Even though the visitors dominated the Sabail vs Zira game in the first half, things turned around in the second forty-five minutes of play. Sabail exploited the situation and set up scoring chances.
Vagif Javadov, former football player of the Azerbaijan national team, told Idman.biz.
He evaluated the first matches held within the 1/4 stage of the Azerbaijan Cup. Javadov said that in the match between Sabail and Zira (2:1), everything will be decided in the return game: "For this reason, the second match will be very interesting and the strong will win."
He said that his former Qarabag team showed its strength again in the meeting with Sabah (7:1): "The score could have been 7:1, 8:1 or even 7:0. Because this is football. But the important thing is to learn from the mistakes made. I believe that Murad Musayev will overcome this. Sabah is one of the ambitious clubs in the Azerbaijan championship. They are doing good. Qarabag also prepared well for the games during the winter break. However, it is difficult to say something about the next stage in the cup."
Vagif, who also talked about the match between Sumgayit and Neftchi and Araz Nakhchivan and Gabala of the Azerbaijan Cup, which will take place today, emphasized that there will be an interesting fight: "Each of them is ambitious in the championship. It is clear that they will come out to win today. But I can't say for sure which one is the clear favorite. Because it is a cup game. But a lot will depend on the first game."
It should be noted that the return matches of the 1/4 final stage will be held on February 8-9.
Banuchichek Huseynli
Idman.biz
