The point of concern is the lack of game content in the national team, the fact that it is defended by almost the whole team. In short, today's situation is nauseating.

As Offsideplus.az, we found it expedient to talk to one of the former members of the national team in such a situation, and we chose Mahir Shukurov as the interviewer. The former "number 4", who defended the honor of the national team for many years, "closed his eyes and opened his mouth."

- Did you watch the national team's games?

- Shall I tell you the truth?

- Of course.

- No, I did not.

- Why?

- It is not true to say that I did not look. Frankly, I want to look. Every time I open it, I change the channel after 10 minutes. Instead of getting nervous and scolding a footballer, I focus on something else.

"So he's so nervous?"

- God, I'm angry. There is one, you lose by playing, there is another, you lose without playing. Or you don't gather in front of the door and attack. What we don't know… Although we didn't play super football in our time, we made 5-6 passes in a row, made wing attacks, made air passes in front of the opponent's goal, hit the "frame". When we played with mid-level opponents, we had a 100 percent chance at least 2-3 times. We can't win 4 games, a man ...

- Why is the national team today?

- The championship is weak, so the national team is today. There are 8 teams, Qarabag is clearly superior to all of them. The rest are at the same level. Recently, there has been some development in Zira. The championship is a mirror of the country's football and national team. Footballers do not develop because there is no competition. It is possible to play badly, but not against Luxembourg, Cyprus and Montenegro. We were in a very weak group. If we can't get out of this group, too ... UEFA created the League of Nations for teams with low ratings, such as Azerbaijan. With this move, they will clean up this league next year.

- Mahir Shukurov, Rashad Sadigov, Kamran Agayev, Rauf Aliyev, Afran Ismayilov, Vagif Javadov, Elnur Allahverdiyev, Ruslan Abishov ... If these players defended the honor of the national team now, would it be possible to leave the group?

- If there were players you mentioned, we would have scored a record number of points in the history of football in the country and eliminated from this group. I know that when someone reads my thoughts, they will say, "What did they do in their time?" If these people turn the pages of history, they will see in which groups and against which rivals we are fighting. There were 6 teams in the group, 1 of them was considered weaker than us in terms of rating. Nevertheless, we worked hard on the field, played draws with strong opponents and won. European "me-me" teams were happy when they returned from Baku with a victory. Even if we lost, we showed character and fought to the end. We did not shy away from the stars of the world, and when the time came, we stood head to head and said our word. We didn't lose at home in the best times of Russia, we drew with Belgium, we won Turkey, Northern Ireland. Our rivals in the group that opened our eyes were Germany, England, Italy, Croatia, Belgium, Wales and Portugal. Who are they now? Luxembourg, Southern Cyprus ... There is no word to say e. There is no national leader today. Maxim and Kara will stay in the old ones, and it will be worse after they leave.

- National 4 games do not see the ball in the goal. Is this the way to development?

- There is no development. When I brought Yurchevich two years ago, I said in an interview that if we lost to Slovakia and Hungary, the nation would stand up and shout "resign." The end was as I said. If the head coach doesn't have "material" at his disposal, it doesn't matter who you bring. Let Mourinho come, there will be no result. (after a pause)

I don't want to talk much now. After a while, I will tell you how the players were brought to the national team.

- Can't say now?

- I do not want to go too deep yet.

- Why?

- Kayserispor has a player, Huseyn Acar. Nationalization was on the agenda, remember? I offered him to AFFA. He wanted to come and help the national team because of me. What happened next? They turned their backs on me, and Hussein did not come. Because he said he wanted to come for me. At that time, I met with him in Turkey and we discussed the details. He was not alone, there were several Turkish players. All of them were considered leading members of the teams participating in the Super League. They did not accept what I offered. Wherever there are "crow" footballers, they bring them to the national team (meaning the nationalized ones, ed.).

- Well, your heart is full.

- I will tell you who brings a player to the national team, how he brings it, on what terms.