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"Qarabağ" is a club capable of anything. Some say 11 points are needed, but I think 10 points will be enough. Because after that, most of the teams coming from behind will face teams in the leading group. In this regard, winning 3 points can take "Qarabağ" to the play-offs. Even if it doesn't, "Qarabağ" is a team worthy of that stage with its game - both in terms of its game and its ability to surprise Europe".
These words were said by the former coach of the national team, Shahin Diniyev.
The 59-year-old expert evaluated "Qarabağ"'s chances in the UEFA Champions League play-offs.
According to Shahin Diniyev, regardless of the outcome, it is not correct to blame the "kholan horses" for failure: "Let's look at football from the prism of reality. A person cannot develop if he does not know the reference point. Sometimes we consider ourselves stronger than "Ajax", "Napoli", "Liverpool", and when we defeat "Benfica", we accept it as a great success. "Qarabağ", by doing a great heroic deed, took us to a kind of fairy tale world. Now we have started talking in reverse. Maybe some people don't like what I say, but that's the reality. "Qarabağ" sometimes plays well, sometimes not. They say that a missile does not fall into the same well twice. If the coach had made a different substitution and knew that it would give a better result, he would definitely do it. We have exaggerated too much, supposedly "Qarabağ" should defeat everyone and must qualify for the play-offs. Believe me, if they get into the play-offs, tomorrow we will demand that they get into the top eight, or even win the championship," he said in his statement to futbolinfo.az.
Shahin Diniyev added: "Maybe it is "Qarabağ"'s fault that they taught us this way. But we are already moving away from reality and dreaming. And when these dreams don't come true, we are definitely looking for a culprit - a football player, a coach or management. In fact, they are not to blame, we are. Because we are in the Champions League, which our football does not yet deserve. If we are looking for a culprit, we should look at ourselves. We should thank them just for the fact that we can listen to the Champions League anthem. We would all be happy if it were better. It should be taken into account that there will be a difficult game with "Ayntraxt". Because even though there is a break in our championship, competitions continue at a high pace in Germany. Usually "Qarabağ" can collect points to get in shape at the beginning of the season, and this factor can create problems for them. But you can't expect everything from "Qarabağ". I wish the team success. Today we should just enjoy the Champions League games of the Azerbaijani club".
