FC Garabagh Wins in Luxembourg Despite Armenian Provocation

Baku / 10.04.19 / Turan: The Azerbaijani football club Garabagh in the away game as part of the group stage of the Europa League against the Luxembourg FC Dudelange won with a big score 4: 1.

However, in addition to victory, the game was also remembered by an Armenian provocation. So, in the 30th minute of the match, with a score of 2-0, a drone with the flag of the separatist regime in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan was raised above the field. The protest of the Karabakh players was taken into account by a judge who stopped the match and sent the teams to the locker rooms. The pause lasted 25 minutes. The Minister of Sports of Luxembourg announced at the stadium an apology on behalf of the government of the country in connection with the incident, and emphasized that the host side had no relation to this and regretted what had happened.

As for the game itself, the champions of Azerbaijan opened an account already in the 11th minute. Midfielder of FC Garabagh Abdell Zubir received an accurate pass from Gara Garayev entered the opponents penalty area and just shot on goal. The author of the second goal in the 30th minute was the Spanish legionary of FC Garabagh Michel, who closed the transfer from another Spaniard Dani Quintana with his head. In the 37th minute, FC Garabagh received the right to an 11-meter free kick, for knocking down of Michel in the same area. The hit was definitely performed by Richard Almeida. At the 69th minute, FC Garabagh brought the score to 4: 0. The author of the goal was Dani Quintana. At the very end of the game, the hosts were able to score a goal. Bernier did it in the 90th minute.

In a parallel match of our group, Spanish Sevilla beat APOEL from Cyprus at home 1-0.

After two rounds, the Azerbaijani champion scored three points and climbed the second step in the group. FC Dudelange has the same amount of points. The leader in the group is the Spanish club Sevilla, which has 6 points. In fourth place is the Cyprus APOEL, which has no points.

FC Garabagh will play the next match against the Cypriots in their field on October 24. -71D-

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