GURBAN GURBANOV: "KAZAKHSTAN SHOWED GOOD FOOTBALL TODAY"

- First of all, I want to congratulate the opponent with a good game and victory. As for my team - I will not talk much. All the mistakes and weaknesses we will discuss with my players at our team meeting. This game showed me a lot, and I made my conclusions. The Kazakhs tanis showed good football today. I would say that we lost in the first 20 minutes of the match. Then we gathered and were able to demonstrate football, but not quite the one I expected.

- Did the Kazakhstan team surprise you?

- We knew that it would be a difficult game, especially the new coach was apponted. During the preparation for the match, our coaching staff analyzed the opponent. Kazakhstan football is improving not only at the club level, but at the national team level. Today we witnessed this. The fact that today will be such a difficult match was obvious to us.

- It was clear that your team fell apart, getting knocked down in the first 10-15 minutes. What did go wrong?

"If I say that we were ready for this, you will not believe it." We carefully disassembled the two previous matches of your national team and knew that the opponent would start the game aggressively, presses the first 10-15 minutes. But my team failed to defence their goal. For me this is the reason that we lost.

- You have played with Kazakhstan several times before. Did you feel any significant changes in comparison with previous matches and can you single out any of the players in our team?

- I have already said that the team of Kazakhstan has changed a lot for the better in recent years. I would like to mention the players of the attacking line, who created many chances in our penalty area. These are dimensional football players with very good physical condition. In general, the changes are clear.

- A few days ago your team played a match with Kyrgyzstan, today - Kazakhstan. Can you compare these two teams?

- The difference is very big. I would not like to compare Kazakhstan with Kyrgyzstan, because of course your team is much stronger.