Head coach “Karabakh” Gurban Gurbanov at today’s press conference at the Baku Olympic Stadium shared his expectations from tomorrow’s match of the 1st round of the conference league against the Swiss “Basel”.
“Tomorrow the first game in the conference league is waiting for us,” says Gurbanov. “We like to play at the group stage, here another level of football. I believe that tomorrow my football players will show the right and smart football. Recently, Swiss football has come out on another. The level, both in terms of the national team and clubs. Yesterday, Young Boys beat Manchester United.
“Basel” plays a dynamic football. The team quickly moves from defense into the attack. We first analyze the game system, and then individual players. Tomorrow a collective game will be very important for us. You need to play compact and in the attack, and in defense.
In the game with “Neftchi”, players spent a lot of strength. But I would like all the games of our championship in such a pace and such a struggle. The field “Baxel Arena” was a bit soft, so the players spent a little more forces. Today we try to build a training process so that the football players are fresh tomorrow. We still have a training session tomorrow morning. Why do you train in the day in the morning? When a tight schedule, we do not have time to give all the tasks to footballers. Therefore, we leave part in the morning. Tomorrow the match will start at 20:45. When games begin late, we also train in the morning so that the players do not lose tone.
Tomorrow is our first game in the tournament. There is no need to think about fatigue. On the contrary, you need to be ready for such a regime. We play so many years. Today, some players will train individually and connect to the team tomorrow.
After the national team games, I worry about the psychological state of football players. Because for many years, Karabakh players spend twice as many matches than other teams. This also leads to physical and psychological tension. When we do not play in eurocups or there is no national team games, then the team is easier to prepare. “