SHAMAKHI, Azerbaijan (Interstat) — Neftchi Baku beat Shamakhi 3-2 on Sunday in a back-and-forth game. Gustavo Klismahn put Neftchi ahead in the 15th minute, but Abdullahi Shuaibu leveled for Shamakhi in the 24th. Breno Almeida restored Neftchi’s lead in the 49th, and Ayman Bouali made it 2-2 in the 64th before Adeleke Akinyemi scored the winner in the 75th. Klismahn played 64 minutes, Almeida 90, Bouali 78, Shuaibu 59 and Akinyemi 26. Yellow cards went to Shamakhi’s Ricardo Fernandes and Bagirov A. and Neftchi’s Mathew I. and Abbasov R. Shamakhi substituted Shuaibu, Adilkhanov E., Marques F., Bouali and Mammadov O.; Neftchi brought on Vargas F. and Jubitana D. and substituted Klismahn and Mathew I. Shamakhi pressed late but could not find an equalizer. The game featured five goals and four yellow cards. Neftchi is now 1-0-3 in the competition and 1-0-3 across all competitions. Shamakhi is 1-2-1 in the competition and 2-2-1 across all competitions.