"In the first half, Neftchi's performance was really very good. We had very good scoring opportunities. We had at least 6-7 episodes, but we couldn't score all of them."
Idman.Biz reports that these words were said by Neftchi's head coach Yuri Vernidub after the game with Araz-Nakhchivan in the 27th round of the Azerbaijan Premier League.
The game ended 2:1 with the victory of the Baku team.
"We played well until the 60th minute. I think psychology played the main role after that. The score became 2:0, the players calmed down a bit. We wanted to put maximum pressure on the opponent for 60 minutes. In 60 minutes, there was only 1 episode in front of our goal, and our goalkeeper saved us. We created 2 episodes by the 4th minute. It's football, these things happen.
We need to work harder, we need to work so that the players' physical condition is better. I also have to analyze as a head coach. I am glad that our captain is back. He is a strong person, he came back with such an injury. Emin is a key player for us. I hope everything will be fine with him," Vernidub said.