In the playoffs, she finds the Azeris against her
From the… penalty, the opponent of Omonia!
Zire will be on the road of the greens in the playoffs of the Conference League. After a 1-1 first-leg draw against Osijek, the two teams drew 2-2 in Azerbaijan and qualification was decided on penalties where the home team won 2-1 (five were taken for each team).
The Croatians scored with Jugovic in the 37th minute, while they equalized from a penalty by Aliyev in the 54th minute. In the 81st minute, Matkovic headed the visitors back in front before Volkovi equalized with an impressive goal in the 90th minute.
The match went to overtime and then to… Russian roulette where the Azerbaijanis smiled.
Zire's goals:
After conceding from the spot in the first leg, Osijek concedes again from the spot, and it's 1-1.
Qismat Aliyev scored the equalizer for Zira.
Let's hope Osijek can turn it around. pic.twitter.com/QnqO6vf5o9
— (@TheCroatianLad) <ahref=”https://twitter.com/TheCroatianLad/status/1824139854180970804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>August 15, 2024
Osijek have done it again… They have bottled it again.
Davit Volkovi scores a wonderful goal, and it's 2-2.
It's looking like they'll have another 30 minutes to play. pic.twitter.com/mj08jxD5y6
— (@TheCroatianLad) August 15, 2024
Zire started this year's journey from the Europa League. There he was eliminated by Sheriff on penalties and continued in the Conference League. Then in the 1st qualifier, she eliminated Dunaska with two wins 2-1 and 4-1 to find herself on the way to Osijek.
Her market value is 10.33 million euros, with her star being the captain of the team Kismat Aliyev, right back with a value of 900 thousand euros. Its coach is Azeri Rashad Sadikov, who has been with the team for four years.
It plays in the Olympic stadium of Zire with a capacity of 1200 seats.
