"Both Baku and Gabala were promising on victory at their first leg of the season. This was posing a big challenge to the sides. Baku started better at the beginning and lapped up the plaudits for the earlier goal. But this did not upset my teammates and we showed resilience to make it 2:1 in our favour" - Talks Gabala"s Victor Mendy, the hero of the even against Baku in the first round of the Topaz Premier League, who was introduced in the second half and shot 2 goals in the winner. He is happy to be a part of the victory the team deserve. The forward adds:

"We well prepared as a team and ground out a good result. I was trusting on myself and my team. I am very happy to be a part of the victory. Now I am well encouraged by the result ahead of some more difficult games. We passed over the Baku experience and now what Gabala need is just to get into deep analyze of this match to see our shortages before the forthcoming events".