Today.Az » Sports » Azerbaijan reach FIFA Futsal World Cup qualifying play-offs
19 December 2011 [11:32] - Today.Az
The Azerbaijan national futsal team have progressed to the FIFA World
Cup qualifying play-offs, after defeating Ukraine 4-2 in the qualifying
main round here. Croatia gave hope for a good performance on home territory next month
with their opening 3-1 defeat of EURO 2010 semi-finalists Azerbaijan,
staging the group in Baku, while Ukraine began by beating Macedonia 2-1.
A day later Ukraine defeated Croatia 4-1 while Azerbaijan recovered to
win 7-1 against Macedonia, aided by a Felipe hat-trick.
Croatia put themselves in position by overcoming Macedonia 4-1, meaning
they could only be denied if Azerbaijan beat Ukraine by between two and
four goals. With eight minutes left that game was level but then Serjao
and Vitaliy Borisov struck in quick succession to make it 4-2 and take
Azerbaijan through, above Croatia by a single goal in a three-way
head-to-head tie-breaker, with Ukraine top.
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