The statement came from the goalkeeper of the Azerbaijani national team Emil Balayev at a press conference before the test match with Slovenia, Offsideplus.az reports. The goalkeeper, who played for the Qarabag club, said:

"Sometimes our head coach gives me and sometimes Shahruddin Mahammadaliyev a chance. This is a competition within the team. The job of the players is to show themselves to the maximum in training, to win the coach's sympathy. The rest is the coach's opinion. There is healthy competition between us. ”.

The Slovenia-Azerbaijan match will take place tomorrow at the Stejice Stadium in Ljubljana.