Former defender of the Azerbaijan national football team Ali Gekdemir shared his opinion regarding today's match of the 2nd round of Group D qualification for the 2026 World Cup against the Ukrainian national team in Baku.
— Santos should have been dismissed after the team was relegated to Division D of the Nations League, rather than waiting all this time. At least it has been done now. Maybe Santos is a famous coach, but for Azerbaijan he turned out to be incompetent. There have never been such results and such a game under any other coach. More precisely, the absence of it.
The Azerbaijan national team has never had such a lineup that could compete for qualification to major tournaments, but it also never had a lineup that would lose to everyone. Of course, I do not expect suddenly good results, but for a start the gameplay needs to be corrected. I wish the team good luck today against Ukraine," Gekdemir said.