Russia beat Azerbaijan 1-0 in World Cup qualifier

 Russia beat Azerbaijan 1-0 in World Cup qualifier

MOSCOW, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Thanks to a late penalty¹, Russians secured a 1-0 victory over Azerbaijan in qualifying² for the 2014 World Cup on Tuesday, maintaining a 100-percent win record in all their previous four games.

In the first half, the Russian team, under its new coach Fabio Capello, dominated³ the possession in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium, but failed to hit the target.

The hosts continued to struggle up front in the second half until Roman Shirokov scored the only goal of the whole game from the penalty spot on 84 minutes, when Azeri Ali Gokdemir fouled⁴ Russia's Vladimir Bystrov on the edge of the box.

After beating Portugal 1-0 on last Friday, Russia's victory over Azerbaijan ensured the country remain on top of Group F with 12 points, a five-point lead of the second placed Israel. While Azerbaijan, coached by Germany Berti Vogts, ranked the last with one point.

Russia won a 2-0 over Northern Ireland and a 4-0 victory over Israel in last month.

1 penalty   

n.处罚，刑罚，罚款

参考例句：

• If you knock the ball with your hand in football,you will suffer a penalty.如果在踢足球时你用手碰到球，你将受到处罚。
• One of those arrested could face the death penalty.被捕的那些人中有一人可能被判死刑。

2 qualifying   

使具有资格的

参考例句：

• players who fail at the pre-qualifying stage 在预选赛中淘汰掉的选手
• A doctoral candidate is required to pass a qualifying examination. 考博士需通过一个资格考试。

3 dominated   

受控的 -tive

参考例句：

• As a child he was dominated by his father. 他小时候由父亲主宰一切。
• His personality dominated over the other members of the committee. 他的人格影响委员会的其他成员。

4 fouled   

v.使污秽( foul的过去式和过去分词 )；弄脏；击球出界；（通常用废物）弄脏

参考例句：

• Blue suit and reddish-brown socks!He had fouled up again. 蓝衣服和红褐色短袜！他又搞错了。
• The whole river has been fouled up with filthy waste from factories. 整条河都被工厂的污秽废物污染了。