"Shamakhi" coach: "We instructed the players not to rush, to wait for the opponent and play compactly"

"We had an interesting, tense, and good game as expected. The first half was more about quality. Fuzuli Mammadov has been newly appointed. We watched and analyzed two of their games. It was completely different against "Qarabag", completely different against us. We knew it would be like this. In the second half, we increased the pace, increased the aggression and intensity further forward, and achieved what we wanted. We had a player making his debut. We congratulate him too. I would also like to note that at the end of the match, we had 6 local players on the field."

Sport24.az reports that these words were said by Elnur Chodarov, the coach of "Shamakhi", at the press conference held after the 14th round of the Misli Premier League match against "Karvan-Yevlakh".

He also answered questions from journalists.

- Were you in constant contact with Aykhan Abbasov? What was his main instruction?

- The first half was more of a reconnaissance. Because the opponent's head coach was new. We were waiting, not rushing. We instructed the players not to rush, to wait for the opponent and play compactly. We were waiting for our moment. In the second half, the players tried to fulfill the instructions as much as possible. We scored our goal and followed it up.

- One of Diego Balao's goals won the "Goal of the Month" nomination. The goal he scored this time was also beautiful. It seems he wants to win this award again..

- Let's hope he gets selected (laughs). The second goal was similar to his first goal.

- You played on an artificial turf field. What was the grass cover like at Yevlakh stadium?

- The field was heavy. To be precise, the rubber of the artificial turf was hard. It rained on us.