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"I have watched the games of both "Napoli" and "Qarabag" this season. Both teams are in good shape."
These words were said by Croatian veteran football player Stepan Tomas, who once played in the Italian Serie A for teams such as "Vicenza" and "Como", while talking about the match between "Napoli" and "Qarabag" in the V round of the League stage of the UEFA Champions League.
He stated that he believes that the Azerbaijani champion can surprise in Italy: "Gurban Gurbanov has formed a good team. They put up a decent fight against big clubs. I came to Baku last season at the invitation of my former head coach Kurban Berdyev, who is currently leading "Turan Tovuz". I watched the match between "Tovuz" and "Qarabag" live. "Napoli" is coached by a very strong and experienced Antonio Conte. Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku will miss this meeting due to injury. This is a positive moment for the Azerbaijani representative. The Neapolitan club spent a lot of energy in the last round of Serie A against "Atalanta". The players may be tired to some extent. I think "Qarabag" will win 1 point away," he said in a statement to AZERTAC.
The former member of the Croatian national team also mentioned the names of the players he liked in the Azerbaijani champion's squad: "I really like Kevin Medina and Elvin Jafarguliyev, a member of the Azerbaijani national team. "Qarabag" is very strong as a team. They showed this in matches with "Benfica" and "Chelsea".
It should be noted that the "Napoli" - "Qarabag" match, which will be held on November 25 at the "Diego Armando Maradona" stadium, will start at 23:59 Baku time.
