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On Tuesday, the qualification matches for the 2014 World Cup are being played.
Recently, the underperforming Portuguese team met with the Azerbaijan national team away. In the second half, Paulo Bento's players woke up and defeated the hosts with a score of 0-2.
The first half belonged to the guests from sunny Portugal, but they failed to score any goals. The Azerbaijanis performed well in defense, and their counterattacks were very successful.
At the end of the half, the Portuguese team could have scored two goals. First, Bruno Alves' penalty kick flew straight to the crossbar, and Helder Postiga could have directed the ball towards the goal with his head, but Kamran Agayev reliably guarded the goal.
The second half was more successful for Portugal. Already in the 63rd minute, they managed to take the lead for the first time in the match when Bruno Alves sent the ball into the net with a header after Joao Moutinho's corner kick.
The final point was put in the 79th minute when Hugo Almeida, who had come on as a substitute, scored after a brilliant pass from Fabio Coentrao.
Azerbaijan 0 - 2 Portugal 63’ [0 - 1] B.Alves 79’ [0 - 2] H.Almeida
In another match, the Netherlands national team humiliated the opponents from Romania. The goals for the winners were scored by Rafael van der Vaart, Jeremain Lens, and two by Robin van Persie.
Netherlands 4 - 0 Romania 12’ [1 - 0] R.van der Vaart 56’ [2 - 0] R.van Persie 65’ [3 - 0] R.van Persie 90’ [4 - 0] J.Lens
Other results:
Armenia 0 - 3 Czech Republic Estonia 2 - 0 Andorra Turkey 1 - 1 Hungary Ukraine 2 - 1 Moldova Denmark 1 - 1 Bulgaria Serbia 2 - 0 Scotland
