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World Cup Qualifier
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Wales 1 - 0 Azerbaijan 6 Sep 2008 Attendance: 17,106
Sam Vokes 83
Wales
1 Wayne Hennessey (GK)
2 Chris Gunter
3 Gareth Bale
4 Carl Fletcher
5 Craig Morgan
6 Ashley Williams
7 Simon Davies (c)
8 David Edwards
9 Jason Koumas
10 Robert Earnshaw
11 Joe Ledley
12 Boaz Myhill (GK)
13 Steve Evans
14 Ched Evans
15 Sam Vokes
16 Paul Parry
17 Sam Ricketts
18 Carl Robinson
Azerbaijan
1 Kamran Agayev (GK)
2 Rail Melikov
3 Sasha Yunisoglu
6 Elmar Bakhsiyev
8 Djavid Huseinov
9 Samir Abbasov
10 Branimir Subasic
14 Rashad Sadikov (c)
15 Nodar Mamedov
16 Elvin Mamedov
17 Fabio Luis Ramim
4 Mahir Shukurov
5 Agil Nabiyev
7 Mahmud Gurbanov
11 Vagif Djavadov
12 Rauf Mehtiyev (GK)
13 Usim Nduka
18 Leandro Gomes
Substitutions
On Off Minute
Ched Evans Robert Earnshaw 62
Sam Vokes David Edwards 72
Carl Robinson Jason Koumas 88
Agil Nabiyev Djavid Huseinov 45
Usim Nduka Nodar Mamedov 76
Cards
Wales
Gareth Bale 59
Jason Koumas 63
Azerbaijan
Elmar Bakhsiyev 12
Fabio Luis Ramim 48
Rashad Sadikov 64
Fabio Luis Ramim 68
Samir Abbasov 70
Kamran Agayev (GK) 82
Referee: Aleksandr Stavrey (Macedonia)
Assistant referee 1: Marjan Kirovski (Macedonia)
Assistant referee 2: Ljubomir Krstevski (Macedonia)
4th official: Dimitar Meckarovski (Macedonia)
Report: Wales boss John Toshack revealed he was "pleased and relieved" by his side's 1-0 World Cup qualifying win over Azerbaijan in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.
Wales had dominated the match and even missed a penalty against the 10-man Azeri side, who had forward Fabio Luis Ramim sent off in the second period.
Jason Koumas had seen his spot-kick, and follow-up effort, saved before 18-year-old Sam Vokes grabbed a late winner in this opening Group Four qualifier.
Toshack said: "I am satisfied with the result and the performance. Azerbaijan have improved considerably over the past two years and they provided a very serious test for us.
"We dominated the match and heads could easily have dropped after the penalty was missed. They were bouncing and our lot were deflated.
"But we kept going, refused to let it bother us for long, and fully deserved the winner. We were easily the better team."
He added: "In such games you have to be patient, but after they went down to 10 men I felt we would be able to do it.
"But I was still pretty nervous right to the end because in such situations you can always see opponents nicking something at the end when you have been on top for a long time.
"Gareth Bale was outstanding, and made the difference for us at times. But I was still pleased and relieved at the end."
Azerbaijan boss Berti Vogts said: "This is a big lesson for us. Most of my players are not used to playing in such a big stadium or on such long grass.
"None of my players perform on anything but very hard pitches with little grass. Only about four of them even had longer studs to use.
"But we have shown that Azerbaijan football has improved. We defended very well."
And he praised Wales' teenage full-backs Bale and Chris Gunter. He said: "Both of them were outstanding, Wales had a lot of very young boys out there who have big futures ahead of them.
"The result is a bad one for us, but I am not a dreamer. I do not believe that anyone other than Germany and Russia will qualify from this group.
"But we must believe that when Russia and Germany come to Baku, we will be able to surprise them."
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