"It was a tough game. Especially the first half was difficult for us. But after the goal I scored during the break, the team started playing more confidently."
Idman.biz reports that this was said by Omar Kosayev, the striker of the Azerbaijan national team made up of football players under 16 years old.
He shared his thoughts with the AFFA press service regarding the test match (2:1) against the corresponding age group team of Belarus: "We managed to win by implementing the instructions of our head coach Agil Nabiyev on the field. Agil muallim's role in this victory was great. Both his tactical moves and motivational conversations with the team gave us extra strength. As a result, we won a confident victory."
The 15-year-old striker, who opened the scoring in the 44th minute, said that he was expecting a mistake from the opponent's goalkeeper in that episode: "Before the game, we analyzed the goalkeeper of the Belarus national team. We knew that he only plays with his right foot. In the goal episode, when I saw the goalkeeper transfer the ball to his left foot, I ran towards him and took the ball and put it in the goal."
Kosayev also shared his thoughts on the second test match against the Belarus U-16 team, which will be held on May 11: "Our second game with Belarus will also be difficult. We will try to show our performance in the first match. I hope we will win that game as well."
It should be noted that the match between Azerbaijan (U-16) and Belarus (U-16), which will be held on May 11 at Bina Stadium, will start at 17:00.
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