Turkey have made a bright start to their UEFA Under-17 Championship Elite Round campaign by defeating Azerbaijan 2-0 at Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium.

On 55 minutes, Yasin Yagubzade brought İsmail Odabaşı down in the penalty area and the referee pointed to the spot. Emre Çolak converted the penalty and put Turkey ahead. Three minutes later, Emre collected Ali Kuçik's pass and applied a simple finish to double Turkey's lead.

On 70 minutes, Tarlan Guliyev was directly shown the red card because of his late challenge on Emre Çolak.

After Azeri team reduced to ten men, their resistance went down. Nevertheless, Turkey failed to increased the deficit as İsmail, Özgür Çek and Necip Uysal all missed chances to score.

Stadium: Eskişehir Atatürk
Referees: Antony Gautier (France), Nicolas Pottier (France), Ivo Kolev (Bulgaria)
Turkey: Özkan Karabulut, Okan Alkan, Özgür Çek, Volkan Dikmen, Emrah Yollu, Necip Uysal, İsmail Haktan Odabaşı, Alper Potuk (Orhan Gülle 46), Ali Kucik, Emre Çolak (Soner Aydoğdu 73), Erkan Kaş (Onur Karakabak 46).
Azerbaijan: Salahat Aghayev, Gara Garayev, Tarlan Guliyev, Fariz Mammadov, Mirhuseyn Seyidov, Araz Abdullayev, Yasin Yagubzade, Orkhan Hasanov, Tural Isgandarov (Haji Ahmadov 74), Amit Guluzade, Rahman Hajiyev (Murad Sattarly 46).
Goals: Emre Çolak 55 (pen) and 58 (Turkey)
Yellow Cards:  Tural Isgandarov 45+2,   Mirhuseyn Seyidov 73 (Azerbaijan), Okan Alkan 63, Volkan Dikmen 70, Soner Aydoğdu 82 (Turkey)
Red Card: Tarlan Guliyev 70 (Azerbaijan)

Meanwhile, in the other fixture in the group Spain were held to a 1-1 draw against Norway at Anadolu University Stadium. Lehne Olsen gave Norway the lead just before the half-time but substitute Rochina scored the equalise on 62nd minute for Spain.

Stadium: Anadolu University
Referees: Vlado Glodjovic (Serbia), Milan Minic (Serbia), Erdinç Sezertam (Turkey)
Norway: Arild Østbø, Vegar Eggen Hedenstad, Joakim Våge Nilsen, Lars Sætra, Espen Knudsen, Kristoffer Tokstad, Stefan Johansen (Gjermund Asen 87), Omar Elabdellaoui, Thomas Lehne Olsen, Marcus Henriksen, Jørgen Skjelvik (Stian Ringstad 73).
Spain: Aitor, Mallo, Planas, Pulido, Marc, Oriol, Kiko (Tello 46), Óscar Sielva, Rodri (Rochina 59), Thiago (Isco 77), Daniel Pacheco.
Goals: Lehne Olsen 44 (Norway), Rochina 62 (Spain).
Yellow Card: Mallo 76 (Spain)

Team	MP	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1- Turkey	1	1	0	0	2	0	3
2- Spain	1	0	1	0	1	1	1
3- Norway	1	0	1	0	1	1	1
4- Azerbaijan	1	0	0	1	0	2	0

Date-Group	Team 1	Result	Team 2	Venue
14.04.2010-16.00	Norway	1-1	Spain	Anadolu Üniversitesi
14.04.2010-16.00	Turkey	2-0	Azerbaijan	Eskişehir Atatürk
16.04.2010-16.00	Norway	-	Azerbaijan	Anadolu Üniversitesi
16.04.2010-16.00	Spain	-	Turkey	Eskişehir Atatürk
19.04.2010-16.00	Turkey	-	Norway	Eskişehir Atatürk
19.04.2010-16.00	Azerbaijan	-	Spain	Anadolu Üniversitesi

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