Adrian Mutu’s team “Neftchi Baku” was defeated by the newly formed “Araz” with a score of 1:0 (the sixth stage of the Azerbaijan championship), and the local press poured out their patience to the Romanian coach.

Adrian Mutu had a bigger budget than Laurentiu Regekampf, but results are lacking at Neftchi Baku

Neftchi was relegated from the Conference League by Besiktas, and in the championship is only in 6th place (out of 10 teams), having collected 8 points from 6 stages.

Sport Info journalists consider Muta to be the main culprit behind the team’s poor results and have compared him to Laurentiu Regekampf, the previous coach of the Baku team.

“Probably, we have already lost the number of defeats in official and friendly matches. The situation cannot be considered satisfactory. Elimination from the Conference League in the third preliminary round is already forgotten, and no one remembers the “double” with “Beşiktaş”.

However, even in the championship, things have reached a deplorable level. There is no point in discussing the positive effect of changing the technical bench in the summer, it would be a shame. In a week or two, we will start to remember the period of Laurentiu Regekampf, to regret it.

We will cry for Regekampf. Do you know the difference between the two Romanian coaches? Compared to last season, he was allocated a larger transfer budget and bought more foreigners. 11 players arrived, millions spent and it’s a shame Mutu can’t do anything with them.

To achieve a result, you still need to play something, and Mutu is showing no signs of success in Baku. We are not saying that new foreigners are useless, they need time to adapt, they should know the team and the championship.

Since Mutu came here, the coach’s hand is unknown. We are still waiting for it to appear. Now we can’t find him, we don’t know where he is. If someone sees the mister, at least show where he is.” write Sport Info journalists.

Adrian Mutu after the defeat against Araz: “Apart from the penalty, the opponent had no chance”

At the press conference, Mutu said that the opponent “didn’t have a chance”, except for the penalty shot by Aliyev (’81).

“It was a bad game for us. The result was as you saw. However, we dictated the game. We had scoring opportunities in both halves. But I couldn’t make the best decisions.

With the exception of the penalty, the defensive line played well. The opponent had no chance. Some changes are happening. In the match against Araz, we didn’t give the opponent many chances to score. It was just that penalty” – Adrian Mutuat the press conference.

Rating Azerbaijan

1. Zira (goal difference 6-2) 15 points

2. Karabakh (9-5) 10

3. Sabail (11-9) 10

4. Turan (11-8) 10

5. Araz (7-7) 10

6. Neftchi Baku (5-4) 8

7. Sumgait (7-5) 7 (-1 match)

8. Sabah Baku (6-7) 4 (-1 match)

9. I can (3-9) 4

10. Gabala (4-13) 4.