Azerbaijani National Team Wins First Victory in League of Nations

Baku / 11.10.18 / Turan: The Azerbaijan national football team won with a big score 3: 0 the guest game with the Faroe Islands team in the third round of the League of Nations.

The game began with active attacks of the hosts. Having defended the first ten minutes, the Azerbaijani team began to control the ball. The national team of Azerbaijan scored the first goal in the first sharp attack. At the 28th minute, a beautiful combination of teammates was finished by a precise shot on goal by Richard Almeida.

In the second half, the national team of Azerbaijan succeeded once again. At the 67th minute, the well-organized attack of the national team was completed by football players performing in the low divisions of the German Championship - Rufat Dadashov and Dmitry Nazarov. Perfectly interacting, D.Nazarov, having received a pass from R.Dadashov, with one touch sent the ball into the hosts' goal.

At the 86th minute, the Azerbaijani team earned a penalty. Ruslan Gurbanov, who came to the field a minute before, struggled with the defender and entered the owners' penalty area, and there he was knocked down by the goalkeeper of the hosts. The penalty was realized by Richard Almeida.

In a parallel match of our group, the national team of Kosovo, in its own field, won against Malta with a score of 3: 1.

After three rounds, the Azerbaijani team has scored 5 points.

In the first two rounds, the Azerbaijani team completed both games in a draw - at home with the national team of Kosovo 0: 0, and while visiting - with the national team of Malta 1: 1.

The national team of Azerbaijan will hold its next game in Baku with the national team of Malta on October 14.

After three rounds in the third group of Division D, the leader is the Kosovo national team, which has 7 points. Azerbaijan team with 5 points ranks second. The Faroe Islands are in the third place with 3 points, and Malta occupies the last, fourth place with just one point.

Recall that the League of Nations is a tournament in which UEFA, based on ratings, has divided the national teams into four divisions. Each of them has four groups, the winners of which will join the semi-finals and the final will reveal the winner of the division. Each of the four winners in the divisions will receive a ticket to the European Championship in 2020. -71D-