Azerbaijan’s Inter wins Commonwealth Cup
SANKT PETERSBURG – Azerbaijan’s soccer champion Inter has won the Commonwealth Cup, a tournament of the former Soviet republics held in St. Petersburg, Russia.
Inter beat Belarus’ Shakhtyor team in a tightly contested final played on Sunday. Neither team scored in either half-time or overtime, but the Azerbaijani team was victorious in penalty kicks, sealing a 6:5 win.
Inter previously beat Kyrgyzstan’s Neftchi and Tajikistan’s Istiklol clubs 3:0, Moldova’s Iskra-Stal 1:0, Armenia’s Mika in a quarter-final 4:0, and Russia’s top team Zenit in a semi-final 5:0.
Inter has become the third Azerbaijani club to win the Commonwealth Cup after Khazar-Lankaran and Neftchi.
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