Ahead of the first round of the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, the head coach of our team - Kakha Tskhadadze and captain Giorgi Papava held a press conference and talked about the match with Baku Neftchi.
- Hiring Philip Orshula in the team was a mistake. As for Luka Gagnidze, we shouldn’t hinder any talented and young players in their career advancement and playing at a higher level. As for Victor Mongil, he had to leave the club due to serious family problems. He wanted to leave for a long time, we just asked him to play in several matches and he left us after the match with Dinamo Batumi.
Strengthening the team is a difficult process and also depends on the budget, at the same time, the player in the dynamic is currently very few, so no new transfers are planned in the coming days.
Neftchi is a very well-staffed team that has added some good players this year as well. As for the chances, talking about percents won’t be serious. The main thing is to neutralize the opponent's strengths and weaknesses when going out on the field and get the maximum result.
Neftchi is a very serious team as they have completed their many years of Karabakh hegemony and we have to play very carefully against them.
It is true that I have been working in the championship of Azerbaijan for years, but this will not give me an advantage in tomorrow's match, because 6 years have passed since then and a lot has changed. We expect a difficult game directly from the opponent. In style, Neftchi is a team approaching us, they also play with 3 central defenders like us. They have a strong attacking line and a very sophisticated playing style.
We wanted to postpone the previous round of the match against Dinamo Batumi in the National League, I talked to the President of the Football Federation to postpone the tour, Levan Kobiashvili agreed, but he could not make a decision alone. Representatives of Gori Dila and Kutaisi Torpedo also agreed, but Dinamo Batumi did not agree, otherwise all rivals would have a full week cycle to prepare for the European Championship. It failed.