“Qarabağ” is preparing for the last round match of the UEFA Champions League League stage.
Modern.az reports that our team will play a difficult away match in the 8th round - they will be guests of local “Liverpool” in England.
The “Liverpool” - “Qarabağ” match will start at 00:00 on January 29, Baku time.
This match is of fundamental importance for both “Liverpool” and “Qarabağ”.
"Liverpool" will definitely want to win, as in this case they will directly secure qualification for the 1/8 finals. A draw or a loss will send “Liverpool” to the "play-offs", in which case the team will have to play two more matches (home and away) against some opponent.
According to UEFA experts' calculations, "Qarabağ" has 90% secured its place among the 24 teams of the Champions League - i.e., reached the "play-off" stage.
If "Qarabağ" wins against “Liverpool” or draws, it will advance to the "play-offs" on its own merit. However, if our team loses, it will proceed to the next stage based on the results of several other matches.
Thus, the results of the 7 matches to be played in the 8th round will be very interesting for "Qarabağ".
For example, if the Spaniards do not lose in the "Barcelona" (Spain) - "Copenhagen" (Denmark) match, and at the same time the English do not lose in the "Napoli" (Italy) - "Chelsea" (England) match, "Qarabağ"'s path to the "play-offs" automatically opens in any case.
If "Qarabağ" loses, for them to reach the "play-offs", the clubs whose names are given in bold in the following matches must not lose:
"Napoli" (Italy) - "Chelsea" (England)
PSV (Netherlands) - "Bayern" (Germany)
"Monaco" (France) - "Juventus" (Italy)
"Bayer Leverkusen" (Germany) - "Villarreal" (Spain)
"Athletic" (Spain) - "Sporting" (Portugal)
"Ajax" (Netherlands) - "Olympiacos" (Greece)
"Barcelona" (Spain) - "Copenhagen" (Denmark)
By the way, "Qarabağ"'s potential opponents in the “play-offs” are also already known: our team will face one of these 4 clubs in the next stage. These are England's “Newcastle”, Italy's “Atalanta” and “Inter”, and Germany's “Borussia Dortmund” clubs.
It should be noted that 17 more teams, including "Qarabağ", will compete for the “play-off” stage.
A.Gorkhmaz
