Afran Ismayilov, a football player of the Sabail football club, said this while talking about the game they won against Sabah 2: 1 in the fourth round of the Azerbaijani Premier League, Offsideplus.az reports.

The 32-year-old midfielder said that although the opponent was stronger than them, they came on the field with winning psychology: "Sabah is superior to us both in terms of staff and finances." Despite the fact that we lost 3 rounds in a row before the match Aftandil Hajiyev said not to break your psychology, the championship has just started and there will be many games ahead. He managed to gather us. We put the word together that it is necessary to win. We came out and showed our game and won a deserved victory. "

The experienced player also commented on the events on the front line in the last two days: "I do not want to think about football now. All our attention is on the front line. You know that there is a tense war. Indeed, this is the Great Patriotic War for us. Everyone is burning to fight. We are confused, how many volunteers, there are those who want to go to the front. But now the situation is such that our army responds to the enemy, we hear good news. We want all our lands to be liberated from occupation. This is our dream to go and play games there. I ask God to have mercy. I believe that we will achieve the desired result. The strength of our army allows it. Our prayers are with our soldiers. "

Ismayilov said he was ready to give his life for the country. "I really wanted to go to military service. They just didn't let me go because of other conversations about the national team and football. They said I was needed by the national team because I had the best time. So I couldn't go." Today, if necessary, I am ready to join the army. It is my dream to rise to the summit of martyrdom. I can use weapons.

The former Azerbaijani national team player responded to the Armenian footballer Henrik Mkhitaryan, who is currently playing for Italian "Roma", calling on the world community to help stop the military operations in Karabakh: "We do not care what Mkhitaryan says. He deliberately voices such views. He can be a good footballer. But we have never considered Armenians a nation, a people. They are occupiers. We are fighting for our lands. They have been delaying the negotiation process for years. They are a low, dishonorable nation. They use every means. They even steal our music. We have a chance and we have to go to the end. We will liberate our lands and live there ourselves."

(Report)