Bruno Lage warned: Qarabag boss owns up before Benfica clash | OneFootball

On the night of Tuesday, September 16, Benfica will start their participation in the Champions League with a match against Qarabag. After Bruno Lage launched today's match, it was the turn of the Kazakh team's coach to do the same, who did not hide his joy of facing the red and whites.

Present in the press room of Estádio da Luz, as the program indicated, the Qarabag coach, accompanied by one of his players, addressed the match: ""We would have liked to have had more training time, but we think we are prepared for this game".

Despite regretting the lack of time to prepare for the debut match against the eagles, Gurbanov stressed that it is an important event: ""It's a very special moment, we've been trying to get into [the Champions League] for many years and three times we hit the bar and lost in the playoffs".

After several attempts that ended in failure, the Qarabag coach emphasized that it will be important to give a good response, acknowledging some responsibility: ""Now, we are in the competition and it will be a great joy and a great responsibility for us".

Kady Borges, with dual Portuguese nationality, commented on the imminent duel against Benfica: ""I always say that the most important game is the next one but, obviously, due to the significance of this game, this is one of the most important of my career. Benfica has great players, some of them were world champions. We studied them, we are prepared and, God willing, we will have a good game".

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