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Quarrel causes Shahdag â€“ Genjlerbirliyi match stop unfinished

08 May 2007 16:53 (UTC +04:00)

Quarrel broke out today at the match between FC Shahdag and FC Genjlerbirliyi in Guba in Azerbaijani championship, APA-Sport reports.
Genjlerbirliyi left the field protesting against referee Anar Niyazov who appointed a penalty kick after 75 minutes. By that time Sumgaitâ€™s team scored a goal. Shahdag forward Ahmed Tijani equalized the score in penalty kick. The referee showed the penalty point again in additional time. FC Gernjlerbirliyi vice-president Vagif Sadigov ordered the team to leave the field as a protest to the decision.
The vice-president commented on the incident after the match.
â€œWe didnâ€™t protest against the penalty. I didnâ€™t see the scene. We protested that the decision was made after additional time was over. The referee added 2 minutes to the match but the decision was made in third. Genjlerbirliyi is always punished anyway. Such biased decisions put club leadership and coach staff in jeopardyâ€, he said.
FC Shahdag president Beybala Mammedov told APA-Sport that penalty was a fair decision.
â€œI think there was a foul in additional minute and the penalty decision was fairâ€, he said. /APA-Sport/