Baku. 15 September. REPORT.AZ/ I can explain priority of European Cup in Azerbaijan by interest of fans. The stadiums are crowded at the meetings of the national team and the matches of the Champions League and the Europa League.
Report informs, head coach of the football team "Gabala" Roman Grigorchuk told Ukrainian Zbirna.com.
According to 52-year-old specialist, the defeat of "Gabala" in the match with the Greek "Panathinaikos" in the III qualifying round of the Europe League in the 2017/2018 season is natural: “If I had previously believed that the victory over Panathinaikos was real, I would be upset. We could have lost to Jagiellonia in the previous stage. At that time Polish players were more powerful and organized. It so happened that Gabala won, but I saw that this was the maximum for my educatees."
Notably, "Gabala" which managed to remove the Polish club "Jagiellonia" from the competition in the second qualifying round of the Europa League, it could not cope with Panathinaikos in the next round.