"We fulfilled all the tasks and won. I congratulate everyone on the victory."
These words were spoken by Elvin Alizade, the captain of Azerbaijan national minifootball team, in an interview with Sportal.az while commenting on their 4:0 victory over Slovenia in the second round of the group stage of the World Championship held in Baku, Idman.biz reports.
He believes that they will also win the match against Mauritania in the last round of the group stage: "Mauritania is a good opponent. They are a faster, more agile team. However, they do not look good tactically. Hopefully, I think we will win that match as well. We are better prepared."
The experienced football player explained the reason for the loss of points in the first round match against Bahrain as follows: "In that match, the turf factor hindered us. Now the cover has "laid down". It happened in Slovakia as well. I have had this experience. In the second match, the turf factor had no effect and we showed our match. Frankly, Bahrain is not a stronger team than Slovenia. The second match also showed that the loss of points in the first round was due to the field factor. We prepared well for the World Cup. We played well as a team against Slovenia. We showed perseverance. The conversation between the federation leadership and the team also had a positive effect. After the draw in the first round, they supported us. I would also like to thank the fans. They supported us immensely".
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