2024-03-24 16:56:51
I told the players today that we have to have confidence. The game with Tanzania could have hurt us. The situation tomorrow is like an official match. The opponent is also serious – we would have played them anyway, even if there was no tournament. Azerbaijan is at our level, and a little ahead in terms of results.
We need to regain our self-confidence, which is a little crushed. This can be done with responsible play, with concentrated actions. They have people who can play football. We, if we are not concentrated defensively, will bring ourselves problems. This match is a good preparation for the League of Nations.
This was stated by the coach of Bulgaria, Ilian Iliev, at a press conference in Baku. Tomorrow at 18:00 the national team will meet Azerbaijan in their second match of the FIFA Series tournament. In the first we beat Tanzania 1:0 for the first success in 492 days.
“I am sure that this tournament will help us prepare for the League of Nations. We have watched the Azerbaijan team several times, they have strong points. But I hope that tomorrow we will keep the tradition of Bulgaria not losing to Azerbaijan.
There were a lot of positives with Serbia and Hungary. Against Tanzania, we did not play our best match, but the result is positive,” Iliev also said.