“This achievement of ours also went down as a significant event in the history of Azerbaijani football.”
“Qarabag” president Tahir Gozel said this in a statement to the club’s website after their aggregate 5:4 victory over Hungary’s “Ferencvaros” in the Champions League play-off round, Idman.biz reports.
He called “Qarabag” qualifying for the league stage of Europe’s most prestigious club tournament a historic achievement. Tahir Gozel dedicated this victory to the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva: “We dedicate this historic victory to our President, Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan’s First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva, and our beloved people. As our victorious Commander-in-Chief has said, Qarabag is Azerbaijan! Azerbaijan makes its voice heard everywhere. Thanks to our President’s brilliant policies, which are an example to world leaders, our lands under occupation were returned. Our President and First Vice-President are visiting every inch of the Qarabag lands, doing everything they can to make our beautiful regions even more flourishing. As a club representing Qarabag, we are trying to be worthy of them on the football stage. This achievement has gone down as a memorable event in the history of Azerbaijani football. On this occasion, I congratulate our President Ilham Aliyev, our First Vice-President Mehriban Aliyeva, and all our people.”
Tahir Gozel also congratulated the club’s coaches, players, and fans who contributed to this success: “This is a great achievement for Azerbaijani football. As “Qarabag” Football Club, we are proud to make history once again. I thank and congratulate our head coach Gurban Gurbanov, our coaching staff, our players, and all the employees working at our club who brought this joy to the Azerbaijani people. The efforts of Gurban coach and our players are undeniable. I also wholeheartedly congratulate the fans who never left us alone and motivated the team to victories in all matches.”
Idman.biz
