Neftchi 3 - 0 Gabala
Date: 18 August 2012, kick-off: 18:00. Venue: Ismat Gayibov Settlement Stadium. Crowd: 800
Referee: Anar Salmanov
Referee assistants: Yashar Abbasov, Mubariz Hashimov
4th referee: Rauf Jabbarov.
AFFA representative: Shaig Hamidov.
Referee-inspector: Malik Hasanov
Yellow cards: Elvin Yunuszadeh, 15 (wrong slide) // Bruno Bertucci, 40 (holding by hand) // Urfan Abbasov, 37 (foul) // Luiz Paulo Hilario, 45 (protesting to the referee) // Kalabane Umar, 75 (protesting to the referee)
Goals: Javid Imamverdiyev, 47; 87, Julius Wobay, 56
Extra time: I Part- 1 min.; II Part- 2 min.
Neftchi
30. Sasha Stamenkovic
4. Tarlan Guliyev
7. Cabral Rodrigo Cesar
(6. Rashad Sadigov, min.46)
9. Flavio Aleks Valensio
(28. Emin Mehdiyev, min.78)
11. Canales Nicolas
15. Ramos Eric
16. Bertucci Bruno
17. Araz Abdullayev
(10. Julius Wobay, min.46)
22. Mahir Shukurov
25. Javid Imamverdiyev
32. Elvin Yunuszadeh (c)
Substitutes:
12. Emil Balayev
3. Sasha Yunisoghlu
19. Mirhuseyn Seyidov
26. Karim Diniyev
Coach: Tarlan Ahmadov
Gabala
25. Costa Silva Diego
8. Bruno Da Silva
10. Luiz Paulo Hilario
(9. Victor Mendy, min.67)
11. Yannick Kamanan
15. Kalabane Umar
18. Aleksandr Certoganov (c)
22. Lourival Rodrigues
27. Rashad Abdullayev
(21. Elmar Bakhshiyev, min.60)
34. Urfan Abbasov
(99. Amil Yunanov, min.81)
84. Kelhar Dejan
88. Nodar Mammadov
Substitutes:
30. Anar Nazirov
3. Vurghun Huseynov
20. Rashid Amiraslanov
23. Shahriyar Khalilov
Coach: Fatih Kavlak
Kavlak: “I wish to Neftchi coach Boyukagha Hajiyev recovery, and believe we will see him again with his squad soon. Our opponents were in a psychology trouble as they were in desperate need of a victory. But the 3:0 deficit awoke us to look into our mistakes. I wish successes to Neftchi on their Europe League performance.
Ahmadov: “After our Champions League defeat to Hapoel and Premier League loss to Garabagh, this match was of much importance for us to win. Our team are still not in their best since the last tour game on an artificial turf. As we watched Gabala in their performance against Inter, the forward and midfielder lines of the opponents made us feel in trouble. It seemed evident also in the first half with some threats. But anyway we were able to win by the goals scored in the second period. Today, I gave break to Rashad Sadigov and Wobay, but they came on in the second half justifying the trust".