Samir Abasov: "We have to be a different team in the new season"

"We didn't differentiate between the cup and the championship, and we won't do it in the future."

Idman.biz reports that the head coach of "Neftchi" Samir Abasov said this at the press conference held after the match with "Sabail" (3:0) in the 35th round of the Misli Premier League.

The expert said that when he first came to the club, the mood of the players was different: "Now there was also a lot of comfort. Many things were achieved against this background. There were matches where we played even better. If we look at the last matches, I remember the game with "Turan Tovuz". What was missing? Those same things were missing, so we were far from what we wanted. These things force us to think. We are working on these shortcomings. We have to be a different team in the new season. The issue of shortcomings... We have to remember all the games. I think it's too late now."

The head coach has never divided between the cup and the championship: "We understand which club we are in, every game has a responsibility. We weren't just holding the cup and going to the championship with a different motivation. No, it wasn't. There was just bad luck. In the end, our chance was in the cup. We prepared for it differently. The players also saw it as a way out. We started well in the match against "Sabah", if we had scored the episodes, we would have played in the final. We didn't differentiate between the cup and the championship, and we won't do it in the future."

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