The Baku Olympic Stadium held a press conference of the head coach of the Ireland national team Stephen Kenny and the player of John Egan, dedicated to tomorrow’s qualifying match against the national team of Azerbaijan.
“Will I be fired in the event of a defeat in Baku? I don’t need to believe everything that they write,” says the head coach. “I don’t feel under pressure. We were well strained. After a draw with Serbia in the last match in the team there is confidence. in yourself.
We have two players get sick, but they do not have COVID-19. They arrived at the stadium and, perhaps, even play tomorrow.
We watched all the matches of the national team of Azerbaijan. Serbia won in Baku, scoring at the end. Portugal in the first game won only with a score 1: 0 … Tomorrow we want to win and want to earn this victory. “
“We arrived in Azerbaijan to win,” says John Eagan. “But remember the hard game in Dublin. They could not then achieve the desired result. We will try to win tomorrow. To the game ready.
Match in Dublin We started well. But after 15-20 minutes, the opponent began to successfully control the ball and complicated our life. Azerbaijan scored a goal. In the second half, we put pressure, attacked. Unfortunately, only one goal was scored and played in a draw. “
Azerbaijan Match – Ireland will start at 20:00. We will remind, Ireland has 2 points, and it takes 4th place in the group. And Azerbaijan has 1 point, and our team is located in the last 5th place.