Azerbaijan vs Qatar: The violent conduct meant that Azerbaijan was fighting an uphill battle against Luxembourg from the 21st minute.
But it wasn’t until the second half that its visitors took the proper advantage of their extra man in Group A of the World Ranking.
Gerson Rodrigues bagged a brace on either side of Sebastien Thill’s strike in the final 25 minutes, and while Azar Salahly made things interesting with his late effort. There was going to be a sensational comeback from the Basement Boys during their final game.
Now consigned to finishing at the bottom of Group A with just one point taken out of a possible 24.
Azerbaijan has only a 1-1 draw with the Republic of Ireland to demonstrate their efforts in qualifying for the World Cup and will desperately try to finish 2021 on a high note here.
However, it is now four losses on the rebound for De Biasi’s team before this game, during which they have conceded three goals in every game of that miserable streak, although they have only lost two of their last 16 friendly matches at home.
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As they wait to learn the fate of their opponents at next year’s World Cup, Qatar has been testing its wits against the teams from Group A in friendly matches, but the 2022 hosts have been humiliated most of the time.
Félix Sánchez The team came close to reaching the break 0-0 against a second-row Serbian team on Thursday night before starter Sasa Lukic. Who opened the floodgates for Luka Jovic and substitutes Dusan Vlahovic and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic to register in a comfortable 4-0 victory.
Qatar’s win at the hands of the Serbs marked their third straight loss in a friendly following previous losses to Ireland and Portugal since early September. And a 1-1 draw with Luxembourg represents their only positive result of a friendly period so far. other lousy.
Momentum isn’t exactly on Qatar’s side before they start their Arab Cup campaign later this month. But their most recent encounter with Azerbaijan ended in a 2-1 friendly win in March.
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Team news
Azerbaijan coach De Biasi has no worries about new injuries to solve for this match. But will surely change the squad after a grueling night against Luxembourg.
Renat Dadashov and Rustam Ahmadzada are both pushing to get to the XI at the top. While 18-year-old Calal Huseynov will hold out to start in De Biasi’s three-man defense.
Meanwhile, Qatar defender Bassam Al-Rawi came in as a substitute in the second half against Serbia, but lasted only 26 minutes of that match before being forced to retire with injury.
A series of halftime changes saw Ali Asad , Karim Boudiaf and Ahmed Alaaeldin featured on Thursday, but attackers Hassan Al-Haydos and Akram Afif weren’t involved in that 4-0 loss.
Possible starting lineup of Azerbaijan:
Balayev;Â Medvedev, Kryvotsiuk, Celik;Â Seydiyev, Mahmudov, Mustafayev, Salahly;Â Alasgarov;Â Emreli, Dadashov
Qatar’s possible starting lineup:
Al-Sheeb;Â Salman, Khoukhi, Miguel;Â Khoder, Al-Bayati, Hatem, Madibo, Hassan;Â Ali, Alaaeldin
We say: Azerbaijan 0-0 Qatar
Neither Azerbaijan nor Qatar will be particularly confident in their ability to succeed here, and the World Cup hosts will strive to avoid fitness issues before the Arab Cup begins.
With changes likely on both ends and nothing but bragging rights on the line, we expect a low-key affair to end without the network flipping once.
