Fernandu Santos after the game with Latvia: "My team performed well"

The Azerbaijan national team drew 0:0 with Latvia in an away international friendly match. Sport24.az reports that the head coach of our national team, Fernandu Santos, answered journalists' questions at the press conference held after the match:

- I think the team was well prepared for the game. We had some problems in the first 15-20 minutes. Especially in terms of ball control. We were almost trying to attack in only one direction. Then the team started controlling the ball. In the second half, we had ball control. We could create danger at the opponent's goal. The opponent could not create danger in front of our goal. The Latvian national team was also trying to attack. Overall, my team performed well. The only thing missing was the inability to capitalize on scoring opportunities. We work a lot on shots on goal in training. Today, long-range shots were missing. Every player wanted to enter the goal with the ball.

- Did you come here from Azerbaijan just to control the ball? Do you think we can have a worse game than this?

- Of course, we came to win. But a team that doesn't control the ball can never win. If there is no ball control, there can be no victory. We created dangerous episodes. We are not shooting at the goal.

- Mahir Emreli cannot score from 2 meters away. What is the reason for this?

- Of course, this is also part of football. Such things happen. Mahir was able to convert difficult episodes into goals before, but it didn't work out today. Nariman Akhundzade also had episodes. If we analyze the game in general, the team did not perform badly. There are some points that we need to do better. 

- What is Elvin Badalov's condition?

- He has a problem with his leg. Doctors will give accurate information after examining him.