National cup

National Stadium
Spectators: 1030 (Terracing: 773, Seating: 237, VIP seats: 20) In the 3rd minute Yves Passot shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ähsän Aläkbärov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 5 minutes of play, U21 France's Yves Passot made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ähsän Aläkbärov was left in no man's land by his defense there! A collision led to U21 France getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Yves Passot hit a great ball. The throw-in from Sädräddin Cavadov in the 11th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by U21 France's Raphael Varan. The audience was convinced that Yves Passot's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ähsän Aläkbärov was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Yves Passot in the 17th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Ähsän Aläkbärov prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Ähsän Aläkbärov stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Yves Passot's shot from short distance in the 21st minute. Constantin Guittonneau showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sadiq Bäxtiyarov in the 26th minute of the match. Constantin Guittonneau made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sadiq Bäxtiyarov in the 27th minute of play. After 28 minutes U21 France's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Habil Rzayev who took care of the corner kick. After taking down the ball on U21 Azerbaijan's corner Yasin Häbibov fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Constantin Guittonneau quite easily take care of the ball. The audience was convinced that Yasin Häbibov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Constantin Guittonneau was relentless in the 31st minute of the game. Yves Passot blasted a shot towards the goal in the 35th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ähsän Aläkbärov having to make a save. After a rather tough play, U21 France's Steven Fache got a free kick in the 36th minute. U21 France's Constantin Guittonneau played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mübariz Abdurazakov in the 37th minute of play. After a rather tough play, U21 Azerbaijan's Sädräddin Cavadov got a free kick in the 38th minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Yves Passot in the 39th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Ähsän Aläkbärov saved U21 Azerbaijan from getting behind. If Yves Passot had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Yasin Häbibov kicked well hit freekick during the 43rd minute of the match. Raphaël Galtier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 47th minute Raphaël Galtier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ähsän Aläkbärov saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

U21 France made a substitution. Martin Arab replaced Yves Passot. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Martin Arab stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Eden Neuville got free with Ähsän Aläkbärov in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 54th minute of the match U21 France got a corner. U21 Azerbaijan's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Raphael Varan ran over to the corner to take the kick. U21 France's Raphaël Galtier was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Ähsän Aläkbärov in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 55th minute, Eden Neuville reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Ähsän Aläkbärov. The goal made the score 0-2. U21 France's Martin Arab was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 61st play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Constantin Guittonneau didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Yasin Häbibov went, in the 68th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. U21 France made a substitution. John James replaced Raphaël Galtier. When the match clock showed 84 minutes, the score became 1-5 when Eden Neuville sped through U21 Azerbaijan's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Ähsän Aläkbärov. Martin Arab in the 87thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Ähsän Aläkbärov, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. 88 minutes into the game, U21 France's Martin Arab nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Ähsän Aläkbärov made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-6. In the 94th match minute, U21 Azerbaijan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mübariz Abdurazakov to maneuver through the defense. After 96 played minutes U21 Azerbaijan got a freekick which was hit by Sadiq Bäxtiyarov. After 98th play minutes Martin Arab shot 1-7, a short shot which went by Ähsän Aläkbärov and just under the crossbar into goal. When the match was over U21 France could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than U21 Azerbaijan throughout the match.