“Jaly Mouaddib breaks the deadlock just five minutes in, catching Vestri cold before they could establish any foothold in the match.”
Pivotal“Pedro Bicalho doubles Qarabağ's lead after a sustained period of corner pressure, the third successive corner in 11 minutes finally yielding a decisive second goal.”
Pivotal“Zakaria Sawo puts the tie beyond any doubt twelve minutes into the second half, completing a ruthless Qarabağ performance that had been built on relentless set-piece pressure.”
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Qarabağ were in complete control from the first whistle, establishing a 73% possession share and generating 85 dangerous attacks to Vestri's 37 in what became a one-sided European qualifier. Jaly Mouaddib's fifth-minute opener instantly set the tone, and Pedro Bicalho's second before half-time effectively ended the contest. Vestri, pinned deep and unable to muster a single shot on target across 90 minutes, were overwhelmed by Qarabağ's relentless corner threat — 13 in total — which typified how the Icelandic side were forced to defend for their lives. Zakaria Sawo added a third shortly after the break to seal a commanding victory that moves Qarabağ firmly into the driving seat in this Europa League tie, while Vestri face a mountain to climb in the second leg.
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Albin Morfelt is substituted for Birkir Eydal.
Elvin Dzhafarquliyev comes on for Bruno Alberto Langa.
Cebrail Makreckis is on, and Badavi Huseynov is off.
Corner awarded.
Thordur Gunnar Hafthorsson is substituted off for Johannes Selven.
Corner awarded.
Breki Hermannsson replaces Elmar Atli Gardarsson.
On Gunnar Jonas Hauksson, Off Jacob Stensson.
Konstantin Chesmedzhiev comes on for Sergine Fall.
On Oleksii Kashchuk, off Jaly Mouaddib.
Samuel Lobato is substituted off for Pedro Henrique Rodrigues Bicalho.
Renaldo Cephas is on, and Abdellah Zoubir is off.
Corner awarded.
assist: Kady Borges
Goal! Zakaria Sawo scores, making it 0-3.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
The first half ends with a score of 0-2.
assist: Zakaria Sawo
Goal! The score is now 0-2.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
Corner awarded.
assist: Zakaria Sawo
Goal! Jaly Mouaddib scores, making it 0-1.
Kick-off! The referee is Marek Radina.
Icelandic side Vestri face an almost impossible task at AVIS völlurinn, needing to overturn a 3-0 first-leg deficit against a Qarabağ side that has been rubbing shoulders with Europe's elite. With the Azerbaijani giants one foot already in the next round, the only real drama is whether Vestri's artificial turf home and passionate crowd can spark something extraordinary.
