In the 18th week of Trendyol Super League, Kocaelispor will host Trabzonspor at Kocaeli Stadium on Sunday, January 18 at 17.00. The green-black team continued their preparations for this match with training at Körfez Brunga Facilities. The training, which started with straight running and warm-up exercises, ended with tactical exercises. Green-black fans supported their team with cheers. Kocaelispor Coach Selçuk İnan and one of his players, Can Keleş, answered the questions of the press members.
SELÇUK İNAN: WE WILL START COMPLETE WORKS
Evaluating the Antalya camp, Kocaelispor Coach Selçuk İnan said, “If we divide the camp into two, the first leg was not very good in terms of health. I don’t know if it was an epidemic or whatever, but 7-8 of our players got sick. We also canceled one training session. Therefore, a few of our players missed 4-5 training sessions. We had injured players; Serdar, Haidara, Show, Balogh did not take part in the first part of the camp. They were with us for the last few days in the second part. And also a cup match.” “As a camp environment, the second leg was good for us, at least in terms of physical and health. Maybe Show will not be among us in the Trabzonspor match, other than that, hopefully we will start training fully,” he said.
“WE WILL NOT MAKE HIM SCORE IN THIS MATCH”
Stating that the Trabzonspor match will be difficult, Selçuk İnan said, “The league is starting, we are excited, we will play in front of our own fans. We will play against a strong team. Although it seems that it has not been in form lately, it is one of the important teams of the league. It is a team with a high squad quality, but we analyze the opponent, I trust our team. If we play a match where we fight and run as much as the opponent with the right plan and the right game, I hope we will come out of here winning. There are certain players we have identified. Muçi, Zubkov are talented. “There are important players, of course we will take precautions against them. Maybe we will not think too much individually, but we will take precautions as a team with a stance and game. Muçi is a good player, but we are looking after ourselves, hopefully we will not let Muçi score a goal in this match.”
“TRANSFER SEEMS DIFFICULT”
Making evaluations about the half-time transfer process, İnan concluded his words as follows:
“All coaches want the squad to be large in order to become a little stronger. Therefore, however you evaluate the essential aspect. I always meet with our president. I have always shared this with you. In fact, we need 2-3 players. Our president is working really hard on this, making a lot of effort. There are people who have put in a lot of effort since the first term, that is, the summer. I always express these, and I always thank them in front of you. He gives all kinds of support, especially our metropolitan mayor. Right now, at least I am As far as I know, we have a penalty, we have problems. As I said, I have never complained in my life. Of course, we can all want to see good players here. But as I said, this is not the case at the moment. We will continue to improve our players. We have good players, I hope we will finish well at the end of this league.
CAN KELEŞ: NO ONE KNOWS THE TROUBLES I HAVE EXPERIENCED
In his statement, Can Keleş said, “No one knows the problems I have experienced. Everyone from the outside writes certain things, whether negative or positive. There were minor problems with the club, I had personal problems, we resolved them. In the second half, I will give the necessary answer to everyone. I was following Selçuk coach when he was playing active football. He is a very big name for me, a very big coach. Our communication with Selçuk coach is very good. The coach has plans, he conveyed certain things to me and gave me that self-confidence. I hope I will make the fans happy in the second half and “I will contribute goals and assists to the team,” he said.
“WE WILL GET 3 POINTS”
Stating that they want to win the Trabzon match, Can Keleş said, “They are coming home to Kocaeli. We played against big teams at home. Matches against us are not easy when big teams come. God willing, we will get 3 points, do what is necessary and make our fans happy. The start in the first half was not as we wanted, then we recovered the situation. There will not be such a start in the second half. We will start the second half the same way we finished the first half well.”