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Since the 2014/15 season, Qarabag Agdam has been a constant part of UEFA’s competitions. Year after year, the Atlılar reached the group stage of a European competition. Four times they were in the Europa League, in the 2017/18 season even in the Champions League, where they drew the subsequent Europa League overall winner Atlético Madrid in a return match a draw.
Now, for the first time in five consecutive seasons, the Azerbaijani national champion could be condemned to watch when the UEFA competitions are in the group stages. After the 2-3 away defeat at underdog Linfield FC Qurban Qurbanov’s team is finally back to the wall.
It is Qarabag Agdam against Linfield, according to odds bookmakers not just in the role of favorites. The Azerbaijanis are even the sky-high favorite, which is also because their guests from Northern Ireland in the national football are the measure of things, but no stars, let alone seasoned professionals in their ranks.
At Qarabag Agdam vs. Linfield will make the prognosis clearer when looking at the number of Northern Ireland internationals in rows of blues. Although only three legionaries can be found in the 29-man squad of David Healy, none of the 26 Nordiren plays for the national team of the country.
What’s more, the majority of players have another leg in addition to football. Thus, the 3-2 victory in the first leg is certainly a great sensation, with the Linfield so close to the very first participation in the group stage as never before. Already the 1: 0 reaches the Atlılar, however, to make the Nordiren still a line through the bill.
We go to Qababag Agdam vs. Linfield goes one step further with our tip and expects that in the end, in a presumably clear match, it will be three or even more goals difference that will put the Azerbaijanians in the preliminary round of a UEFA competition for the sixth time in a row.
Qarabag Agdam:
When Qarabag Agdam had failed after a 2-0 home defeat at APOEL Nicosia after a 2-0 home defeat but still in the qualifying round of the Champions League group stage, at least the Europa League actually seemed to be in the towel. The opponent was finally Linfield FC and was one of the lumbering underdogs in the Meisterweg, in which only reigning national champions against each other can be solved.
After all, high-caliber footballers such as Celtic Glasgow, PAOK Thessaloniki and FC Copenhagen would have been possible. At first, everything went according to plan when Faycal Rherras put Atlılar in front in the 15th minute in Belfast. As it is in football just like that, the fatal revenge of Azerbaijanis revenge.
The team fell behind by two standard situations before half-time, as in a Linfield free kick and a corner, the assignment did not fit before Qarabag FK ran in the second round even in a counterattack.
In the end they had to be very grateful that Magaye Gueye put the penalty in the goal of the hosts in the second minute of injury time, so now a 1-0 or 2-1 home win would be sufficient for the entry into the Europa League group stage ,
According to the fierce, coach Qurban Qurbanov also on the website of the club, where he emphasizes that his team has excellent opportunities to turn the tide. Assuming that, the balls now find their way into the opponent’s box in the Azərsun Arena, where the kickers from Qarabag, after all, succeeded last Sunday in the dress rehearsal.
A 3-0 victory against FK Qäbälä not only ensured that the blue and white could shoot the frustration of the soul, but also strengthened the lead of the reigning champions from Azerbaijan, who after six points from the first two league games still without conceding the first place of Premyer Ligasi stands.
Qarabag Agdam is the absolute favorite against Linfield, especially with players like Richard, Magaye Gueye, Maksim Medvedev or Abdellah Zoubir, several well-known players in the team of Atlılar are to be found, against a counterparty whose main players have other part-time jobs to definitely make the difference.
Linfield:
53 championships in Ireland and Northern Ireland, 43 national cup wins and several other won competitions ensure that Linfield FC – founded in Belfast in 1886 – is one of the most successful football clubs in the world. More than 200 titles are finally in the Blues to Beech, who could win once again in the 2018/19 season, the championship in the NIFL Premiership.
With all these successes, it is reasonable to assume that Linfield FC could have played a role internationally. In fact, in the recent history of European history, there is only a protocol of failure – usually in the first, but at the latest in the second qualifying round.
No wonder, because as soon as Northern Ireland produces good footballers, they do not play in the negligible Northern Irish League, where hardly any money can be made anyway, but can be found in England, where higher salaries are still paid in the fourth highest division in the homecountry.
Accordingly, it is not surprising that the most successful Northern Ireland football club and reigning national champion exactly zero A national players are to be found, which tells a lot about the status of the team. All the better is the 3-2 home win over Qarabag Agdam, where the blues could possibly have won the history books.
It would be inconceivable if the penalty had missed in stoppage time and they now went with two goals ahead in the second leg. It must nevertheless be clearly stated that the kickers from Belfast had plenty of luck and that the Atlılar left several big opportunities unused. So the result is still a bit flattering, but Coach David Healy also sorted that out.
Still, placing Qatar’s Agdam against Linfield on the occasion of the first-ever blues entry into the Europa League group stage would be overly presumptuous, even though the Northern Ireland Football Association has done everything it can to pave the way for its flagship. So the game against Warrenpoint was moved in league operation, so that LFC has all the time in the world to prepare extensively for this second leg in Azerbaijan.
Qarabag vs Linfield head to head matches
22.08.19 EL Linfield Qarabag 3 : 2
