Ramiz Mammadov made his debut in the Premier League 7th-leg match against AZAL as a coach after a two-season break. He is satisfied now by the performance of the team, as he says to gabalafc.az just after the goalless warm-up match:

“It was a difficult match. As well, the hot weather condition made it harder to play. Low confidence of Gabala was seen evident after our two losses. The opponents were a much strong team. AZAL proved that they really deserve the 2nd tier in the league table. I now Vagif Sadigov as a good coach.

Before facing AZAL, we Gabala coaching staff had discussed in-depth details of the last games of AZAL. Our players were more than equal to the task. Victor Mendy could have put the team ahead in the second half, but he was off target. It is football, we were not fortunate then. Anyway, the performance of our team should be estimated highly.

Today, our 3 main team players were unable to come on the pitch and they were substituted by those who had not played in this season, yet. I appreciate them - Rovshan Amiraslanov, Daniel Cruz and Anar Nazirov. They did not get their performance felt as a first-leg of the season. Those player responded to the game plan much well".