Farhad Veliyev talks about Fernando Santos' failure in the Azerbaijan national team

"Fernando Santos was the head coach of the Portuguese national team and achieved results there."

Idman.biz reports that these words were said by Farhad Veliyev in his statement to Sport24.az.

The former goalkeeper of the Azerbaijan national team and "Qarabag" expressed his opinion on the dismissal of Fernando Santos from the post of head coach of the team: "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 his work in our national team did not work out, it 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 is up 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. Teams have invited enough legionnaire football players. It is difficult to say now which teams will compete for the championship. True, one of the main favorites is "Qarabag". 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 Azerbaijan national team in June last year. AFFA terminated the contract with the Portuguese specialist today by mutual agreement.

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