2024-07-23 01:20:28
Zira played the return match of the first qualifying round of the Europa League.
As reported by İdman.biz, the Baku club received the representative of Moldova “Sheriff”.
This was the first home test for the Azerbaijani teams in the 2024/25 season. Rashad Sadykhov’s team tried to get past the opponent they had beaten in Tiraspol. Our team quickly took the lead, but a 40th-minute expulsion ruined all plans. Zira conceded twice in the second half, the match went into extra time, then there was a penalty shootout, in which Fuad Bayramov made a mistake. As a result, Zira lost and was relegated from the Europa League to the Conference League, where they will meet the Slovakian club DAK 1904.
Europa League
1st qualifying round
Return game
18:00. “Zira” – “Sheriff” – 1:2 (4:5 on penalties)
Goals: Raphael Utzig (5); Ayoub Allash (54), Papa Ndiaga Yade (77)
Red card: Salifu Souma (40)
Chief referee: Bulat Sariev (Kazakhstan)
Liv Bona Dea Arena
Zira: 1. Thiago Silva, 32. Kismat Aliyev (c), 3. Anze Mucizni, 4. Ruan Renato, 70. Issa Djibrilla, 19. Salifu Souma, 21. Gadzhiaga Gadzhiev, 15. Pierre Zebli, 6. Eldar Guliyev, 90. Davit Volkov, 23. Raphael Utzig
Head coach: Rashad Sadykhov
“Sheriff”: 16. Rashed Al-Toumi, 8. Joao Paulo Fernandes, 33. Mateusz Linz, 50. Jocelyn Behiratche, 66. Ilunga Pata, 18. Moussa Kyabu (c), 3. Nana Kwame Boakye, 10. Cedric Badolo , 69. Peter Ademo, 90. Papa Ndiaga Yade, 9. Ayak Riak
Head coach: Yuri Gura
First game – 1:0
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