Football team to leave for Israel

Azerbaijan’s football team headed by Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Torres is scheduled to leave for Israel on Sunday.

Ramiz Mirzayev, President of the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA), told journalists on Saturday that the national team would play a friendly with Israel on February 18. Mirzayev noted that the aim of the friendly was not just to win or loose but to discover and further remove the shortcomings of the team.*