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Qarabag FK boss Gurban Gurbanov has been speaking ahead of facing Newcastle United.

The Head Coach holding his pre-match press conference on Tuesday.

The Champions League play-off is a 5.45pm (GMT) kick-off on Wednesday.

Gurban Gurbanov declaring: “Newcastle United are a well-known and well-established club. They have a style of play that does not suit us. No team in England wants to play against Newcastle because they do not allow their opponents to play their game.”

Having reached this stage of the Champions League, Qarabag FK (pictured below when losing 2-0 away to Napoli in November) are clearly no pushovers.

Gurbanov though does see his team as the underdogs: “We want to play a brave, intelligent game on our own pitch. Our opponents have the edge on us in a number of ways but I believe my players will give their best.”

Having defeated Benfica, Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Copenhagan, the team from Azerbaijan have shown they can be competitive in the Champions League.

Whilst they were unlucky to have to settle for a draw after leading 2-1 at home to Chelsea.

The Qarabag FK chief going on to say: “It is a game where...