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After the match between "Sabah" and "Araz-Nakhchivan" (4:1) in the XIX round of the Misli Premier League, Valdas Dambrauskas, the head coach of the home team, answered journalists' questions. Sport24.az reports that the specialist first shared his thoughts on the meeting...
– I congratulate my players. It was truly a magnificent victory. I saw how eager and motivated the players were today. The teams we defeated – "Zira", "Araz-Nakhchivan" are top teams, they have good squads. I would also like to congratulate our fans. But I would like to see more fans. We scored three beautiful goals until the 16th minute of the first half. Although we lost the initiative in some moments of the first half, we then created balance. We could have scored a few more goals before the break. We had a good second half as well. Our fourth goal was truly magnificent. We are a little disappointed because we didn't want to concede a goal. Still, 4:1 is a good result for us. Now we need to forget this match and focus on the next game.
– "Qarabağ", "Sabah"'s main rival on the way to the championship, may have their league match postponed. What are your thoughts on this?
– My team played against "Araz-Nakhchivan". Why should I talk about "Qarabağ"? I am the head coach of "Sabah", not "Qarabağ". Almost every conference includes questions about "Qarabağ". I don't want to answer these types of questions. I apologize for saying this, but questions about "Qarabağ" are a bit disrespectful to me and us. I have great respect for them. I just want to talk about my team.
– The reason the question is asked is that isn't it unfair to you that "Qarabağ"'s game is cancelled?
– I am not the one who prepares the calendar. Ask the federation, the league organizers, not me.
– You score three goals at the beginning of the first half for three consecutive games, but then productivity drops. Do you instruct them not to expend too much energy?
– Of course not. I would like my team to score 10 goals. This is not possible in any league. If 5 goals are scored, it is not a few. An average of 2-3 goals is considered good in football. Because after conceding 2-3 goals, the opponents try to prevent them. We were pressing in the second half and we see that we tried to score more goals. Before, when it was 0:0, 1:0, you were saying why aren't you productive. Now we score 4 goals, you are saying why we didn't score more...
