Overview
- Benfica raced to a 2-0 lead inside 16 minutes, but Qarabag overturned the deficit to win 3-2 at Estadio da Luz.
- Enzo Barrenechea scored in the 6th minute and Vangelis Pavlidis added the second before Leandro Andrade pulled one back on 30 minutes.
- Camilo Duran equalized in the 48th minute, and Oleksiy Kashchuk delivered the 86th-minute winner after combining with Abdellah Zoubir.
- Several outlets described the victory as the first Champions League group-stage win by an Azerbaijani club, adding to Qarabag’s growing European profile.
- Next up, Benfica visit Chelsea on September 30, while Qarabag host FC Copenhagen on October 1 after qualifying through Shelbourne, Shkendija and Ferencvaros.