Today, "Araz-Nakhchivan" will face "Benfica" in the 1/8 final stage of the UEFA Champions League.
Idman.Biz reports that the Azerbaijani champion will host the Portuguese representative at the Baku Sports Hall. The game will start at 20:00.
The team will enter the match with losses. According to the Azerbaijan Futsal Federation, Giovanni Valero, Carlos Bertola, and Alexanderson Teixeira, who are suspended due to cards, will not participate in this match. Instead, Kenan Manafov, Farid Abbasov, and Huseyn Abdulov have been included in the application form.
Head coach Yevgeni Kuksevich wrote the names of the following futsal players in the application form for the first game:
Goalkeepers: Emin Kurdov, 12. Rovshan Huseynli, 19. Huseyn Adbulov
Players: 15. Farid Abbasov, 20. Adalat Alakbarov, 8. Ulvi Aliyev, 6. Mirza Amirov, 21. Filipinho, 10. Jan Peruzzo, 3. Gudrat Gasimzade, 29. Luicci Longo, 49. Kenan Manafov, 7. Yago Enrique, 9. Alleks Rezende
It should be noted that the return match between the teams will be held in Portugal on December 5. The winner of the pair will face the winner of the AEK (Greece) - Sporting (Portugal) duel in the 1/4 finals.