“The players entered the field with a different mood
"Andijan" club won a 2:1 victory over "Sogdiyona" in the quarter-finals of the Uzbekistan Cup and qualified for the semi-finals.
At the press conference after the competition, the head coach of the winning team, Islam Ahmedov, shared his thoughts.
What do you think about the game?
I congratulate the people of Andijan and our fans who came here to support us and thank them very much. Coming into the game, we knew it would be difficult. The reason is that our players had some depression. There was no luck in the last matches. Thank God, this time we put an end to the unpleasant tradition and won. Our players controlled the game well. In the end, we won.
"Andijan" lost in the last three rounds of the championship, and didn't it cause additional problems for you as a coach to restore them mentally and motivate them before the quarter finals?
Frankly, it was difficult to restore the confidence of the players. However, as we said at the beginning, we are responsible for the result. We took it all on ourselves and let them control the ball and attack without deviating from our philosophy. Regardless of the result, we will not deviate from our game. Only at the end, we gave enough insights about not losing the balance. Thank God, the guys did well and fought until the end on the field. Today they came to the field with a different "nastroy".
— Martin Boake played actively. He scored a goal, but unfortunately he also received a red card at the end. How do you explain this?
The judge will judge it. The referee made such a decision, we cannot interfere in their work.
— After the transfer of Mahmoud Mahamadjonov, it seemed that there were problems on the left wing. Are there any additional solutions to this problem?
True, Mahamadjonov left in the middle of the championship. That's why we couldn't get a player. We tried to get a defender, but we couldn't. There is no left wing defender. Since it is not possible, we are playing our players who play on the right foot in that position. We are trying to find a solution with the players we have.
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