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"I watched the game against the Icelandic national team and saw that the team didn't perform very well. I know that the Azerbaijani national team has not been able to achieve the desired results in the international arena for some time, and is going through a period of failure," he said.
This was stated by former Russian national team football player of Azerbaijani origin, Aleksandr Samedov, in his statement to Idman.biz, while sharing his thoughts on the latest games of our national team.
The 41-year-old expert said that the Azerbaijani national team's unsuccessful streak had to end sooner or later, and this happened in the match against Ukraine: "I didn't watch the match with Ukraine, but every losing streak must end sometime. As you can see, this time that streak ended in this game. Every Azerbaijani wants the national team to play better football and achieve success."
It should be reminded that the Azerbaijani national team lost 0:5 to Iceland in the first round of the 2026 World Cup qualifying round. In the next game, a 1:1 draw was recorded with the Ukrainian national team in the match in Baku.
After the defeat in Reykjavik, Portuguese Fernandu Santuş was dismissed from the head coach post. Aykhan Abbasov, who was then the head coach of the youth team (U-21), brought the team to the game with Ukraine. Later, he was appointed head coach of the main team.
The Azerbaijani national team will play its next matches in the qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup against the national teams of France (October 10) and Ukraine (October 13).
