"We weren't lucky in the draw. Difficult matches await us. We will try to prepare better in training camps so that we can represent our country with dignity."
Idman.biz reports that these words were said by Nargiz Gurbanova, the head coach of the Azerbaijani national team of female football players under 17, in her statement to AZERTAC while evaluating the draw for the first stage of the European Championship.
The expert spoke about the current situation of our team, which is in the 1st group of League B, and its chances in the tournament: "Children born in 2008 have already left the team. This year we will play with players born in 2009-2010. We have pinned our hopes on these girls. Since it is a new age group, I will be able to determine the situation of the team after the training camp. The national teams of Wales and Kosovo competed in Group A last year. Unfortunately, they ended up in the same group with us this time. But this does not mean that we will not be able to do anything against these teams. If we have to choose between them, we can say that both opponents are favorites. But I would like to single out Wales in particular. I have not watched and analyzed the playing style of these two teams. But looking at the overall results, it is clear that Wales is superior to Kosovo. Of course, more accurate information can be given after analyzing the games. Girls from the new age group will also come to this team. As for Moldova, we can say that this team is familiar to us. We have met them in previous tournaments. We won our last match with a score of 4:1. But this does not mean that we can look down on the opponent. As I said, it is difficult to talk about the current situation of the opponents because the age group is renewed every year."
It should be noted that the meetings will be held in the fall of this year. The country and date of the tournament are not yet known.
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