2024-02-16 12:20:00
The away match with Braga will probably go down in the history not only of Qarabag, but of all Azerbaijani football. To achieve victory in Portugal over an opponent who is on the move and is considered a force not only in the national championship, but also shows himself on the international stage, and even win with a score of 4:2… Probably the creators of history themselves need time to understand the full significance of this result. But at the moment it is much more important to focus on the return meeting.
According to İdman.biz, from a tactical point of view, Karabakh showed a master class. How to play on the road against an opponent like Braga, and how to punish them on counterattacks. One could assume that the home team would try to take the initiative into their own hands from the very beginning, but the guests were quite confident in coping with the Portuguese attempts to organize something ahead.
Of course, Arturo Jorge’s team were the favorites of the meeting; it could not have been otherwise, given the difference in level between the championships of the two countries. But if we take into account the duel between the two teams, then anything could happen during the two-round confrontation, and this may have been Karabakh’s chance. And the Agdam team really managed to pleasantly surprise with their performance, how they looked in the match against a rather difficult opponent. Already on the 20th minute, when Marko Jankovic converted the penalty, and this circumstance had a positive impact on Qarabag. After all, a lead in a match against such an opponent is worth a lot. And although Banza restored the balance before the break, the “goal to the locker room” did not break the Azerbaijani championship, rather, on the contrary.
We can say that it was this goal that played a cruel joke on the hosts, as they decided on the spur of the moment that they would not miss their goal and the goals would come. The goals actually came, but Braga conceded. Zubir’s double and Juninho’s goal showed how unreliable the hosts are in defense and at the same time showed the level of skill of the Qarabag players, who were able to solve the chances. And although already in stoppage time the Portuguese were awarded the second goal by Moutinho, this did not spoil the impression of the overall picture.
It is obvious that now Gurban Gurbanov’s charges are the favorites of the pair and in the return match they will in the full sense become masters of the situation. It is obvious that the Aghdam team is much closer to reaching the next round of the Europa League; all that remains is to finish what we started.
Zaki Feyzullaev
İdman.biz
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