Azerbaijan took the lead in the 7th minute, when Musa Gurbanli entered the penalty area of the BH team on the right and hit from about ten meters the opposite corner of Nikola Ćetković’s goal.
BH equalled the result in the 16th minute. The goalkeeper of Azerbaijan, Mahammad Ahmadov, after a corner shot, rejected the ball to the edge of the penalty area, where Anes Hrustanović sent the ball into the net by the volley kick.
The captain Faruk Duraković made a good attempt from twenty meters in the 31st minute, but the ball went just above the crossbar.
Hamza Gasal passed well on the right in the 36th minute and sent a return ball to Dino Cviko, who shot from about 10 meters besides the goal.
Gurbanli scored the second goal for Azerbaijan in the 45th minute, with a precise shot from the right side.
Đorđe Nišić scored for 2:2 in the 52nd minute, while Sergei Vitonji assisted him.
Ajdin Jusupović passed from the left in the 70th minute and threw the ball into the penalty area of Azerbaijan, where Nemat Musayev scored an own goal for the final 3:2 in favour of the BH team.
After the match, the head coach Sakib Malkočević stated: “We cannot be satisfied with the performance of our team in this tournament. Except for thirty minutes against Croatia and the results of today’s game, everything else was bad. We have five months until the qualifications and a lot of work is ahead of us. We will have to complement this team with new players. There are also football players here for who we have to pay attention, but there are plenty of them that are not at this level, neither physically nor tactically.”
The last match of this tournament between Macedonia and Croatia will start at 14:00 h at the Zenica Training Camp.
Azerbaijan - Bosnia and Herzegovina 2:3 (1:1)
Stadium: FF BH Training Centre, Zenica
Referee: Aldin Sofić (Zenica)
Assistant Referees: Emir Delić, Mirza Doglod (Zenica)
4th Official: Armin Čamdžić (Zenica)
Goals: 1:0 Gurbanli (7th minute), 1:1 Hrustanović (16th minute), 2:1 Gurbanli (45th minute) 2:2 Nišić (52nd minute), 2:3 Musayev (70th minute, own goal)
Azerbaijan: Mahammad Ahmadov, Nika Bachaliashvili, Emil Bayramov, Musa Gurbanli, Veysal Rzayev, Valeh Gahramanli, Eldar Kuliev, Tugay Alizade, Javidan Abbaszade, Nemat Shikhamirov, Farid Mukhtarov. Also played: Ibrahim Novruzov, Samir Abdullayev, Samir Maharramli, Vusal Shabanov, Nemat Musayev, Jalal Jabrayilov, Rufat Ahmadov, Samir Abdulayev. Head Coach: Ramin Guliyev
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Nikola Ćetković, Halid Džanko, Faruk Duraković, Elvedin Kečanović, Edvin Kovačević, Anes Hrustanović, Sergej Vitonji, Hamza Gasal, Amar Drina, Andrija Janjić, Đorđe Nišić. Also played: Mate Zvonimir Lasić, Ajdin Jusupović, Marko Kujundžić, Silvio Ilinović, Đorđe Nišić, Amar Tahrić, Danilo Teodorović. Head Coach: Sakib Malkočević
















