Gabala lost the last testing match in the Slovenia pre-season preparations to FC Mersin Idman Yurdu, the fifth one in the tour.

Gabala staff:

Diego Costa Silva, Urfan Abbasov, Nodar Mammadov, Dejan Kelhar, Omar Kalabane, Vurghun Huseynov (Victor Mendy), Rashad Abdullayev, Elmar Bakhshiyev (Bruno da Silva), Aleksandr Certoganov, Luis Hilario Dodo , Yannick Kamanan (Daniel Cruz).

The pace of the match started on level. Gabala could have opened the scoring on occasion in the half, but this chance was taken by the Turkish opponents. They finished the first period on top.

After the break, the pair restarted on the same scenario. The both sides got many other occasions to score again, but remarkable moments came up by two penalties, one of which put the opponents more ahead.

But Dodo failed to convert the second penalty of the show to scoring after foul on Mendy in the box in the 75 minutes.

The forum ended in 2:0 making the other side the winner.