The first leg of UEFA Europa League second qualifying round was held at Gabala City Stadium. Gabala FK hosted FC Dinamo Tbilisi. The match appeared to be very interesting and besides several attacks of Gabala, the match went on with Dinamo’s full priority. Levan Kutalia created the first dangerous moment. Nazirov repelled his kick from short distance. Levan Shengelia and Nodar Kavtaradze also attacked. In response Bauque attacked but Mongil repelled. On 41st minute Dinamo scored. Combination that consisted with 21 passes was finished with Nodar Iashvili’s pass and Levan Kutalia’s goal. After that Kutalia kicked again but missed the target. Our rival had chance to equalize the score after Davit Volkov’s kick, although Perales played well. Nika Ninua and Levan Shengelia attacked. Kwame Karikari entered the field for the first time with Dinamo’s T-shirt. In several minutes Daffe and he created a nice combination and scored the second goal. Dinamo won the match with the score 2:0. The second leg match will be held in Tbilisi on August 1, at 21:00 at Dinamo Arena.
Gabala 0:2 Dinamo
Goal: 0:1 Kutalia 41’ 0:2 Daffe 87’
Booked: Lopez 5’ Bauque 6’ Gigauri 39’ Ramaldanov 45’ Kavtaradze 45’ Volkov 58’ Shengelia 60’ Kutalia 62’ Papava 66’ Kardava 74’ Kouakou 91’
Gabala: Nazirov, Seydiyev, Zunic, Ramaldanov, Nabiyev, Aliyev, Bauque, Lopez, Gigauri, Volkov, Iskandarov
Dinamo: Perales, Iashvili, Mongil, Kobouri, Kimadze, Papava, Ninua, Kukhianidze, Shengelia, Kavtaradze, Kutalia
Referee: N. Walsh (Scotland)