"The desire to play in the Champions League, which was my childhood dream, and the project presented by the club changed me."
Idman.biz reports that this was said by Olavio Juninho, the Brazilian player of Qarabag.
In an interview with the Portuguese media, the attacker revealed the secret of being a top scorer in the Azerbaijan Premier League and being productive in the European Cups: "I am not there yet, I am in the Europe League. But here we have progressed a lot. I feel satisfied. The fact that I scored so many goals is due to the fact that I adapted to the team's game and the ideas of our head coach Gurban Gurbanov. Although I came to the country half a year ago, I was able to adapt very well."
Olavio noted the important role of his teammate Richard Almeida in Qarabag: "I was lucky that there is a Brazilian player like Richard Almeida here. He is already familiar with the local culture and has accelerated my adaptation process. I am grateful for his help. At first, it was not easy because of another country and different culture."
Juninho emphasized the matches against Bayer in the Europa League group: the games with Bayer were a dream. Because compared to other matches, there was a completely different atmosphere. It was an incredible experience. It's not an easy game in Europe at all."
The forward, who played in Estoril and Chaves in Portugal, also admitted the difficulty of the Europa League play-off matches with Braga: "It will not be easy for both us and Braga. The opponent is a great team that knows how to play. But we have progressed step by step to this success and have not thought about anything else."
It should be noted that the first match of Qarabag against Braga will be held on February 15.
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