De Biazi about match with Portugal: “In second half, Azerbaijan played much better”

The head coach of the Azerbaijani national football team Gianni de Biazi commented on the defeat of the team from Portugal (0: 1) in the qualifying match of the World Championship-2022.

“I was satisfied with the game by 50 percent,” said the Italian specialist. “In the first half, we did not manage to keep the ball, they tried to defend themselves more. But after the break, we greatly improved our game. I think that in the second half we tried to play in the second half. Content Football.

We played with a team that is much stronger than us in technical terms. The main task was to play disciplined and show that we are not afraid of the opponent. I think we coped with these tasks.

It is still difficult to talk about our specific goal in this qualifying tournament. We must add from the game to the game. In life you have to believe in everything. In the next qualifying meeting, we will take Serbia. We will try in this match and in all the others show a more good result. “