"We are happy that we started the calendar year with a confident victory."

Offsideplus.az reports that these words were said by the head coach of "Neftchi" Vitaly Stepanovski after the victory over "Sheki" in the XII round of the ABL. He said the following about the match:

"I congratulate everyone on the victory! Our players, as always, gave special importance to this game and I want to thank them for that. We gave some small gaps in the second half, but this is also part of the game and such things happen. We are very happy that Devonte Green has rejoined the team after a long break and he is gradually regaining his form. We continue on our way."

It should be noted that the "Neftchi" - "Sheki" match ended with the victory of the "black and white" with a score of 82:60.