"Gabala" team reached the playoffs of the UEFA Europa League.
On August 4 "Gabala" football team held a return match in the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League. During the meeting, played at the "8 km" stadium, the "Gabala", defeating the French "Lille" club reached the tournament playoffs. The starting lineup of "Gabala" team included Dmytro Bezotosnyi, Vojislav Stankovic, Rashad Sadigov (c), Nika Kvekveskiri, Sergei Zenjov, Vitaliy Vernydub, Magomed Mirzabekov, Bagaliy Dabo, Filip Ozobic, Ricardinho and Theo Weeks. And within the "Lille" team the field was taken by Vincent Enyeama, Sebastien Corchia, Renato Civelli, Ibrahim Amadou, Mounir Obbadi, Morgan Amalfitano, Eric Bautheac, Julian Palmieri, Marcos Lopes, Eder and Adama Soumaoro. The match was judged by the team of arbitrators from Russia. The teams started first part of the match with intensive attacks. Despite the fact that at the end of the first half, the visitors boosted activity, the goal was scored in their gates. Goal, scored by Filip Ozobic in the 34th minute of the match from about 20 meters, was accurate and "Gabala" opened the score - 1:0. With this score teams went into the break. To even the score in the second half "Lille" players rushed forward. The home players meeting guests with counterattacks have failed to excel, despite some scoring chances. The representative of France also in several episodes created dangerous moments in front of the gate of "Gabala" team. Despite all the efforts in the remaining minutes, the goal wasn't scored and "Gabala" in the repeated match defeated "Lille" with the score 1:0. Since the first game, which took place in France, ended in a draw with the score 1:1, "Gabala" on the basis of two matches reached the playoffs. Next rival of "Gabala" team will be determined on August 5 as a result of the drawing.
