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By Sara Rajabova

The awards ceremony of the winners of the competition "German-Azerbaijani football match: German language wins in any case" was held in German Language Training Center in Baku on August 22.

The event dedicated to the Karabakh (Azerbaijan) - Eintracht (Germany) UEFA Champions League play-off game was organized by the German Language Training Center and the German Embassy in Azerbaijan.

Providing information about the German Language Training Center, the head of the Center Zahra Aliyeva said this institution, which is the only partner of the German Institute of Goethe in Azerbaijan, teaches more than a thousand students during the year. In addition, it is an exam center for studies in Germany.

Charge d'Affaires of the German Embassy in Azerbaijan Wolfgang Moessinger expressed gratitude to the head of the Center and the participants of the competition for organizing this interesting contest in a short time.

The contest about the German language and Germany was held among schoolchildren. The main slogan of the competition was "German language wins in any case," in which nine of 18 students who took part in the competition became winners.

Both mentioned football clubs presented their gifts to the winners of the competition. The gifts were presented by Wolfgang Moessinger and representatives of the two football teams.

Moessinger said he is very proud that board member of the Eintracht FC Axel Hellmann, and the former goalkeeper of the German national team, named as the "legend of goalkeepers", Uli Stein, took part in the event.

Speaking at the event, Hellmann and head of the public affairs department of the Karabakh FC Nurlan Ibrahimov noted that football is the best way to bring friendship, understanding, and peace to the nations and peoples and embrace universal principles of humanity.

The Karabakh-Eintracht match took place at Tofig Bahramov Stadium in Baku on August 22 and the German team won 2:0.

The return game will be held in Frankfurt on August 29.