The head coach of Karabakh, Gurban Gurbanov, commented on the team’s exit to the 3rd qualification round of the Champions League. As you know, the champion of Azerbaijan in the response match of the 2nd round against the Swiss “Zurich” played a draw 2: 2 in an additional time and won by the sum of two matches with a score of 5: 4.
“You can talk a lot about the game and football players, but I will not, – said the head coach of Karabakh.“ I just hug them all and congratulations. Today was not just a game, but also a great struggle. We saw people worthy ” Karabakh “. Today there was a strong team on the field.
I always call my players fighters. And today they fought all 120 minutes. At first there was a tactical struggle, but then it turned into a battle. In any case, my players were worthy of victory. Glory to Allah, everything turned out for us successfully.
I used to say that Zurich is a team that does not suit us in style. Today we saw it. If the ball is more often on the second floor, then we do not really like it. Despite all this, the players coped.
When we missed the added time, these were tense minutes. But I explained everything to the guys in the football language. I believed in the players. Such games make stronger and more experienced players, me, club. In such cases, even if we lose, I am not particularly upset, because these are the most interesting, most stressful minutes in football. Therefore, the coach sometimes needs to survive this. I just told the players that I was next to them and gave some instructions. He asked the guys to be even more attentive on the opponent’s long balls. It was interesting. I gained very much experience.
Kevin Medina’s injury is similar to serious. We will return to Baku tomorrow evening and learn a more accurate diagnosis. “