First in its championship, Qarabag did not tremble on Saturday. The Azerbaijani club won 3-0 against a poorly ranked team.
Of course, it is difficult to compare the competitions, since according to the UEFA ranking, France is now 5th and Azerbaijan 27th. Nevertheless, Qarabag, future opponent of Olympique Lyonnais in the Europa League on Thursday, assumes its status as a big national machine, while Pierre's men Sage skate and fail to enter the top 4. Both teams were also affected by championship posters on Saturday.
While OL failed to get the better of Stade de Reims (1-1), the club based in Baku, the country's capital, was up against a poorly ranked team. On the Sabail field, ninth and penultimate in the Azerbaijani event, the men of Gurban Gurbanov did not tremble. They still had to wait a half to make the difference, but Olávio's goal Vieira dos Santos Juniormore commonly called Juninho (a sign of destiny?), returning from the locker room started the machine.
OL will have to be wary of Benzia and… Juninho
Ensuite, Oleksiy Kashchuk (66e) et Leandro Andrade (88th) confirmed this success, the 11th in 13 games for the reigning champions. They are therefore in the lead, with a head start and one meeting less compared to their runner-up. Things are going a little less well in the European Cup, where they are 29th out of 36 with just one victory. But this good result came on the last day, with a 2-1 snatched from Bodo/Glim at the beginning of the month.
For its part, Olympique Lyonnais has not won in C3 since October, in Glasgow (1-4). He would therefore like to regain his dynamic from the first outings of the campaign. In the meantime, he will have to prepare for a long journey, before meeting up with one of his former players, Yassine Benzia. The striker has already scored six goals this season. But the man to watch should be centre-forward Juninho, already on ten goals in twenty-one appearances.
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