Neftchi – Gabala  2:1

Date: 15 December 2013 / Time: 18:00 | Venue: Bakcell Arena Stadium / Crowd: 800 Referee: Aliyar Aghayev

Referee assistants: Mehman Mahmudov, Zeynal Zeynalov

4th official: Ramiz Maharramov

More referee assistants: Elvin Asgarov, Ramil Diniyev

AFFA members: Abbas Huseynov

Referee inspector: Ali Huseynov

Yellow cards: Mahir Shukurov, 5 (unsporting behavior); Rashad Sadygov, 32 (unsporting behavior); Carlos Cardoso, 45+1 (unsporting behavior); Tarlan Guliyev, 72 (unsporting behavior) // Mushfig Teymurov, 11 (unsporting behavior); 84 (delaying restart); Abdulwaheed Afolabi, 74 (unsporting behavior); Amid Guluzadeh, 90+3 (unsporting behavior) 

Red cards: Mushfig Teymurov, 84

Goals: Araz Abdullayev, 12 (p.); Mahir Shukurov, 90+4 // Leonardo da Silva, 45+1 (p.) 

Extra time: I Part - 1 min.; II Part - 4 min.

Gabala defeated to Neftchi in the 17th tour away of the Topaz Premier League. As Garabagh lost their lead, both sides were very close to the top place on the league table. The teams came on the pitch just to push hard on the way up.

The match started by attacks from the home side, but it was Gabala setting up the first threat of the show. Ebecilio seemed too close to the opener cutting through the opponent keeper from the left before his shot was denied by opponent defender Cardoso. 

Neftchi opened the scoring in the 12th minute after Gabala”s young player Mushfig Teymurov fouled on Flavinio in the box that led to penalty. Shooting the ball, Neftchi”s Araz Abdullayev put his team one ahead.

Gabala stepped up their inroad into the Neftchi defense after the goal and it worked out to feed back during the extra time of the first half. Dodo was fouled in the box of Neftchi and Leonardo shot home.

The things got progressing into more pulsating minutes in the second part with mutual attacks. Although some many occasions by both sides, only Neftchi could score their second to leave the event on top. Mahir Shukurov scored the all-important goal in the last 3rd minute during the extra time. The result left Neftchi moving up again to the lead at the top of the 17 tours.

Neftchi line-up:

30. Sasha Stamenkovic

2. Carlos Cardoso

4. Tarlan Guliyev 

6. Rashad Sadygov (c)

7. Araz Abdullayev

9. Flavio Aleks Valensio

14. Bahodır Nasimov 

(11. Melvin Platie, 62)

15. Erik Ramos

22. Mahir Shukurov

32. Elvin Yunuszadeh

90. Ernest Nfor 

Subs:

1. Pavels Dorosevs 

5. Igor Mitreski

10. Javid Imamverdiyev 

19. Mirhuseyn Seyidov

27. Magsad Isayev

28. Emin Mehdiyev

Head coachi: Nazim Suleymanov

Gabala line-up:

27. David Pietrzkevic

4. Amid Guluzadeh 

6. Volodimir Levin (c)

10. Luis Hilario 

14. Lorenzo Ebecilio 

18. Ibrahima Niasse 

19. Abdulwaheed Afolabi

(9. Victor Mendy, 90+2)

31. Daniel Subotic

36. Elnur Allahverdiyev

42. Leonardo da Silva

(3. Nikola Valentic, 87)

88. Mushfig Teymurov 

Subs:

55. Javidan Huseynzadeh

5. Sadig Guliyev 

8. Nizami Hajiyev 

11. Yannick Kamanan 

22. Assis Rodrigues

Head coach: Yuri Semin