Fernandu Santos: "To win, you need to shoot on goal, but it wasn't enough"

"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 only trying to build attacks in one direction. Later, the team started to control the ball."

Idman.biz reports that the head coach of the Azerbaijani national team, Fernandu Santos, said this after the friendly match with Lithuania.

The Portuguese specialist commented on the 0:0 draw in the match held in Riga: "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 practice shots on goal a lot in training. Today, long-range shots were not enough. Every player wanted to enter the goal with the ball." Of course, we came to win. But a team that does not control the ball can never win. We created dangerous episodes. We don't shoot on goal."

Fernandu Santos also spoke about the episodes that footballer Mahir Emreli failed to capitalize on: "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 aspects that we need to do better."

Idman.biz