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

"As we expected, it was an interesting, intense, and good game. The first half was more about quality. Fuzuli Mammadov has been newly appointed. We watched and analyzed their two games. It was completely different against "Qarabagh", completely different against us. We knew it would be like that. In the second half, we increased the speed, increased the aggression and intensity further forward, and achieved what we wanted. We had a player making his debut. We congratulate him too. I should also 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 match of the 14th round of the Misli Premier League 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 reconnaissance. Because the opponent's head coach was new. We were waiting, not rushing. We instructed the players not to rush, wait for the opponent and play compactly. We were waiting for our episode. In the second half, the players tried to fulfill the tasks as much as possible. We scored our goal and followed up on it.

- One of Diego Balaun's goals won the "Goal of the Month" nomination. This time too, the goal he scored was spectacular. It seems he wants to win this award again..

- Let's hope he gets selected as the winner (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.