Fenerbahçe will face Athletic Bilbao in the 6th week of the UEFA Europa League. Before the match, yellow-dark blue team’s coach Jose Mourinho and Çağlar Söyüncü answered questions at the press conference.
HERE ARE JOSE MOURINHO’S STATEMENTS
“OUR JOB IS DIFFICULT”
“It will be a very difficult match. Our fixtures were difficult in Europe. Everyone wants to face easy teams in the matches they play at home. Our job is difficult. We will play against a good team. We will play against Real Madrid last week. Their goal is to finish at the top. The final is theirs. This will give them extra motivation because it will be at home. We have a difficult situation, Fred is suspended, we want to go to the next round, we don’t want to leave it to the last matches, so we will play at home. “We need to take something from the match.”
“WE DO NOT HAVE A MOTIVATION PROBLEM”
“The motivation part is easy. We will play against a good team tomorrow, so motivation naturally comes naturally. In the matches we lose, we want to play the next match as soon as possible and win. That’s why we don’t have a motivation problem. Today, we had a good tactical training with the participation of everyone. Tactically, everything is fine.” It’s very clear.”
“IT WILL NOT BE FULL OF SURPRISES”
“I don’t think Bilbao is a team full of surprises. They are a stable team, their players are the same and continue to do what they do well. Their defense and attack are very clear. In my meeting with my players, I said, ‘Bilbao is not complicated! The analysis is not complicated, but playing against them is complicated.'” It is difficult. “It will be a match, but it will not be full of surprises.”
“I BELIEVE WE WILL BE CHAMPIONS”
“My priority is always the next match. After the Bilbao match, our priority will be the Super League again. The point difference decreased to 3, now it is 6, but the league is a long marathon. I believe in the team, I believe we will be champions.”
“ALL I WANT IS JUSTICE”
“Pep Guardiola loves me and I love him too. I don’t want them to be relegated. I want to see justice! Small teams are penalized when they open their limits by 5-10 euros. I suffered from this limit problem in Rome. I do not think it is right that the big ones can escape from this wheel. All I want is justice.” , there is never any mutual ill will.”
“THEY ARE VERY DANGEROUS”
“I won’t talk about what we need to do. We don’t let people watch the training, we did the tactical work. The two brothers playing on Bilbao’s wings are very dangerous! The players coming from the back are also aggressive to get into the penalty area. You have analyzed it well, but I cannot say what kind of game I will play. We have a limited squad, Çağlar “Söyüncü will be on the bench. He needs time. Slavia Prague is a good team, we fought and won, I think we can get the result in the Bilbao match.”
“IF WE PLAYED 10 TIMES, WE WOULD WIN 8 OF THEM”
“The Beşiktaş match did not affect our self-confidence. We were the better team. If we had scored a goal, we would have won that match easily. That match affected our happiness, but it did not change our self-confidence. If we had played the Beşiktaş match 10 times, we would have won 8 of them. 1 match would have ended in a draw. Beşiktaş would have won 1 match. .”
“WE SHOULD CONSIDER PASSING THE PLAY-OFF ROUND TOO”
“We are now looking at the scores and data. Our feeling is that we think 3 points, that is, 11 points, will be enough for the next round. We should also consider passing the Play-Off round. The result can also be good by getting points + points.”
Çağlar Söyüncü: “We must forget the Beşiktaş match. We will give everything to beat Bilbao within the rules of football.”