Azerbaijani Qarabag took a decisive step towards reaching the playoffs of the Champions League. On January 21, Gurban Gurbanov’s team beat Eintracht Frankfurt with a score of 3:2 and brought its balance to 10 points after seven matches in the general stage. This result almost guarantees the club a place in the next stage of the tournament.
The match on January 21 was not included in the central posters of the tour, but it became the key event of the game day, writes the Kommersant newspaper.
Karabakh started aggressively and quickly opened the scoring. Camilo Duran crossed into the goalkeeper’s area and caught the visiting defense by surprise. The German club responded almost immediately. Can Yilmaz Uzun shot low, and the hosts’ goalkeeper Mateusz Kochalski failed to save the team.
After the break, the game went on a collision course. Qarabag created chances more often, but in the 78th minute they found themselves in the role of catching up, Fares Shaibi accurately converted the penalty. It seemed that the points were going to Frankfurt, but the hosts sharply increased their ending.
Duran quickly equalized the score with a double. After the corner, Bahlul Mustafazadeh stayed in someone else’s penalty area and accurately shot at the second pace. The stadium in Baku exploded, and Qarabag took 18th place in the table.
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