Baku 2 – 1 Gabala

26 November 2011. Time: 13:30. Baku’s Training Base Stadium. Crowd: 1000
Referee: Elchin Mammadov
Referee Assistants: Azer Asgarov, Namig Huseynov
4th Referee: Ingilab Mammadov Mammadov
AFFA reprisentative: Ogtay Abdullayev
Referee inspector: Kerim Agayev
Yellow Cards: Elvin Aliyev, 20 (for tripping up an opponent) // Victor Mendy, 16 (for tripping up an opponent); Nuran Gurbanov, 35 (simulation); Vurgun Huseynov, 41 (rude sliding)
Goals: Deividas Cesnauskis, 17; Uinston Parks, 29 // Serge Djiehoua, 88 (p.)
Extra time: First half - 1 minute; second half - 3 minutes.

Gabala fielded against Baku in the fourteenth week of Unibank Premier League in a match that was expected to be under high tension because of both teams were much keen on medals.
Gabala was on display in the same squad that defeated Neftchi, but now without injured Deon Burton and with Nuran Gurbanov in his position.
The match-up has started with watchful attacks of both sides. Although we were much stronger in foothold for early minutes, the representatives of capital Baku could be able to be capitalized changing further minutes in their own favour. Uinston Parks was under spotlight with his passion and the Baku forward hit on 17 minutes from the right flank setting up Deividas Cesnauskis’s follow-up kick home- 1:0.
And, Serge Djiehoua in the offensive line was toiling to respond, but his efforts came to be unsuccessful as the opponents carefully played into the second scoring on 45 minutes.    
Gabala were more active again in the second half. Yashar Abuzarov and Luba Baraninin entered the field slowing dawn the attacks of Baku and adding dynamism to Fatih Kavlak’s defensive line.

In some episodes, we were almost able to change the odds, but inaccuracy of our players was problem.

And on 88th minute, Gabala finished when Luiz Hilario entered the box undergoing rude. Taking advantage of the penalty, Djiehoua fired the ball straight into the net getting his teammates encouraged – 2-1.

But the following attacks unleashed by Gabala gave no successes and in the aftermath, we could not break the winless streak with Baku again.

Baku
1. Marko Sharlija
3. Deniss Ivanovs
6. Ibrahim Kargbo
7. Deividas Cesnauskis
8. Junior Xavier Vilson
11. Elvin Mammadov
14. Elvin Aliyev
15. Jamshid Maharramov (c)
25. Shahriyar Aliyev
36. Uinston Parks
(85. Joao Silvinyo de Karvalyo, min.85)
77. Aleksandar Solich
(4. Vadim Borets, min.90+1)

Substitutes:
16. Agil Mammadov
5. Stevan Bates
20. Fabio Luis Ramin
21. Novruz Mammadov
99. Rahman Hajiyev

Head coach: Aleksandrs Starkovs
Gabala:

12. Pavels Doroshevs
3. Vurgun Huseynov
8. Bruno da Silva
9. Victor Mendy
(17. Arif Isayev, min.80)
11. Serge Djiehoua
15. Nodar Mammadov
18. Aleksandr Certoganov
20. Stiv Olfers
(6. Luba Baranin, min.40)
25. Nuran Gurbanov
(7. Yashar Abuzarov, min.60)
33. Sasha Yunisoglu (c)
77. Luiz Paulo Hilario

Substitutes:

30. Grem Smith
16. Abdulkader Kamara
22. Murad Huseynov
26. Daniel Lopes Kruz

Head coach: Fatih Kavlak