"Benfica" Increases the Score Difference Over "Qarabag"

Today, the main stage of the UEFA Champions League kicks off. Sport24.az reports that after 8 years, the Azerbaijani representative will also compete in this round of the prestigious tournament.

Like in 2017, "Qarabag", one of the giants of Europe, will be hosted by "Benfica" in Lisbon today.

The starting whistle of the match will sound at 23:00 Baku time.

It should be noted that "Qarabag" will play 8 matches in the main stage of the Champions League, 4 of which will be at home and 4 away. The "Stallions" will face "Athletic" (Spain), "Napoli" (Italy) and "Liverpool" (England) away. They will face "Copenhagen" (Denmark), "Chelsea" (England), "Ajax" (Netherlands) and "Eintracht" (Germany) in Baku.

Champions League

League stage, 1st round

23:00. "Benfica" (Portugal) - "Qarabag" (Azerbaijan) 2:0 (First half)

Goal: Enzo Barrenechea, 6, Vangelis Pavlidis, 16

Referees: Eric Lambrechts, Jo De Veird and Kevin Monteny (Belgium)

Lisbon. "Estadio da Luz"

"Benfica": 1. Anatoli Trubin, 26. Samuel Dal, 4. Antonio Silva, 30. Nicolas Otamendi (c), 17. Amar Dedic, 20. Richard Rios, 5. Enzo Barrenechea, 10. Georgi Sudakov, 21. Andreas Schjelderup, 8. Fredrik Aursnes, 14. Vangelis Pavlidis

Head coach: Bruno Lage

"Qarabag": 99. Matej Kovar, 44. Elvin Jafarguliyev, 13. Bahlul Mustafazade, 81. Kevin Medina, 2. Mateus Silva, 35. Pedro Bicallo, 8. Marko Jankovic, Kady Borges, 10. Abdullah Zubir (c), 15. Leandro Andrade, 17. Kamilo Duran

Head coach: Gurban Gurbanov