Russia, Moscow, March 24 / Trend corr. R.Agayev / We watched the match of the national team of Azerbaijan to Finland and I can say that the Azerbaijani football team demonstated itself to be a very prepared technically, showed his experience and impressive skills. The statement was made by head coach of Russia's football team Guus Hiddink exclusively to Trend correspondent after today's press conference in "Luzhniki" in Moscow.
"As the game with Finland showed, the Azerbaijani team is very well organized and if we underestimate it, we may have problems. Moreover, the head coach of Azerbaijan has great experience in the most difficult games at the world level, so the game will not be easy to us ", - he said.
Responding to journalists' questions at the press conference, Hiddink said that the upcoming game of Russia with Azerbaijan is very important and expressed his satisfaction with the fact that there had beed already sold a large number of tickets for this game.
Talking about Bertie Foggse, Guus Hiddink said that he considered him one of most skilled professionals in the world. "Bertie Foggs is a very experienced coach and we should be extremely careful, as Azerbaijan is able to present us with unpleasant surprises", - Hiddink said.
He added that he had need closely watching the game of Azerbaijan with the Finns, which once again confirmed that the coach Foggs held very well tactically organized game. "Azerbaijan has demonstrated a proper and competent game, and played against its opponent in a worthy manner, despite the fact that almost all the Finnish national team players play in European clubs", - Hiddink said.
Russia national football team's mentor stressed that the Azerbaijani football players will play very hard in defense and try to attack, and it can be very dangerous ", - Hiddink said.
In his opinion, rivals should not be underestimated. "If we underestimate an opponent, it will be 1-0 is not in our favor, but an error here worths its weight in gold", - Hiddink emphasized.
He said that he will determine the final membership of Russia national team by the end of week, and arrangements will be announced just before the game with Azerbaijan.
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