"Everywhere they say that reaching this level is part of the job, but staying here is more difficult. It seems to me that we can not stop. We must work for bigger goals."
Idman.biz reports that this was said by former player of Qarabag Karimov Aslan.
The 51-year-old expert evaluated the performance of Qarabag in the Europa League this season. He said that Gurban Gurbanov's team should stood out in the Champions League in the football year: "If this competition had an old format, the goal should be to participate in the groups and advance to the next stage from there. But now, in the new format, they will divide according to the ranking of countries and teams. In any case, we should try to get out of the group in which we are ranked. "
Karimov clarified what this successful performance can contribute to Azerbaijani football: "This success can be an example of the development of the club. But this is not at all related to the development of Azerbaijani football. The success of "Qarabag" will give us, our players, a boost to mass football. But if we look at the truth, only 2-3 people played with local players in the main team. The rest of the players are all internationals. It will be necessary to achieve this success with the teams with the majority of our local football players. Then, we can move forward at the national level. But in any case, the success of Qarabag is a motivation and has an irreplaceable role in attracting children to this sport."
It should be noted that Qarabag lost 5:4 to Bayer in the Europa League round of 16 and bid farewell to the tournament.
Emin Aga
Idman.biz
