Qarabag, with a goal in extra time of extra time Nariman Akhundzadequalified for the round of 16 of the Europa League and eliminated Braga, who won the match against Tofiq Bahramo in Baku (2-3) but fell victim to their loss to Portugal in the first leg (2-4).
Qarabag made history and became in the first Azerbaijan team to reach the round of 16 of a European competition.
Qarabag held on to ten
Despite the setbacks, Qarabag advanced to the tournament. He fought until the 70th minute, but he blamed the inferiority complex in which he was left at game time, when Elvin Cafarquieliyev was expelled.
Braga didn’t get going until the 70th minute with a goal from Roger Fernandes and in ’83 the Spanish Alvaro Djalo He evened the tie by scoring the second. The match went to extra time and Brazilian Matheus Silva closed the gap and restored hope to the Azeri group.
Three goals in extra time
But in the second half of extra time, a foul inside the area by Bahlul Mustfazada against Congolese Simon Banza revived the Portuguese team, who scored a penalty, Banza took it himself, and the score is 1-3.
When the result seemed doomed with shots from the eleven meters, Akhundzade’s goal came in extra time qualifying Qarabag for the first time for a European round of 16.
Source: La Verdad
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