Azerbaijani football champion Khayal Dambrauskas expects a European match to draw about 55,000 spectators. He also says that few people would believe how large his average audience usually is. His comment sets up a sharp contrast between interest in a major European appearance and the smaller crowd for his domestic games. Dambrauskas plays those home matches in Masazır, a settlement near Baku. The local stadium has a much smaller capacity than the venues associated with the European fixture. The comparison suggests that attention around Dambrauskas rises sharply when he appears beyond Azerbaijan, even when his home support is more modest.