Sport24.az
The VIII round of the Misli Premier League was remarkable with "Qarabagh" starting with 11 legionnaires in the starting lineup. Sport24.az reports that Gurban Gurbanov did not give local football players a chance in the "11" in the away match against "Turan Tovuz".
This is the first such event this season.
This is the 2nd time such an "11" has been encountered in the history of Azerbaijani championships. In 2008-10, when the legionnaire limit was not as it is now, 11 foreigners played in the starting lineup of the same team in one match.
In the match "Simurq" - "Khazar Lankaran" (1:2) of the XIX round of the 2009/10 season, the home team relied on 11 legionnaires: 77. Vitali Postranski, 4. Aleksandr Malygin (k), 7. Gennadi Solonitsin, 8. Ruslan Gunchak, 17. Kakhaber Chkhetiani, 18. David Bolkvadze, 19. Yuri Bulychev, 23. Roman Akhalkatsi, 24. Andrey Raspopov, 32. Aleksandr Golban, 33. Nenad Begovich.
The same event happened 5729 days after the match held on February 9, 2010. As it was then, the visiting team won again with a score of 2:1. But this time, the team that started the match with 11 legionnaires rejoiced at three points.
In the game held in Zagatala, the head coach of the local team was also a legionnaire - Ukrainian Roman Pokora. This time, the local specialist Gurban Gurbanov gave a chance to 11 legionnaires.
