Historic victory of "Qarabag" over "Benfica" in the Champions League shocked the world press

The sensational victory of Azerbaijani champion "Qarabag" over Portuguese giant "Benfica" with a score of 3:2 in the main stage of the UEFA Champions League has become the central topic of international sports media.

As reported by BAKU.WS, the impressive comeback of the Agdam club away from home and its historic achievement have caused widespread resonance in the global football community.

Leading European sports portals characterized "Qarabag's" success in Lisbon as a sensation and a phenomenal result.

The Spanish publication "Marca" noted: "The Azerbaijanis, despite conceding a goal in the first minutes, did not give up until the very end".

Turkish sports media presented this victory as "a new height for Azerbaijani football in Europe." They especially emphasized that "Qarabag" took a kind of revenge for "Fenerbahce," defeating "Benfica," which had eliminated the Turkish club from the tournament in the previous round.

The leading Portuguese publication "A Bola," characterizing the defeat of the national representative as a "shock defeat," wrote: "Leandro Andrade, Camilo Duran, and Alexey Kashchuk became the architects of a cinematic victory that has no analogues in the history of Azerbaijani football."

The triumph caused a huge resonance on social media as well. Many football experts and well-known analysts noted that the confident play of the Agdam club opened a new historical page for Azerbaijani football.