According to Offsideplus.az, the veteran players said they were closely watching the liberation of the lands occupied 30 years ago and believed that our flag would soon be raised in Qarabag.

"Dear Ilham Heydar oglu!

We, the veterans of Neftchi football club living in Russia, are closely following the liberation of our lands, which were occupied 30 years ago, by the brave and victorious Azerbaijani army. The Savior is proud of our compatriots, and we are excited together with the mothers who sent their sons to the holy war for the triumph of peace and justice.

We believe that under the leadership of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief, the tricolor flag of Azerbaijan will soon be hoisted in Karabakh, its pearl in Shusha, and peace will be established in the home of every Karabakh citizen, regardless of religion or nationality!

USSR masters of sports:

Tofig Abbasov
Rafig Ali-Zade
Rinat Kamalitdinov
Rafig Guliyev
Vyacheslav Lyogkiy
Nikolai Smolnikov
Igor Cheremisov
Vitaly Shevchenko "