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Azerbaijani futsal team trains before key match against Serbia

by Elmir Aliyev from Zagreb

Fri 03 February 2012

On Thursday evening the national team of Azerbaijan in futsal has held a training before its second match at the group stage of Euro-2012.
It was held at the hall of the Luchko sport complex. After the heating up and the ‘quarter’ game the footballers divided into two teams and held the match trying to resist the mini goals.

Thus, at 23.30 Baku time, the national team of Azerbaijan will have the match against Serbia. The win with four goals gap ensures our team’s participation in the quarterfinal. In case of smaller victory or a draw, the decisive will be the match on 5 February when Portugal plays Serbia.

Meanwhile, the loss in today’s match will deprive our team of the chances to reach the play off.

Standings in Group B:

Ukraine – 3 points, gap 6-3 (played 1)
Spain – 3, 4-2 (1)
Slovenia – 0, 5-10 (2)

Standings in Group A:

Croatia – 3 points, 2-1 (played 1)
Romania – 3, 4-3 (2)
Czech Republic – 0, 1-3 (1)




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Euro-2012: Polish arbiter biased against Azerbaijani team in futsal - VIDEO

by Elmir Aliyev from Zagreb

Sat 04 February 2012

As is known, last night the national futsal team of Azerbaijan has held its second match at the group stage of the European championship in Croatia.

Our match lost to Serbia-8:9 in the decisive match for the quarterfinal. One of the key moments in the match has become sending off the main goalkeeper of the national team of Azerbaijan Andrei Tverjankin in the eighth minute. Our goalkeeper got the second yellow card for the violation he did not make. This is seen in the video repetition of this episode posted below. Andrei did not clash with Serbian footballer Vladimir Milosavats and would even not touch him if the latter did not make the plunge.

However, Polish referee Sebastian Stavitski thought differently and showed the yellow card to our goalkeeper which became second in the match and caused sending off. Reserve goalkeeper Marat Salyanski who stepped to the court falls behind Tverjankin in skills despite all efforts and as a result Azerbaijan missed nine goals.



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Azerbaijani futsal team loses to Serbia, leaves Euro-2012

by Elmir Aliyev

Sat 04 February 2012

The Azerbaijani national futsal team had the second and seemingly the last match at the European championship.

Thus, the team played against the Serbian national team and lost with slight difference – 9:8. As a result, Portugal and Serbia shared first two places in the group. They will vie for the first place on 5 February.

From the Azerbaijani team, the goals came from: Jadder Dantas – hat trick, double goals from Felipe and one from Rizvan Farzaliyev and Tiago. Own goal came from Vidan Bojovic.

Current standing in group D:

1. Portugal – 3 points, goal difference 4-1 (1 game)
2. Serbia– 3, 9-8 (1)
3. Azerbaijan – 0, 9-13 (2)

“Today, we were obliged to win and so, we risked. But we didn’t expect it. We missed silly goals and made mistakes in inoffensive situations, ” Azerbaijani coach Jose Alecio da Silva said.

“We are satisfied with the victory but not the performance of our team. The both teams played without defense. 17 goals in one match - maybe record in the history of European championship. Our players were nervous at first but they gradually managed to establish the game,” Serbian coach Aca Kovacevic said.




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