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"Qarabag" has set a new ongoing record in the UEFA Champions League by winning 3-2 against "Benfica" in Portugal.
Idman.biz reports with reference to Sportnet.az that the Azerbaijani representative is the only team to win in 4 consecutive away matches in Europe's most prestigious club tournament.
Starting the fight from the II qualifying round this season, Aghdam team first beat the Irish "Shelbourne" (3:0 away, 1:0 at home), then the North Macedonian "Shkendija" in the next round (1:0 away, 5:1 at home), and the Hungarian "Ferencvaros" in the play-offs (3:1 away, 2:3 at home).
In the first round of the league stage, the fourth away victory was recorded in the match with "Benfica".
Until this game, "Benfica" had not conceded a goal not only at home, but also in away matches. However, unlike the French "Nice" (2:0, 2:0), which the Portuguese club defeated in both matches of the III qualifying round, they drew (0:0) away and won (1:0) at home with the Turkish "Fenerbahce" in the play-off round.
Of the teams currently competing, only Kazakhstan's "Kairat" started the fight in the Champions League earlier - from the I qualifying round. The Almaty representative defeated Slovenia's "Olimpija" (1:1 away, 2:0 at home), Finland's KuPS (0:2 away, 3:0 at home), Slovakia's "Slovan" (0:1 away, 1:0 at home, penalties - 4:3) and Scotland's "Celtic" (0:0 away, 0:0 at home, penalties - 3:2). As you can see, "Kairat" could not win any of these games away.
Cyprus' "Pafos" also started the fight from the II qualifying round, like "Qarabag". "Pafos", who first beat Israeli club "Maccabi Tel Aviv" (1:0 away, 1:1 at home), then passed Ukraine's "Dynamo Kyiv" (1:0 away, 2:0 at home) and Serbia's "Srvena Zvezda" (2:1 away, 1:1 at home). However, the Cypriot team, which drew goalless in Greece on September 17 in the first round of the League stage, could not extend its winning streak in away games to 4 like "Qarabag".
Denmark's "Copenhagen" also started the fight in the Champions League from the II qualifying round. This team successively eliminated Kosovo's "Drita (1:0 away, 2:0 at home), Sweden's "Malmo" (0:0 away, 5:0 at home) and Switzerland's "Basel" (1:1 away, 2:0 at home). Unlike "Qarabag", "Copenhagen" drew in 2 of 3 away games. The fourth away match of the Danish champion will be against "Qarabag" in Baku on October 1.
Finally, Belgium's "Brugge" started playing in the Champions League from the III qualifying round. Before the League stage, "Brugge" defeated Austria's "Salzburg" (1:0 away, 3:2 at home) and Scotland's "Rangers" (3:1 away, 6:0 at home). The next away game of this team will be against "Atalanta" in Italy in the II round of the League stage. The meeting will be held on September 30. Last season, the Belgian representative stopped the fight in the 1/8 finals, losing to England's "Aston Villa" (0:3 away, 1:3 at home).
It should be noted that "Qarabag" will hold its next away game against the Spanish team "Athletic Bilbao" on October 22.
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