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"The team hasn't practiced for three weeks. I'm dragging them out to play with begging. They call from the PFL and beg. We play because of someone's request. This isn't how it works. The team hasn't seen a salary in almost three months. Some haven't received salaries for two months, others for three. We go to games hungry and thirsty. The players they've housed in Baku are practically starving. Other players bring food from their homes to those staying in Baku. We also give money from our own pockets so they can at least eat something decent and breathe".
Idman.Biz reports that this was stated by Elvin Hasanov, the head coach of "Sheki City", which lost 1:4 to "Quba" today in the 11th round of the Second League, in his statement to Fanat.az.
He emphasized that they see a way out of the situation by complaining to AFFA: "We are in a dire situation. My assistants and I are not used to this situation. In the first weeks we came here, we raised the team to such a level that we fought head-to-head with "Karvan-Yevlax" in the cup. Tomorrow we will all go to AFFA to complain. Both coaches and players. These are people who don't know the "F" of football. They don't know where football is, where the team is. They don't keep clubs like this. An ambitious team cannot be in this situation. I also cannot work in a team without a goal. Of course, some play in the Second League just to participate. But such conditions in an ambitious team are really absurd. We have been playing games for three weeks without training".
It should be reminded that some time ago, AFFA intervened and held a meeting in the FIF (Football Development Fund) office with Elxan Usubov, the head of the Sheki Executive Power, Rovshan Abdullayev, the director of "Flybast", the title sponsor who did not fulfill his obligations, and club officials to normalize the situation in "Sheki City". After that meeting, Abdullayev made new promises to the team and stated that the problem would be resolved in a short time.
