In the 33rd week of Trendyol Super League, Beşiktaş lost 2-1 to Trabzonspor at home. Making a statement at the press conference held after the match, Beşiktaş Coach Sergen Yalçın said, “It was a difficult night for us. The fans’ protests so much disrupted the motivation of the players. There was already a broken motivation. But it is very difficult to play a match in this atmosphere. We do not attach much importance to this situation at the end of the league. Both sides played idle. When I took office, I said that it would be a difficult season and the fans would suffer. I emphasized that this would be for the future of Beşiktaş. I emphasized that this would be for the future of Beşiktaş. 30’unu devre arasında yaptık. Eksilerek güçlendiğimizi düşünüyorum. Devre arası çok para harcamadık, devre arasını karlı kapadı. Camiaya ekonomik zarar vermedik. Takımın doğru yolda olduğunu düşünüyorum. Sezon sonunda yapılacak transferlerle daha güçlü, organize ve hedefe oynayan takım yapabiliriz mantığındayız. Böyle bir plan yaptık ama futbol zor bir oyun. Bir gol sizi kral yaparken, yenen bir gol sizi minimum seviyeye düşürebiliyor. Konya’da son dakikada yediğimiz gol tüm motivasyonu düşürdü. Bugünkü maça da yansıdı. Taraftarın His reaction is very normal. Both the management and the players need to show resistance. Beşiktaş is on the right track. The team is entering into a good organization. I think we have made a good change with Serkan. I don’t think the reactions in the stands are very normal. Beşiktaş fans have always supported their team, their coach and their management, but the bad situation has reduced their patience. “We had our share, that was the sad part for us,” he said.
“I DID NOT SET UP THE SQUAD, AND I DID NOT LIVE THE CAMP”
The 53-year-old coach also stated that the breaking point for both the fans and the community started with the goal conceded in the last minute of the Konyaspor match and said, “Then the season is over for us. I do not base today’s match on it. It is not important for us. The players had a difficult 3-4 days. I am paying the price for a job that I am in charge of but not responsible for. This is the sad part for me. I did not form the squad, I did not experience the camp. I did not play the European matches. I came to the established squad. The problems we will experience. I came here knowing this. I did not make statements like ‘we will be champions’ at the beginning of the season. The goals of the community may be big, but the squad you established at the beginning of the season was not the squad that would meet the expectations. I came to this position knowing this. We are making all our plans for the long term. they say. Yes, we became such players not to be fourth. When establishing a staff, it should be in line with the goals of the community. We did these in our first season. Today’s squad is not today’s topic, it is January’s topic. The team came here because it did not lose a match. With the change we made at half-time, we made the fans dream, we thought they would believe it. We have become a team that plays for the goal, we need to be patient. The problems that have occurred in the last 5 seasons have created serious problems in terms of trust in both the fans and the community. My team and I also had our share of this. Life goes on, we know how to fix it. We didn’t spend any money during the halftime. The club has a profit of at least 40-50 million Euros. We don’t talk about these, no one knows. During the half-time, the club’s salary budget decreased by 2 million Euros. This is about the right change. Beşiktaş is still paying the salaries of the 3 coaches before me. “Santos’ salary has just been paid,” he said.
“I AM READY TO RESIGN IN THE INTERESTS OF THE CLUB”
“I am ready to resign in the interest of the club,” said Yalçın, and continued as follows:
“If our fans say ‘quit’, we leave it. It is sad for a coach to experience these things while trying to do something. I started playing in this club at the age of 11. Look at how many cups I contributed to as a football player. We asked for some patience, but there is no patience and trust left. My team is also upset. My team was criticized at the beginning of the season, my coaching was criticized. There is serious chaos.”
