"Benfica" - "Qarabagh": Early goal by Enzo Barrenechea;

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, "Qarabagh", among the giants of Europe, will be a guest of "Benfica" in Lisbon today.

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

It should be noted that "Qarabagh" 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. "Copenhagen" (Denmark), "Chelsea" (England), "Ajax" (Netherlands) and "Eintracht" (Germany) will face each other in Baku. 

Champions League

League stage, 1st round

23:00. "Benfica" (Portugal) - "Qarabagh" (Azerbaijan) 1:0 (First half)

Goal: Enzo Barrenechea, 6

Referees: Erik Lambrechts, Jo De Weirdt and Kevin Monteny (Belgium) 

Lisbon. "Estadio da Luz"

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

Head coach: Bruno Lage

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

Head coach: Gurban Gurbanov