"Even though we participated in League B for the first time, it was good to qualify for the playoffs."
As Idman.biz reports, Siyasat Asgarov, the head coach of the Azerbaijan national team of women's football players, said this.
The specialist expressed his opinion to the AFFA.az website about our team's qualification for the playoffs of the European Championship: "I congratulate all the players who have been in the team for the last year and a half. This is the result of their hard work. There is no weak opponent in the playoffs. We will compete against one of the 6 teams with the highest rating. In other words, we will face one of the strong teams. I am glad that the flag of Azerbaijan will take place in the play-off stage. Our national team once made history by advancing to the B League. We want to make another history by performing successfully in the playoffs."
Asgarov also evaluated the match they lost to the Swiss team with a score of 0:3 in the Olympic De La Pontez Stadium located in the city of Lausanne in the last round of the group stage: "The huge defeat against Hungary in Baku inevitably affected the team. After such a result, it was difficult to prepare the team for the away match with Switzerland. Switzerland has always been a struggling team in the A-League until now. Nevertheless, we went on the trip to gain points. The girls did their best. However, the high quality of the opponent made us make mistakes and the defeat was inevitable."
The drawing ceremony of the first playoff round will be held on July 19. Potential opponents of the Azerbaijan national team are Portugal, Scotland, Wales, Ukraine, Northern Ireland, and Serbia.
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