Farhad Veliyev spoke about Fernando Santos' failure in the Azerbaijani national team

"Fernando Santos was the head coach of the Portuguese national team and achieved results there." These words were said by Farhad Veliyev in his statement to Sport24.az.

The former goalkeeper of the Azerbaijani national team and "Qarabagh" commented on Fernando Santos' dismissal from the post of head coach of the team: d

"As soon as Santos left his last club, Besiktas, the AFFA leadership correctly invited him to the national team. That is, he was a famous coach, but he did not succeed in our national team, he was unsuccessful. After that, the AFFA leadership dismissed him. The federation leadership will choose whether the new head coach will be local or foreign. We read the opinions of experts in the media that it would be better if the head coach of the team was local. Of course, the final decision belongs to the leadership."

The 44-year-old specialist, currently the goalkeeper coach of "Zira", evaluated the first 3 rounds of the Misli Premier League:

"3 rounds have passed in the championship. From the first rounds, it is clear that it will be a tense season. The teams have invited enough legionary football players. It is difficult to say now which teams will compete for the championship. True, one of the main favorites is "Qarabagh". It has dominated the championship for years. Other ambitious teams will also try to join this fight."

It should be noted that Fernando Santos was appointed as the head coach of the Azerbaijani national team in June last year. AFFA has mutually terminated the contract with the Portuguese specialist today.