After embarrassing in Champions League
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Benfica Lisbon and coach Bruno Lage go separate paths against Qarabağ Ağdam after the embarrassing 2: 3 defeat of the top club in the Champions League. Club President Rui Costa announced the decision at night. The coach even agreed on an immediate resolution of the working paper. It is time for a change, said the club boss, who calculates that he had found a new trainer before the coming weekend.
On Tuesday, Portugal’s record champions had lost 2-3 (2: 1) after an early 2-0 lead. Enzo Barrenechea (6th) and Vangelis Pavlidis (16th) had put the hosts in the lead. Leandro Andrade (30th), Camilo Durán (48th) and Oleksiy Kashchuk (86.) then turned the game to the surprising victory of the Azerbaijani.
It was the 51st time in Champions League history (including the predecessor competition) that a team was able to win after a two-goal deficit within the regular season. Qarabağ is the first Asian team to succeed in Europe’s elite competition. Twice in the royal class history, a team even turned a 0: 3 into a win after 90 minutes-including Werder Bremen 1993/94 against Anderlecht (the most spectacular catch-up hunts in the Champions League).