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Azeri olympic squad to meet Neftchi and Genjlerbirliyi

05 March 2007 16:21 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijani national under-21 football team will settle in Neapol Hotel during the training from March 5 till March 11 in Baku, The team will train in the stadiums of Edliyye and Olympics reserve Football School, head coach Shakir Geribov told APA-Sport.
He said they will play first friendly during the trainings. The match against Sumgaitâ€™s Genjlerbirliyi club will take place at 12.00 March 11 in Tofig Behremov stadium. Before it the team plans to meet Neftchi.
â€œWe cannot firnd a stadium for the match against Neftchi. We want to play against a strong team like Neftchi in a good lawn stadiumâ€?, he said.
Geribov said he made some staff changes in the team. Thus, Olympic team defender Natig Gasimov was removed because of being ill. He was replaced with Gilan forward Vusal Garayev. Geribov hasnâ€™t included Turkish Katserispor club member Ilgar Nebiyev in the training yet. /APA-Sport/