According to head coach Gurban Gurbanov, there is a lot of practice, faith and work behind Qarabag’s success in the last eight years, but now he is only concentrating on the Champions League qualifier against Ferencváros, because his players will face a big fight in the second leg on Tuesday.
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“I’ve been in such a beautiful city for a long time, and playing in this stadium will be a great pleasure for both teams,” the coach politely began his Monday press conference at the Groupama Arena.
I know that we are facing a very strong team, but we still hope for a good result. FTC is strong in every position, but we are happy to have such quality opponents in this series”.Gurbanov spoke of his colleague Stanislav Cherchesov, who manages the Hungarian champion, as saying that he respects him a lot and considers him to be a particularly good person.
“Over the years, we got used to long trips, so it no longer affects the game,” Gurbanov, whose team reached the group stage of a European cup series eight times in a row, answered MTI’s inquiry. “Among the four players missing from the first match, Richard Almeida and the Brazilian Kady Borges will return after suspension, but I still cannot count on the team captain Maksym Medvejev and the Colombian Kevin Medina”.
The specialist also spoke about how, thanks to the effective analytical work, his team usually performs better in the return matches than in the first acts. According to him, attention must be paid to every detail on the pitch this time as well, because it will be a great strategic battle.
The second leg of the current duel on Tuesday – broadcast by M4 Sport – starts at 20:00 with a score of 1-1 in the Groupama Arena. The winner of the match will advance to the final round of the BL qualifiers, where they will meet the winner of the match between Czech Viktoria Plzen and Moldavian Sheriff Tiraspol. The loser will move on to the final round of the Europa League qualifiers, where they will meet the winner of the clash between Shamrock Rovers of Ireland and Skupi of North Macedonia.
It has already been decided that both teams can participate in the group stage this season, in the worst case – in the case of two losing matches – in the Conference League.
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