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An interview with "Shafa" head coach Elgiz Keremli to Sportal.az
- In two days you will play your first game in the new season. Can the team be considered 100% ready for the season?
- It is difficult to prepare the team 100% for the championship. Because league games are faster and more intense. Football players can be maximally ready physically and psychologically after 3-4 rounds.
- What is the most concerning and worrying thing for you before the season?
- We created numerous goal episodes in test games. But the fact that we use very few of them, that we score few goals, is what worries me.
- It is interesting that the only foreign player transfer to the team is Amir Ibrahimzadeh, who is an Iranian citizen but originally from Azerbaijan. I wonder, will it not be difficult without foreign players? Because "Sabail", which is considered your main competitor, has foreign player transfers...
- When the club invited me, they told me in advance that we would not make a foreign player transfer. The club's strategy is to play and develop only with Azerbaijani football players.
I accepted it because it was also pleasant for me. It is not right for me to make excuses after accepting the conditions in advance. I personally told the management that I do not want a foreign player transfer even after winning a place in the Premier League.
- How do you think, which team will be the main rival of "Shafa" in the championship fight?
- The I League is becoming more and more difficult every year compared to previous years. This year, there will be more football players in the teams who have played in the Premier League. I see "Mingachevir", "Sabail" MOIK and "Zagatala", which has become active in the transfer market in recent days and has strengthened its squad considerably, as the main rivals. "Baku Sportinq" has also built its squad from football players with I League experience. Other teams are also made up of very enthusiastic football players, and no game will be easy. It seems that all meetings in the championship will be tense.
- Does the fact that "Shafa" is shown as the main candidate for the championship put pressure on you? Is the team ready for pressure, psychologically?
- The championship creates additional tension for every team that wants to win every game. However, our football players have enough experience and I have no worries about this.
- Your player Nahid Aliyev is wearing a uniform in the U-21 national team. His performance in the matches with Portugal and Bulgaria was appreciated by the football community. I guess you watched the game yourself..
- Yes, of course, I watched the game. After the game, we talked to Nahid and expressed our support for him. It is a great success for a newly created club to give a player to the national team. He also played in the match with Bulgaria. He joined our camp. He is an important football player for us.
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