Kapaz player Emil Gasimov said this while talking about the game they won against Sabah 2: 1 in the 1/8 finals of the Azerbaijan Cup, Offsideplus.az reports.
The 21-year-old striker said: "We talked to the kids at the break that if Sabah scored, we could do it. They have two arms and two legs and we have one. We wanted more than them. In the second half, we had two. We scored a goal and won. We are very happy. "
Gasimov said that the Premier League representative did not take the game with Ganja club seriously: "They thought that Kapaz is a Division I team, we can win a big victory. But it is football, we proved ourselves by appearing on the field."
According to the young player, who left Sabah in October last year, he wanted to score a goal for his former team in the cup match: "I prepared for the game with special motivation. But I could not score. In fact, it does not matter. The main thing is to win. Although I didn't score, I proved that I am not weaker than any player in "Sabah".
The forward, who also wears the uniform of the U-21 national team, stressed that the main problem at Sabah was not only with the players: "The situation was not good when I played for this team. There was no stability, no motivation. After winning one game we could not prepare psychologically for the next match. At the beginning, they brought a Spanish specialist. They didn't let me train and show myself. I don't know what has happened at the club lately. But if the team loses, it's the players, the coaching staff and the management who are to blame. "
Gasimov said he did not harbor resentment against his former team: "It is true that I left there with problems. But I never set a condition for anyone to create such conditions for me to stay. I never harbored hatred against the head coach, the club president. However, I said goodbye to everyone. We gave each other halal. "
It should be noted that Emil Gasimov was sent to the replacement team at the beginning of the season because he did not accept Sabah's offer of a new contract. Later, the club terminated his contract (Report).