Only 11 minutes had passed into the game between Qarabag and Sileks when Jaime Romero began to tip the balance in favor of the Azeris. The Spanish striker went to the center of the field to help in the exit of the ball, he played face-to-face and took advantage of the gap left by the center-back to run to the area. He received on the front and, after an oriented control, crossed the leather to inaugurate his personal account this course and, incidentally, put his signature on the first goal of the 2020/21 Champions League.
“It was a beautiful goal because I took the defender off the site and took advantage of that space. The pass that Ozobic gave me was very good,” adds Jaime Romero from Baku, his home since he left Córdoba in July 2019 to start a new adventure in abroad – previously he played in Italy and Turkey. “I am very happy because I am in a big club. The facilities, the city … everything is very good. Last year we won the League and we played the Europa League. I feel comfortable. Fighting for important goals motivates the footballer,” he completes the Albacete.
Jaime Romero scored the first goal of the qualifying phase of the Champions League today. The Spanish striker from Qarabag managed the victory of his team (4-0) against Sileks. pic.twitter.com/TLSCY17xFe
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After defeating Sileks of North Macedonia 4-0, Qarabag will still have to overcome three rounds to reach the group stage of the Champions League. “It is complicated because in the previous phase there are very strong teams, but the objective of the club is to enter Europe. If we cannot be in the Champions League we will try to return to the Europa League,” reveals Romero, who will not have the support of Dani this year Quintana and Michel Madera: “I got along very well with them, but they left me alone. Luckily my brother Dani is here, who plays in the reserve team.”
Jaime Romero, who lived from Azerbaijan throughout the crisis caused by covid-19, now faces a period in which he will have to combine European duels with the Azerbaijani Premier League, a competition that the club has won uninterruptedly since 2014 and whose 29th edition starts next weekend. “It is a great responsibility”, values the Albacete, who played a season at Real Madrid Castilla and made his debut with the first team replacing Cristiano Ronaldo in a friendly against PSG. The objective, to continue increasing the track record and overcome the three goals that he scored last year.