Report.az
Azerbaijan national team captain Elvin Alizade said he was happy to reach the 1/4 finals of the mini-football World Championship.
According to "Report", the football player said this in a statement to journalists after the match with Romania.
He commented on the match they won:
"Thank God, we won against a tough opponent. I think we eliminated the toughest opponent in the World Cup from the competition. The next toughest team in the competition is Serbia. Our next opponent will be England. We believe that we will defeat them too and advance to the semi-finals. England is new to mini-football. I think we are stronger than the opponent."
It should be noted that the national team advanced to the next stage by winning the penalty shootout (2:1) of the match that ended with a score of 1:1 against Romania in regular time.
