Gabala reserves came on their second testing match of the Antalya training camp in Turkey against SGV Freiberg after meeting Tobol substitutes from Kazakhstan (0:2). The squad of Luis Aragon started against the German 5th-devision team by one minute”s silence and with black arm wraps in memory of victims of the massacre in Azerbaijan on 20 January 1990.

Gabala took the lead to open the scoring in the 50th minute with Ehtiram Shahverdiyev. But the red-black side were unable to keep up their possession as the opponents fed back on 70 minutes. The goal sealed in 1:1 draw.