The Azerbaijani champion Qarabag will play its next game in the European Cup tomorrow.
According to İdman.biz, Gurban Gurbanov’s team will meet with Ajax in the third round of the Europa League stage.
This will be the fifth match between Azerbaijani and Dutch clubs in continental tournaments. At the moment, the paths of representatives of the two countries crossed twice in a two-game match.
In both cases the opponents were the same teams. Qarabag has twice been the opponent of Dutch clubs. On the other hand, in both seasons we were opposed by Twente. All these matches took place within the Europa League.
The matches of the Azerbaijani club with the representative of the Netherlands coincided with the playoffs. In both cases, these games were of historical significance.
Qarabag reached the playoffs for the first time in the club’s history in 2009. The first such match was organized in the Netherlands. Twente enjoyed a 3:1 victory in the match in the “Land of Tulips”. Gurbanov’s team was unable to take revenge at home. After a goalless draw, our representative was one step away from the group stage.
Five years later, Qarabag and Twente met again in the Europa League playoffs. This time Gurbanov’s team performed as the champion of Azerbaijan. Although the first game this time was held in Baku, the score remained the same as 5 years ago. In the Netherlands, both teams again experienced the joy of a spare goal. But this time it was a draw. Since the away goal principle worked at that time, Qarabag passed the stage and reached the group stage for the first time in its history.
In the first playoffs and the first time the stage was passed, Qarabag did not win in the 4 matches played with the Dutch club. Our representative, who made three draws, lost only once. The Aghdam team scored 2 goals and conceded 4 goals.
Season 2009/10, Europa League
Playoff round
“Twente” – “Karabakh” – 3:1, 0:0
Season 2014/15, Europa League
Playoff round
“Karabakh” – “Twente” – 0:0, 1:1
Let us note that the fifth match of “Qarabag” with representatives of the Netherlands and the first match with “Ajax” will begin tomorrow at 20:45.
Vugar Kheyrullaev
İdman.biz