Sport24.az
Aqil Nabiyev, the head coach of the Azerbaijan national under-16 football team, shared his thoughts on the preparations for the III CIS Games to be held in Gabala. Sport24.az reports that the head coach stated in his statement to the AFFA press service that their goal is to finish the tournament as winners:
"We have been with the team for two days now. We had a training camp earlier this month, and we played a friendly match against the Georgian national team. Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan, which are in our group in the CIS Games, are quality teams. They are aggressive, they like to run a lot on the field and fight. Nevertheless, our goal will be to prepare well and win both matches. The tournament will be held in our homeland. We want to make our people happy with victories and championship. We have the strength and potential for this. We were unable to invite several football players due to injuries. New players have been recruited to the team instead. Our goal is to reach the final and lift the cup above our heads. I believe we will achieve our dream."
It should be noted that our U-16 national team, which is in Group A, will face Tajikistan on September 27 and Kyrgyzstan on October 1. The team that takes first place in the group will play in the final game on October 4.
