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"The departure of some players negatively affected Zira's performance in the game against Hajduk."
Idman.biz reports that the former football player of the Azerbaijani national team, Vali Gasimov, said this in his statement to "Report" while evaluating the performance of our clubs in the UEFA Conference League yesterday.
The 56-year-old expert said that the European Cup night was successful for Azerbaijani teams: "In general, last night can be considered successful for Azerbaijani football. Except for "Zira", our other two clubs showed an excellent game. Earlier, "Qarabag" also advanced to the next stage in the Champions League. Looking at Zira's match, this team did not perform badly either. It's just that the draw was a little unlucky. In my opinion, Zira was unlucky to have a strong opponent. In addition, the departure of some players from the team negatively affected Zira's performance."
The expert also expected Sabah to win the return match against Petrocub (Moldova): "We all knew that the opponent was not at the level of Sabah. I just didn't think that so many goals would be scored in the first half. The next opponent will be the representative of Bulgaria. I think that if Sabah repeats the game against Petrocub, they can beat Levski."
Gasimov emphasized that Araz-Nakhchivan played magnificently against Aris in their visit to Greece: "Elmar Bakhshiev's team surprised everyone in a positive way. Araz-Nakhchivan fought to the end on the field. Although they were making their debut in the European Cups. It is not easy to win against a team like Aris based on the result of two games. In the third qualifying round, they will play against the Cypriot club Omonia. They are not an insurmountable opponent. Araz-Nakhchivan showed that they can play against teams at the level of Aris and Omonia."
It should be noted that yesterday in the second qualifying round of the Conference League, Zira lost to Hajduk (Croatia) 1:2 away and stopped the fight. Sabah, who won 4:1 against Petrocub at home, and Araz-Nakhchivan, who drew 2:2 with Aris away, advanced to the third qualifying round.
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