"We respect every club in the league. Araz-Nakhchivan is a good team."
This was said by Turan Tovuz's Togolese defender Emmanuel Hackman in an interview with futbolinfo.az.
We present that interview.
– Will replacing the artificial turf of the Tovuz city stadium with natural turf help to further improve your future results? It is interesting, which field in Azerbaijan do you find most difficult to play on?
– Every player prefers to play on natural turf, because it reduces injuries compared to artificial turf. Yes, I think it will also have a positive impact on our future results. As for the second part of the question, the field in Guba, where "Imishli" plays its home games, is the most difficult field to play football on.
– You will be a guest of "Araz-Nakhchivan" in the next round. Considering that the opponent is also fighting to qualify for the European Cups, who is more likely to win?
– We respect every club in the league. Araz-Nakhchivan is a good team. Therefore, we will prepare for them seriously, as in games with other teams. I hope we will be the winning side.
– You are currently only 4 points behind "Qarabag" in the tournament table. In the remaining rounds, will the goal be to maintain your position in 3rd place, or will you fight for second place?
– We are focused on winning every game separately. We are currently only thinking about winning against "Araz-Nakhchivan". We will see which place we will take at the end of the season.
– You will then play the return leg of the cup semi-final stage with "Zira". After the result recorded in the first match (0:2), how realistic is your chance to reach the final?
– Frankly, I think we have a difficult game ahead of us. But we believe that we can reach the final. We will do our best for this.
– Who will you support at the World Cup to be held in the summer, and which national team do you consider the main candidate for the championship?
– I support Ghana. Therefore, I think that the Ghana national team will win (laughs).