brazil 0 - 7 juve (388857848)

Clouds darkened the skies at NefciBaku Arena as 12000 spectators turned up for the match. Mads Rode was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anastasios Stavridis and Stephan Maillard. brazil decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Dadaşov - Novruzov, Mirqasımov, Müslümov, Babayev - Mircavadov, Abdullayev, Əfəndiyev, Nağıyev - Əbilov, İsmayılov.

juve started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Ekrem - Vender, Shattock, Porfido - Sara, Oneto, Kadej, Makarinov, Patalas - Žůrek, Əsgərov.

The wings were the focus of most of juve's attacks today. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when P. Patalas was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 8 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! Players in juve heard their coach's words ringing in their ears and steered their central attacks to the wings instead. Some quick footwork on the left side of the field 15 minutes into the match left juve's A. Makarinov completely free to score. 0 - 1 for the visitors. juve's A. Makarinov was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 19 minutes. 24 minutes into the match, the visitors put themselves ahead 0 - 2 as P. Patalas finished off an attack from the left with a spectacular scissors kick. With 31 minutes played, juve put themselves up 0 - 3 after an attack from the right, caused by a defensive blunder. The scorer was G. Porfido. After this, you could see that the players of juve were more interested in killing time than scoring more goals. Given a free kick close to the byline, juve tried a move that loyal fans may recognise from training. A pass to the side pulled the defence out of position which let A. Makarinov slip through on goal. He didn't have to break his stride, and slipped the ball past the keeper to make it 0 - 4, 34 minutes into the game. 0 - 4 was the halftime score. juve enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 81 percent of possession.

After 59 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to juve's A. Makarinov being carried off the pitch and replaced by M. Tağızadə. B. Kadej increased the visitors' lead by putting a volley away after a pass from the right. 0 - 5. juve increased their lead after 66 minutes when A. Vender broke through on the right, upping the score to 0 - 6, much to the home crowd's dismay. A drive down the left side allowed C. Oneto to get in close and score another goal for juve after 71 minutes, taking the score to 0 - 7. Possession in this half belonged to juve, who controlled the ball 84 percent of the time.

brazil's top performer was clearly A. Əbilov. R. Dadaşov on the other hand, had a terrible day. juve's best player was D. Žůrek. P. Sara turned in a dismal performance, however. The match ends 0 - 7.