Fernando Santos suffers third consecutive defeat against Azerbaijan

Azerbaijanis defeated by Estonia 1-3 in the Nations League

Three games, as many defeats to Fernando Santos in the Nations League for Azerbaijan. In Estonia, the superiority in statistics came up against the problem of efficiency and the Azeris ended up defeated 1-3.

Despite having 67% of the ball possession and five more shots than the host team’s 10, it was Estonia who took the lead after half an hour of play. Yakovlev led a counterattack with speed and sharpness to give the Estonians the advantage.

Despite being behind, Azerbaijan did not give up and, from a penalty, Bayramov made it 1-1 in the first minute of stoppage time. However, in the next minute, Sinyavskiy made it 2-1 for the home team.

In the second half, the insistence of Fernando Santos’ men intensified, but it was Estonia who managed to score: in the 71st minute, Shein sealed the final 3-1.

Three games and zero points leave Azerbaijan in a delicate position in the fight to remain in League C of the Nations League.