Samir Aliyev: "Qarabagh's" victory over "Benfica" was written in golden letters in the history of Azerbaijani football

"Qarabagh" has written its name in golden letters in the history of Azerbaijani football by defeating "Benfica" in the main stage of the UEFA Champions League.

This was stated by Samir Aliyev, the former head coach of the Azerbaijani U-21 national team, in an interview with "Report".

The expert said that the team will be required to achieve even greater results in the next games:

"Qarabagh" wrote its name in golden letters in the history of Azerbaijani football by defeating a team like "Benfica" in the UEFA Champions League on the road. This will be remembered even after 15, 20 years. "Benfica" defeated "Fenerbahce" led by Jose Mourinho. The Portuguese representative is a well-established team with sufficient experience in the UEFA Champions League. They have defeated top clubs many times. They scored two goals against "Qarabagh" in the first minutes. Indeed, like many others, I did not believe that "Qarabagh" would come back. But they won a great victory. The team showed its strength with the game it showed in Europe. The foundation of yesterday's success was laid several years ago. "Qarabagh" is now being taken more seriously and will be in the next games as well. Also, greater results will be required from "Qarabagh".

He emphasized that "Qarabagh" won thanks to team spirit:

"The team won thanks to years of international experience. The players and the head coach have been together for a long time. There is team spirit. Gurban Gurbanov said before every game that this is an experience for us. This success is the result of that experience."

S. Aliyev believes that the Agdam representative will score a lot of points in the UEFA Champions League this season:

"After yesterday's victory, everyone's expectations will be high. After the draw, most people wrote that the team would be able to score points from the opponents they would play at home. The team has already won its first 3 points. I think that "Qarabagh" will score more points in the UEFA Champions League this season."

It should be noted that "Qarabagh" defeated "Benfica" 3:2 in Portugal in the first match of the main stage of the Champions League. This went down in history as the first victory of Azerbaijani representatives in the main stage of the continent's most prestigious club tournament.