Tough battle and bitter defeat: Hungary are next!

Azerbaijan’s U-23 mini-football team will compete for third place at the World Cup being held in Croatia.

TodayPress TV reports that the national team faced Romania in the semi-finals.

The match, which was fiercely contested, ended in a 2–0 victory for Romania.

As a result, Hungary will be Azerbaijan’s opponent in the third-place playoff as the U-23 team continues its bid for a bronze medal. Hungary lost 5–0 to Serbia in the semi-finals.

It should be recalled that Azerbaijan had previously defeated the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Czech Republic by identical 4–2 scores, as well as Slovakia 3–2, in the tournament. The national team’s only draw came against Romania in the group stage, when the match ended 3–3.

Namiq HUN