Khankendi drew 1-1 away to Baku Sporting in the seventh round of the First League. We contacted Royal Najafov, head coach of the side from Qarabag, and asked him to assess the match against the Buzovna team he managed last season.
He told Fanat.az:
“Khankendi are playing their debut season in this league, so every point we earn is valuable to us. Our aim is to stay in the league. But if we are talking specifically about this game, we did not gain 1 point — we dropped two. Although we were playing away, we were the better side and created plenty of chances. Our problem as a team is that we cannot kill games off. We need to score goals in quick succession and put games beyond our opponents. Our failure to take our chances proved decisive. The opposition equalised and fought until the end to earn a point. If we had scored a second, we would have won by a big margin. Of course, this is football. We must now focus on the next match. The team had 1 point when we arrived; now they have six. Is that enough? No. Are we happy with our current position? No. We must try to collect as many points as possible before January and strengthen the squad in the winter so that we see a stronger Khankendi for the rest of the season.”
Nihat
This article was translated from Azerbaijani with the help of AI. Original in Azerbaijani
