Gismat Aliyev, a member of the Azerbaijan national team and captain of "Zira," gave an interview to Offsideplus.az.
Idman.biz presents that interview:
- "Zira" became the leader by increasing the number of points to 7. How would you evaluate the game against "Kapaz"?
- As a game, we knew that "Kapaz" had been in a losing situation for 2 games. Winning this game could be a comeback for them. We knew that a difficult game awaited us. We won an important, significant victory. Despite the score ending 5:0, "Kapaz" was pressing us in the game. In the end, we were able to win and take 3 points.
- You are going to the national team with the goal you scored from a free kick...
- We have players who score goals from free kicks in that form. Junior scored the same goal in the previous game. We both approached the ball, but he said you should shoot. What is more important to me is that that goal brings victory to the team.
- The Azerbaijan national team will play in the qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup. What are your thoughts?
- There are upcoming games against Iceland and Ukraine. Both teams have many players playing in the top-5 leagues. Iceland is a national team that has developed in recent years. There is no need to talk about Ukraine, they participated in the last European Championship. In the upcoming 2 games, we will fight as a team as much as possible, try to do what is necessary, and try to make our fans happy.
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