“No footballer called up to the national team is a star, a star is in the sky.”
The report says Azerbaijan national football team coach Fernando Santosh made the following remarks at a press conference ahead of the UEFA Nations League match against Sweden.
The Portuguese expert said that there are alternatives:
“I watched the European Cup matches. I decided to announce the squad in this way. If those who play abroad get injured, they will be replaced by local players. We are watching all the matches of the championship. We have invited two players from “Turan Tovuz”. This is not because they are leaders. Players from four teams did not participate. But no one can say that no one will receive an invitation from them in the future.”
He stressed that he wants to form an ambitious team.
“We want to create such a team so that the players are confident and ambitious. At the moment, we have analysed the opponents well. We have detailed information about the opposing players. I named the players in my hand based on their performances in the championship. clubs.
It should be noted that the national team will face Sweden in Baku on September 5 and Slovakia in Košice on September 8 in the Nations League.