World qualifying: 2-0, the 28-year-old Fiorentina player passed and shot, Iceland caught up with France and was only 3 points behind

The Azerbaijan team, ranked 123rd in the world, ushered in the ninth round of the first group stage of the European preliminaries. Azerbaijan will face the Icelandic team, ranked 74th in the world, at its home court.

Azerbaijan ranked last in Group D with 1 point before the game. They have been eliminated early and missed the World Cup. Iceland ranked third in the group with 4 points before the game, 3 points behind the second-placed Ukraine team. Therefore, the Iceland team still has a high hope of competing for second place in the group. In the last two meetings between the two sides, Iceland had the upper hand because Iceland had a record of 1 win and 1 draw in those two meetings. Therefore, before the game, more fans were full of confidence in Iceland's defeat of Azerbaijan.

In the 20th minute of the first half, Johannesson made a wonderful pass, and the 28-year-old Florence hero Gudmundsson took the lead to help Iceland take the lead.

After 19 minutes, Gudmundsson made a wonderful pass, and Ingasson's sword was unsheathed to help the Iceland team expand its lead with another victory.

In the end, Iceland defeated Azerbaijan and remained undefeated in two consecutive rounds of World Cup qualifying, while Azerbaijan suffered three consecutive defeats. Immediately after the game, the Iceland team surpassed Ukraine with 7 points and moved to second place in the group, 3 points behind the French team at the top.

The Icelandic team had the advantage in possession of the ball throughout the game, as well as the number of shots and shots on target.