A press conference with the participation of the head coach of our team Samir Abasov and Senegalese footballer Mamadou Mbodjun was held before the match between Olympiacos and Neftchi, which will be held on July 21 at 23:00 Baku time at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium within the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. has been published. First, the head coach commented on the game:

"When he entered the field, the greatness of the club was visible. Which team we will play against tomorrow is clear from the first step on the field. I do not want to talk about the opponent at length, I just want to say that Olympiacos is used to such tournaments. The game he played in Europe last year is an indication of the club's purpose and greatness. We will have a difficult game against a team with experienced, high-quality players. However, we are very comfortable. Unlike the first stage, we have started to recover, both physically and in terms of the game. Such games help us to get in shape quickly. Given that we have been away from the Champions League for a long time as Neftchi, we will gain good experience tomorrow anyway. It will be enough for us that our future rivals will be more or less the same. This can help us in the upcoming matches. For tomorrow's game, our psychological state must be in place enough to respond to the opponent. I believe that everything will be fine. "

Then Mamadou Mbodj said: “We know why we came here. We are very well prepared for this match. Hopefully, we will show a good game tomorrow. "

Then the Senegalese footballer answered journalists' questions: “Such things can happen in football. I hope that tomorrow you will see a stronger Mbodj than the Mbodj you are used to. I believe that tomorrow you will see the picture of Babakar again. Both Basque and Basto are very good transfers and strong players. I believe that they will strengthen us to achieve our goal. "

Samir Abasov's answer to the questions of the media was as follows: “We face such rivals once a year, and our championship is completely different. Much will depend on the opponent's game tomorrow. We must first be psychologically prepared. We need to run more. Transfer is not expected until the return match. From the new transfers, Roman is more prepared than Hugo. Because he trained regularly with his previous team and had a training camp. He was without training for 5-7 days before coming here. What they show in training is heartwarming. Hugo trained more individually, which is evident in team training. It is real that we will return to Baku with a good result. We believe in it. We watched the opponent's games. After the championship, they played 5-6 test matches against good teams. We will not shake hands. I hope we will return to the return match more lucky. We need new transfers. We must strengthen, especially on the offensive line. We also suffer from the lack of players. Our transfer work continues. We are looking for a striker and a player for some positions. We plan to transfer 1-2 players in the near future. There was excitement to pass the first stage. Now we are comfortable that we have passed that stage. There is no reason to be tense. We will show all our skills. At least we will try to cause problems for the opponent. I did not take advice from anyone, we analyzed the opponent with my assistants. Their help is enough. Each of us is doing what we can. ”