Azer Bagirov: "We cannot make major changes in the squad"

I congratulate "Sabah" on their championship. May they represent Azerbaijan well in Europe, if God wills. As for the game, we faced a team like "Sabah". They hadn't lost in 22 games. In many matches, they had decided the fate of the game in the first half. Today, we were a bit lucky. We thank Yusif Imanov for playing one of his best games. We thought that "Sabah" would make changes because they have a game in 5 days. Thankfully, what we planned happened. I congratulate my team on the victory. I am grateful to every player. I thank the fans who came from Ganja again.

Sport24.az reports that these words were said by the head coach of "Kapaz", Azer Bagirov, at the press conference held after the match of the 31st round of the Misli Premier League with "Sabah" (0:1).

He also answered journalists' questions:

- You have a team that has defeated two champions in one season. But you lost to an outsider. How do you explain this?

- If you notice, we cannot make major changes in the squad. When you play with 12-13 people in the championship, there will be a decline. There is also a physical and psychological side. The worst thing was that when we made changes, we could not strengthen the game. In the 4 games we lost, it happened that there were no players in the squad. When we rotate, 4-5 zones suddenly weaken. Football people understand this, but it is understandable that fans look at it completely differently. They get upset when they see a decline during the team's rise.