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"The reason for the defeat of the Azerbaijan U-21 team to Portugal in the qualifying round of the European Championship is the inexperience of the players."
Idman.biz reports that this was stated by Shakir Garibov, a member of the AFFA Coaches Committee, in an interview with "Report".
The expert emphasized that despite the defeat, good players were attracted to the national team: "Of course, such scores upset people. Although defeating a team like Portugal does not seem realistic today. In fact, they have always been superior to us both in terms of level and results. But I think that good players have been attracted to the national team. Which, after a year or two, can be invited to the main team. One of the main reasons for the defeats is that children play little in their teams, there is a lack of experience. They mainly play in the reserve team and in lower age groups. Then suddenly they face strong opponents. I don't blame the children and I don't say they are weak. They just don't play much."
The AFFA official believes that the team's head coach Aykhan Abbasov should be given time: "The team's situation is good after Aykhan Abbasov came. They held training and friendly meetings. Aykhan is one of the young coaches. He has worked in the club, he has experience. It seems to me that it will be good in the future. Every coach needs time for results. We must believe in him. Not everyone comes and gives results all of a sudden. Aykhan must form the team, strengthen it and build his tactics. It is not right to tie everything to the result. We need Azerbaijani football players to grow up."
He said that the abolition of the legionnaire limit in the Misli Premier League also played a certain role: "A decision was made on the limit at the meeting of the AFFA Executive Committee. We had to prepare for this. I agree that many football players do not get a chance due to the limit. But at the same time, I must say that the strong should play. Local football players always play in "Shamakhi" and "Qarabag". Bahlul Mustafazade, Elvin Jafarguliyev, Toral Bayramov, Badavi Huseynov and other locals always get a chance. Again, I think that the biggest reason why the national team shows such results is that children play little. They should perform in friendly meetings."
It should be noted that the Portugal-Azerbaijan match held yesterday ended with a 5:0 victory for the home team.
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