One of the last times that Hugo Almeida scored in an official Portugal game. It was in Oct 14, 2007, the qualification match Azerbajian 0-2 Portugal. Hugo Almeida scored the 2nd goal in the game. Interestingly enough, Nuno Gomes was in the bench. Hugo Almeida was in the starting lineup and ended up scoring the 2nd goal of the game. Goalkeeper Ricardo was in goal. Paulo Ferreira played 90 minutes.
Azerbaijan were reduced to 10 men on 28 minutes when captain Aslan Karimov was sent-off. He had committed a foul on Cristiano Ronaldo.
Portugal, who had drawn their last three qualifiers, scored 2 goals at the end of of the first half.
Luiz Felipe Scolari was serving the first of a three-match ban imposed by UEFA after what the governing body termed an "assault" on player Ivica Dragutinovic after Portugal's 1-1 draw at home to Serbia on Sept. 12.
Bruno Alves (12)
Hugo Almeida (45)
Substitutions:
Nani in, Ricardo Quaresma out(70)
Jorge Ribeiro in, Miguel out (75)
Lineup Portugal:
1 Ricardo (G)
30 Bruno Alves (D)
2 Paulo Ferreira (D)
13 Miguel (D)
16 Ricardo Carvalho (D)
18 Maniche (M)
20 Deco (M)
37 Miguel Veloso (M)
17 Cristiano Ronaldo (ST)
27 Ricardo Quaresma (ST)
26 Hugo Almeida (ST)
Substitutes:
12 Quim (G)
35 Jorge Ribeiro (D)
5 Fernando Meira (D)
28 João Moutinho (M)
25 Raul Meireles (M)
21 Nuno Gomes (ST)
32 Nani (ST)
Stadium: Tofik Bakhramov, Baku
Attendance: 30,000
Match Time: 12:00 ET
Official(s):
Drazenko Kovacic (Linesman)
Ivan Bebek (Referee)
Tomislav Setka (Linesman)
Tomislav Petrovic (Linesman)
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