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After the match of the XXIII round of the Misli Premier League "Qarabağ" - "Araz-Nakhchivan" (6:0), the head coach of the guest team Andrey Demeçenko answered journalists' questions. Sport24.az reports that the specialist first shared his thoughts on the meeting…
– I congratulate "Qarabağ", they played well today. Each team plays within the opportunities that the opponent gives it. Today, "Qarabağ" was allowed to play as they wanted. In this game, our idea was different, we wanted to put a lot of pressure and play close to them. I would say that pressing is a team game. When every football player doesn't do this, it already affects the team. The first goal affected our game. Our goalkeeper failed to catch the ball when he had to. When this happens, you give more confidence to the opponent's players and the result is like this. I apologize to our fans for this kind of game. They did not deserve today's disappointment. Football is a team game. Today we had two groups. Some wanted to play, some didn't want to play. The reason for today's defeat is not only the football players, but also the coaches.
– The goal is European Cups. Games with "Shamakhi" and "Karvan-Yevlakh" are coming up. How will point losses in these meetings affect the team?
– That's right, it's difficult to say anything after such a game. We will try to recover and show ourselves.
– You talked about the mistakes of the football players. You said that the coaching staff also made mistakes. Could it be that the main mistake was the desire to play too much with the ball in the game against "Qarabağ"?
– The football players knew that it was not easy to play against "Qarabağ". Before a match with such opponents, there is anxiety, shyness arises and the game doesn't work out. Again, we have to gather the team and look for mistakes. Players will be fined after such a result. This is the order of the management.
– Do you think that the football players didn't want to play?
– Our philosophy is the same against all opponents. Sometimes such things happen in football, you experience difficulties against strong teams.
– How does "Araz-Nakhchivan" holding its home games in Baku affect the results? For example, it's like the Donetsk club playing in Kyiv…
– There are many teams that train in Baku, play in Baku. There is no difference in the stadium for a football player and a coach. We are the Nakhchivan team, I understand. But when I came, we were already playing in Baku.
