Gençlerbirliği, who was the guest of Kocaelispor in the 14th week of Trendyol Super League, lost 1-0. At the press conference held after the match, Gençlerbirliği Coach Volkan Demirel made a statement. Stating that he could attribute the bad game to physical fatigue, Demirel said, “When I came here, I did not think it would end this way. It has been 3 weeks since we came, the previous games were better compared to today. Today, we could not do what we wanted and we conceded a simple goal. We had worked on this in training. I am sorry that we conceded a goal when we knew it. We have been trying to pull the team up physically for 3-4 weeks. Today, I saw the decline. We saw this after 60-65. We have the cup match and the Karagümrük match ahead of us. “I hope I can reach the points I target. After that, we will try to recover with the moves in the second half,” he said.
“WE DID NOT GET AN ANSWER TO ANYTHING”
Making a more detailed statement in response to questions from members of the press, Demirel said, “We shot 39 shots in the previous 3 matches, but what we shot today is obvious, it cannot be called a shot. Today was not the game or the fight I really expected. That’s why it was a bad day for us. The reason may be the players’ fatigue, or it may be that we did not explain it well. Let me take responsibility. We were not a team that could react in every sense. I told this to the players inside. I hope they will not repeat the same thing in the next match. “We couldn’t get an answer to anything. There was at least a fight in the first 3 matches. There is not much to say about football and fight today,” he said.
“IT IS DIFFICULT TO PLAY AGAINST A TEAM THAT IS CONFIDENT”
Evaluating Kocaelispor, Volkan Demirel said, “It is difficult to fight against a confident team. They analyzed us just as we analyzed them. They did not allow us to pass. Still, we could not find the right choices in the balls we needed to use. We lost a lot of bilateral matches. There are many reasons for today’s defeat. I congratulate Kocaelispor. We are sad, they will be happy. There are many lessons we need to learn from today.”
“THEY SHOULD BE PUNISHED WHO DISTURBED NATURALITY”
To the question about referees and betting, Demirel replied, “Football is very beautiful and natural, and I want anyone who disrupts this naturalness to be punished.”
“I’M ALSO MEETING WITH EMRE MOR, CENK TOSUN CANNOT BE”
Regarding the players mentioned in the transfer issue, Demirel said, “I am also in talks with Emre Mor. I do not think Cenk Tosun will be there, he was injured and had back surgery. We have thoughts about many players, but it is not clear. We have 2 foreign and 2-3 Turkish players in our minds.”