Samir Aliyev, a head coach of Azerbaijan Under-21team, commented the match against Ukraine to be played at Garabag Arena within UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifying round.
“We were playing against the top-team of the Group. Historically, Ukrainian football has always been at the forefront. This country has always bring up strong football players. The Youth teams from Ukraine have always participated in European championships. It is not in vain that they have won all their games in the Group and it is not by chance that they a top-team. It was very difficult to prepare my boys both psychologically and physically for this match after the match against England on March 22.
As for the game, even though we fell behind in the score, we also had a real chance to score. However, Nariman Akhundzada could not use it. When the score was 0-2, the players realized that it was difficult to make a comeback. In this situation, we put younger players like Khayal Aliyev and Rufat Abbasov in so that they could at least feel the atmosphere".
