The 48-year-old specialist answered journalists' questions, Offsideplus.az reports.

- We lost, we had a good first half, only in the second half the situation was a little different. The situation is clear, but our next focus is to make the players better. Much depends on us and the leadership. We must be with our players. We still believe in our team. We will be better in the upcoming games. We have both the obligation and the potential. Congratulations to the opponent, they won an important victory. The championship has just started, and it seems that there will be a tense struggle. Now we have to stand by the players and eliminate this failure.

- You complained about the busy schedule. After three games of the national team, you can't win.

- You do not need the knowledge to know this. We are just on a tight schedule, and I think this is just the beginning. If we fall into the group of the Europa League, then there will be a very difficult regime. It will be especially difficult for national team players. Abdullah Zubir and Jaime Romero are injured. Even if we have losses on the offensive line, it strikes twice when it is on schedule. It was really difficult to prepare for this game. In the first half, the game was under our control but gradually began to feel tired. Having said that, I do not want to infringe on Neftchi. Tiredness in our team is our problem.

- How do you plan to solve the problem on the offensive line?

- Today we need not one striker, but several players. Sometimes it is thought that Gurban Gurbanov does not hire a striker because he is in principle. Not at all. If it were Zubir and Romero today, such a problem would not be so visible. Mahir's current condition - psychological stress - created a need for a second striker. If there were Zubir and Romero, it would be solved. Our search continues, but there is no innovation.

- Was there an offside situation in the opponent's second goal?

- What we saw during the game was that there was an offside situation. The sideline referee always does his job well. It was said that it was an offside situation. Even so, I will not say anything to the sideline referee. Maybe it's wrong. Maybe it was a matter of seconds that it was too late. But now it does not change the result and we lost.