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It is difficult to talk about the Sabah-Celje games. Because the season is just starting. The teams are playing their first official matches.
Idman.biz reports that Aslan Karimov, Head of the Coaches Education Department of AFFA, said this in his statement to AZERTAC while evaluating the chances of "Sabah", which will face Slovenian "Celje" in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
He stated that the last winner of the Azerbaijan Cup has changed compared to the previous season: "The difference between Valdas Dambrauskas and the previous Russian coach Vasili Berezutski is big. As for the opponent, they are a strong team. The head coach is the famous Spanish specialist Albert Riera. His style of play is to have good possession of the ball and build combination attacks. Slovenia has football players with high individual qualities. But "Celje" is not an invincible team either. In terms of chances, I consider the opponent superior. This is due to the factors I mentioned."
Karimov emphasized that the representative of Azerbaijan is dangerous on the flanks: "Sabah" has fast attackers on the flanks. One of them is Khayal Aliyev. Valdas Dambrauskas can punish the opponent from this position. But I can't say anything about the score."
It should be noted that the "Sabah" - "Celje" match will be held today at 20:00 at the "Bank Respublika Arena". The match will be managed by a team of referees from Kazakhstan. The return match will be held in Slovenia a week later.
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