Gabala 1 : 0 Garabagh
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Gabala 1 : 0 Garabagh

Gabala 1 – 0 Garabagh

Date: 14 April 2012. Kick-off 16:00 GMT. Venue: Gabala City Stadium. Crowd: 1,500
Head referee: Rahim Hasanov
Referee assistants: Yashar Abbasov, Vagif Musayev
4th Referee: Teymur Farhadov
AFFA representative: Mubariz Huseynov
Referee inspector: Ahmadagha Jabbarov
Yellow cards: Urfan Abbasov, 39; Grem Smith, 90+1; // Rashad Sadigov, 41; Vagif Javadov, 78; Rashad Sadigov, 90+3
Goal: Yannick Kamanan, 70
Extra time: First part- 1 min.; Second part - 3 min.

Gabala take a 1:0 victory over Garabagh in the 28th round of the Unibank Premier League. The superb win gifted us an all-important finish to the 6-match tie line with the opponents in the season. After the first leg game of the season upsetting Gabala, the both teams shared four draws on the trot. And the last two league defeats gave us gung-ho spirit to beat Garabagh for saving our trophy chance.

The pace of the show started with a Garabagh dynamism on posts close to the home gate with many goalbound shots. But it was Gabala staying firm with clear Grem Smith and strong defensive line.

The second half turned into the favour of Gabala after Arif Isayev was sent off for Victor Mendy. The swift momentum led the home side to earn the only goal of the game in the 70th minute, when Yannick Kamanan superbly finished the cross by Victor Mendy. Now Gabala proved that lightning can strike twice at the end of the long struggle against Garabagh.

                                  Gabala

30. Grem Smith
3. Vurghun Huseynov
4. Mahir Shukurov (c)
8. Bruno da Silva
11. Yannick Kamanan
15. Nodar Mammadov
(21. Elmar Bakhshiyev, min.76)
17. Arif Isayev
(9. Victor Mendy, min.46)
18. Aleksandr Certoganov
20. Steve Olfers
34. Urfan Abbasov
(26. Daniel Lopes Cruz, min.40)
77. Luiz Paulo Hillario

Substitutes:

1. Elnar Karimov
5. Sergey Sokolov
10. Deon Burton
22. Murad Huseynov

Coach: Fatih Kavlak


                               Garabagh

99. Bojan Pavlovic
5. Maksim Medvedev
(70. Vagif Javadov, min.77)
6. Rashad Sadigov (k)
7. Namig Yusifov
11. Rauf Aliyev
(9. Bakhtiyar Soltanov, min.77)
14. Rashad Sadigov
19. Muarem Muarem
22. Afran Ismayilov
(17. Vugar Nadirov, min.55)
24. Admir Teli
25. Ansi Agolli
77. Georgi Adamiya

Substitutes:

1. Farhad Valiyev
2. Gara Garayev
4. Zaur Hashimov
18. Ilgar Gurbanov

Coach: Gurban Gurbanov