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"I'm not very happy about the removal of Fernando Santos from the post of head coach of the Azerbaijani national football team. Because Santos left, they will find and bring a Pantos. Instead of developing football, they change coaches. They don't understand that there will be no football in Azerbaijan until children's football develops in the country."
Idman.biz reports that these thoughts were expressed by Aqil Abbas, a member of the Milli Majlis and a devoted football fan, in his statement to "Telegraf.az."
"Currently, the football academies in the country are working very poorly. Some are at zero level. They will also put a foreigner at the head of the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA)," he noted.
Aqil Abbas stated that we have enough local football specialists: "If we lose, let's lose with our own people. A coach like Tarlan Ahmadov is "struggling" in the middle, but they bring someone and appoint him as head coach. Today, 6 of the coaches of the teams representing Azerbaijani football in the high league are foreigners. Can such a thing happen? Anyway, they know better. In any case, it will be good. Football in Azerbaijan will develop in 10-20 years."
It should be noted that Fernando Santos was the head coach of the Azerbaijani national team from the summer of 2024. Under his leadership, the team lost 9 of 11 games and drew 2.
It should be noted that the Azerbaijani national team lost 5:0 to the Icelandic team in the first match of the qualifying round for the 2026 World Cup.
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