"I congratulate my team on the victory. We expected the match to be difficult in advance."
Idman.Biz reports that this was said by "Sabah"'s head coach Valdas Dambrauskas at the press conference held after the XIII round match of the Misli Premier League against "Imishli".
The expert assessed his team's victory as follows:
"I congratulate my team on the victory. We expected the match to be difficult in advance. The main reason for this was the condition of the field. Teams playing at the Premier League level deserve better stadiums. But I don't think it's right to turn it into an excuse. Even for a team that plays a technically high-quality game, it is really difficult to control the ball on such a field. We had a real chance at the beginning of the match, but there were also technical inaccuracies. We conceded a goal, but it was not recorded due to offside.
The second half was more favorable for us. I don't want to reveal the tactical details, because we will face the same opponent again in the national cup in three days. We could have finished the game early by scoring the third goal faster, we had enough chances for that. "Imishli" should also be appreciated, they have a special game model and can create danger in standard situations. We tried not to make mistakes in the second half and we succeeded."
It should be noted that the "Imishli" - "Sabah" game ended with a 3:0 victory for the Baku club.