Big home victory

Qarabağ – Neftchi 3:0
Abdellah Zoubir, 22; Yassine Benzia, 40 (pen.); Nariman Akhundzade, 41

Qarabağ played another match in the Misli Premier League, facing Neftchi at home in Round 31 of the championship.

Our head coach Gurban Gurbanov chose the following starting lineup for the match: 99. Mateusz Kochalski, 13. Bahlul Mustafazade, 44. Elvin Jafarguliyev, 27. Toral Bayramov, 90. Nariman Akhundzade, 10. Abdellah Zoubir (c), 7. Yassine Benzia, 8. Marko Janković, 9. Kady Borges, 2. Mateus Silva, 15. Leandro Andrade.

The match, held at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, saw our team start off with high intensity. From the first minutes, we took control and pressed the opposition in their half, using quick, successive passes to create goal opportunities. This dominance paid off in the 22nd minute when Abdellah Zoubir sent the rebound from a set-piece into the back of the net.

Continuing the attacking momentum, our team scored twice more before halftime. Within two minutes, Neftçi was twice forced to restart from the center. First, Yassine Benzia confidently converted a penalty awarded after a foul on Kady Borges. Then Kady turned provider, assisting Nariman Akhundzade, who calmly finished a one-on-one with the goalkeeper.

In the second half, both teams produced dangerous attacks. Despite several goal-scoring opportunities on both ends, no goals were scored in the final 45 minutes.

Thus, our team secured a 3–0 victory. With this win, Qarabağ, the current league leader, increased its points tally to 76. The next league match will be away against Sabah on April 27.