Gabala 0:3 Krasnodar (Russia)
UEFA Europa League, C Group, 6th Tour
Date: Thursday, December 10, 2015
Kick-off: 10:00 PM. AZT
Referee: Istvan Kovacs (Romania)
Assistant Referees: Miklos Istvan Nagy, Vasile Florin Marinescu (both from Romania)
Additional assistant referees: Cristian Balaj, Marius Avram (both from Romania)
Fourth official: Ovidiu Artene (Romania)
UEFA delegate: Scott Struthers (Scotland)
UEFA observer: Kaj Natri (Finland)
Ground: Bakcell Arena, Baku, Azerbaijan
Bookings: Şarl Kabore, 9”, Dodo, 25”
Goals: Ragnar Sigurdsson, 26”, Mouricio Pereyra, 41”, Wanderson, 75”
Stoppage time: 1st Half: 0 min.; 2nd Half: 4 min.
SC Gabala have lost to Krasnodar (Russia) in the last 6th tour match of the UEFA Europa League C group at Bakcell Arena, Baku, today.
Roman Grigorchuk”s team started a bit faster and Dodo went ahead to shot to the Krasnodar net but his effort was off the target. The opponents gradually could balance the game that led to threat against Gabala with Odil Akhmedov shooting from a promising position which was denied by Arif Dashdamirov. And Sergei Zenjov”s poor header after a corner could not find the net. Oleksiy Antonov also was deflected at times.
Quick attack by the visitors led to a strong kick by Pavel Mamayev hit the post before the Russian side stepped up their inroads into the Gabala defense that finished opening the scoring. Ragnar Sigurdsson headed into the lower right corner with a 7-meter drive after a free kick.
Three minutes after the goal, Gabala went too close to leveling before Dodo”s poor header after a superb pass from Zenjov.
Rafael Santos canceled Krasnodar”s second goal denying Brazilian Joaozinho.
And in the 37th minute, the opponent keeper capitalized on the ball from Antonov targeting Zenjov.
Just before the half-time, the Russian side doubled their lead with Mauricio Pereyra scoring by 30-meter drive shot.
It was Gabala again setting up an occasion early second period but Krasnodar held on and sent the ball out of corner. As the visitors regained the momentum, Grigorchuk made some changes introducing Zargarov and Zec. But it was difficult again to cut through the Russian defense.
The red-black side looked close to minimizing the goal difference before Dodo”s shot near the box was denied by Krasnodar keeper Andriy Dykan. And 3 minutes later, Ricardinho also was off the target with his free kick.
Krasnodar scored their 3rd in the 76th minute when Ricardo Laborde sent the ball to Wanderson in a large space to score in the last goal.
With another C group match, PAOK (Greece) have won 1:0 over Borussia Dortmund (Germany).
| 1 | Krasnodar | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9-4 | 13 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10-5 | 10 |
| 3 | PAOK | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3-3 | 7 |
| 4 | Gabala | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2-12 | 2 |
Gabala lineup:
1. Andrey Popovich
3. Vojislav Stankovich
20. Ricardinho
21. Arif Dashdamirov
44. Rafael Santos
10. Dodo (c)
19. Oleksiy Gai
(6. Rashad Sadigov, 76”)
88. Derlis Meza Colli
9. Sergei Zenjov
(66. Samir Zargarov, 57”)
32. Facundo Pereyra
(7. Ermin Zec, 61”)
69. Oleksiy Antonov
Subs.:
33. David Pietrzkevich
15. Vitaliy Vernydub
34. Urfan Abbasov
4. Elvin Jamalov
Head coach: Roman Grigorchuk
Krasnodar lineup:
31. Andriy Dykan
6. Andreas Grankvist (c)
17. Vitali Kaleshin
(21. Ricardo Laborde, 65”)
27. Ragnar Sigurdsson
7. Pavel Mamayev
10. Odil Akhmedov
22. Joaozinho
33. Mourisio Pereyra
(8. Yuri Gazinski, 68)
77. Sharl Kabare
98. Sergei Petrov
14. Wanderson
Subs.:
16. Anton Kochenkov
3. Stefan Strandberg
68. Andrei Batyutin
63. Nikalay Komilchenko
90. Fyodor Smolov
Head coach: Oleg Kononov
