañizares saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Heydär Bäyazov'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. Heydär Bäyazov helped the player get up and apologised. In the 84th minute, Yusuf Kücük 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. Lukasz Rasialdo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kılıçalp Tur in the 86th minute of the match. After 90 minutes --FIRELAND--'s defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Rza Albändayev who took care of the corner kick. Santi Cañizares showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Häsrät Azamämmädov in the 94th minute of the match. 95 minutes into the match, Neftci's Dominik Domeradzki sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Lukasz Rasialdo narrowly saved just below the crossbar. There was no doubt that --FIRELAND-- were the better team. --FIRELAND--'s players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.