Gabala's head coach Elmar Bakhshiyev said this at a press conference after the 2-0 victory over Sabah in the third round of the Azerbaijani Premier League, Offsideplus.az reports.
The young specialist then answered journalists' questions:
- At the beginning of the first half, the team was more offensive, but close to the break and sat back at the beginning of the second half. It was a tactical move, wasn't it?
- No, we did not instruct the team to sit on defense, but I repeat, due to the presence of good attacking players in the club "Sabah", we had to meet them in our part of the field. Our second plan was to rely on counter-attacks.
- Gabala had a hard time scoring goals last season, but this season you have found your way to the opponent's goal 6 times in 3 rounds. What is the secret?
- In general, last year we created more epidoses, but we could not evaluate. This year we have created and evaluated fewer episodes.
- Do the goals change after the results?
- There is no goal to go to the Euroleague. All our attention is on the next game.
- Do you have enough staff?
- We need to strengthen. Even if we have an attacking player, we will be satisfied.
- Are you comfortable because you don't have a goal, or how?
- This club gives confidence to the coach. Be it me or someone else. We do not affect the team. We want to correct their approach and instill in them why they appear.
- Can such comfort lead to any complications?
- What did we do to relax?
- What is the condition of Asif Mammadov?
- The injury is not serious. He is an important player for us. We sometimes base our attacks on Asif. His successor is Emin Safarov.