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Portugal defeats Azerbaijan

16 October 2007 08:42 (UTC +04:00)

Azerbaijan national football team has lost six matches out of nine in the 2008 European championship qualifying round. The Portuguese defeated Azerbaijan opponent 2:0 in the match held at Tofig Bahramov stadium, APA-Sport reports. Dominant Portugal started brightly and defender Bruno Alves opened the scoring after 12 minutes with a glancing header following a corner from Deco.
Azerbaijan were reduced to 10 men on the 28th minute when captain Aslan Karimov was sent-off for a foul on winger Cristiano Ronaldo.
Portugal, who had drawn their last three qualifiers, doubled their lead on the stroke of halftime when striker Hugo Almeida, a late replacement for the injured Nuno Gomes, tapped in a cross from the right by Miguel.
Rasim Abishov and Zaur Taghizada received red cards in 1999 matches against Portugal. Azerbaijan team is to hold next match against Serbia tomorrow.

/APA-Sport/