Azerbaijani national football team entered the semifinals of the European Championship, which takes place in Slovakia.
Today in the quarterfinals, our team with a score of 1-0 beat the owners of the Slovaks Championship. The only goal in the 42nd minute was scored by Elvin Alizade. In the 49th minute, Vusal Isaev was removed in the Azerbaijani team, but this did not stop her from winning.
In the semifinals, Azerbaijan will play with Kazakhstan, who defeated Hungary in the penalty shootout today.
Recall that at the group stage, our team lost Romania (0: 2), and then beat Spain (5: 1) and Albania (1: 0), taking 2nd place in the group “B”. In the 1/8 finals with a score of 3: 0, Israel was defeated.
At the European Championship, 24 teams were divided into 6 groups. The teams who took 1-2 places directly reached the 1/8 finals. Four best teams among those who took 3 places also joined them.
Mini-football should not be confused with a football. These competitions are not held under the auspices of UEFA. The organizer is the European mini-football federation.
The main differences between the mini-football and the football is that the game is held on the site with an artificial lawn surrounded by barriers, and therefore the ball is much less common in out.