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Gagra f/c of Georgia refuses friendly match with Baku f/c

21 July 2007 10:56 (UTC +04:00)

Friendly match intended to be held between Gagra f/c (Georgia) and Baku f/c (Azerbaijan) today will not take place, head coach of Gagra f/c George Gequchadze told the APA-Sport Agency.
Georgian coach said that they did not agree about the place of the match with Baku f/c officials.
â€œWe want to have match in Guba, the opposite side in Baku. We could not agree. Therefore friendly match did not take place,â€ he said.
Mr. Gequchadze did not rule out that they will meet Baku f/c next week.
â€œWe will come to Baku on July 24 and meet Azerbaijani football team under 19. We will meet Inter-2 f/c next day and Standard f/c on July 27. Though we offered Baku f/c to have match on July 26, we have not yet received reply,â€ he said.
Gagra f/c is competing in the first division of Georgian. Gagra f/c will visit Guba at the beginning of this week. Olympic f/c (Baku) defeated 1:3 Georgian team in the friendly match on July 17. /APA-Sport/