"Although it was difficult to level up for Qarabag, it was not impossible. We witnessed it in the game as well."
Tarlan Ahmadov, a former football player of the Azerbaijan national team, told Idman.biz.
He evaluated the match between Bayer and Qarabag (3:2) in the UEFA Europa League round of16. According to the veteran football player, he has no words to talk about this match: "In the first 10 minutes of the match, Bayer created 3-4 scoring opportunities, but they failed. But then Qarabag dominated 40 percent of the match and showed its own game. There was a high level of pressure on them. For this reason, the champion of Azerbaijan was in difficulty. But the highest playing style of Qarabag in recent years was the formation of counter-attacks. We have witnessed this in the domestic championship and the Europa League. I would even say that Qarabag is perfect in counter-attacks.
Ahmadovun said that Bayer increased the pressure after Elvin Jafarguliyev received a red card: "Despite being in the minority, Qarabag scored the second goal. Maybe if it wasn't for the red card, we could have had a different result. Unfortunately, this happens in football. Although they criticized the referee a lot, I don't think he affected the result. There is no error. Before that, Elvin Jafaguliyev received a red card. In my opinion, not the referee, but the player should be considered and negotiated. Elvin has to play it cool. Small mistakes are not forgiven in such games. Even so, the opponent takes advantage of it. When you watch the games of big clubs, you can see that all the subtleties of football are thought out. It is not worth talking much about the judge. Although a few minutes were added, the match was played against the background of fatigue of our team."
It should be noted that Qarabag lost 4:5 in the R16 finals of the Europa League and bid farewell to the competition.
Banuchichek Huseynli
Idman.biz
