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Portugal team refuses Shafa stadium

10 October 2007 15:25 (UTC +04:00)

The Portugal football team will not hold its pre-match training at Shafa stadium, AFFA national teams department head Bahruz Asgarov told APA-Sport the decision was made at the request of the Portuguese.
Bahruz Asgarov said the Portugal team will hold the pre-match training at Mehdi Huseynzada stadium in Sumgait city.
â€œThe Portuguese wanted it to be so. Four representatives of the Portugal Football Federation (PFF) arrived in Azerbaijan yesterday. We offered them Tofig Bahramov stadium as well as Bakhikhanov, Shafa and Mehdi Huseynzada stadium. They preferred Sumgait stadiumâ€.
Luiz Felipe Scolari will hold first training at 16:00 tomorrow. The Portugal team will train at Tofig Bahramov stadium on October 12. The last training before the match is scheduled to take place at 09:00, October 15. /APA-Sport/