Emin Mahmudov after Iceland: "I apologize to the fans"

It was a shameful result. Our game turned out very shameful.

Idman.biz reports from Reykjavik that these words were said by Emin Mahmudov, the captain of the Azerbaijani national team, after the 5-0 defeat to Iceland.

"We didn't expect this. We thought we could play better. There's nothing to say. We played very badly. Nothing worked out. Not with the ball, not without the ball. I just apologize to our fans who expect something from us," Mahmudov said.

The captain emphasized that he should talk about himself first: Nothing worked out. We couldn't keep the ball, we couldn't get the ball. Of course, everyone is to blame. We play on the field. I don't want to put the responsibility on anyone. As a player, I can't say that I showed my best game, but it didn't go right. In this result, everyone is to blame, players and coaches alike. Everyone is ashamed, everyone knows that the result is very bad. Everyone wanted it to be better. The kids wanted the result to be good so we could make the fans happy, but it happened like this."

Mahmudov also commented on the issue of the resignation of head coach Fernando Santos: "Time will tell. I don't know how it will be."

The captain of the national team also spoke about being motivated for the upcoming game against Ukraine: "It is very difficult to prepare for another game after such a result, but we still have to go out. We must definitely play better than this. We have no other way, because such shame should not be repeated again."

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