2024-07-20 12:17:27
“Unfortunately, Zira lost.”
Former Azerbaijani national team footballer Yunis Huseynov told İdman.biz about this.
The veteran footballer commented on the return match of the first qualifying round of the Europa League, in which Zira lost to Sheriff with a score of 1:2 (4:5 on penalties). He noted that the club fought well:
“Zira” was leading both away and at home. Receiving a red card in such an important match creates great difficulties for teams. Our representative did not make a bad impression. Although the team was left with one man down, they were able to bring the match to penalties. The reason for the defeat in the penalty shootout was the lack of experience. Fuad Bayramov did a good job of taking his penalty kick. You need to be very confident when taking a penalty kick from 11 meters in such important matches. Let’s hope that “Zira” will show itself well in the next games in the Conference League.
Guseinov noted that the red card played a decisive role in the match:
“Zira should have beaten Sheriff. They are not what they used to be. We won in Moldova and were leading here. If it hadn’t been for the red card, Zira would have made it to the next stage.”
It should be noted that Zira, which stopped its fight in the Europa League, will continue its journey in the second qualifying round of the Conference League. Rashad Sadykhov’s team will meet with DAK 1904 (Slovakia). The first match between the teams will be held on July 25 in Baku, and the return match will take place a week later in Slovakia.
Emin Aga
İdman.biz