In the 17th week of Trendyol Super League, Eyüpspor drew 1-1 with Fenerbahçe at home. After the match, Arda Turan made remarkable statements about his name being mentioned for the position of Beşiktaş coach. Here are Turan’s words:
“FIGHTING AGAINST MOURINHO…”
“I wholeheartedly congratulate all my players. It’s a point for us, but it’s like three points earned as a game. Fighting against a great coach like Jose Mourinho was a very good test for me, too.”
“WE RISKED THE MIDDLE OF KOSTIC”
“I think it was a good match. We used Prince Ampem, thinking that Maximin would not play. We tried to risk Kostic’s crosses because Fenerbahçe was playing the connection game very well, together with Tadic and Dzeko. We wanted to direct it there. There were problems in the middle when passing from the field to the man, but he blocked the ball. We defended well, Amrabat’s trilogy, dropping Thiam and Emre from time to time… Problems when we couldn’t make ‘intensive runs’ on diagonal balls. We lived.”
“MY OBJECTION IS NOT A FOUL”
“There is a hit on Caner’s face at the end of the first half. My objection there is not a foul, why don’t you tell the 4th referee over the radio?”
ABOUT BEŞİKTAŞ CLAIMS
“I am the Coach of Eyüpspor. Beşiktaş is a very big community and it would be disrespectful to talk about these issues lightly. I have already stated that I have been a Galatasaray supporter all my life.”