Our representative Fenerbahce, UEFA Europa League play-off round in the first match of the Belgian team will host Anderlecht.
Before the critical struggle, Filip Kostic and Jose Mourinho made statements at a press conference.
The prominent of Kostic’s statements is as follows;
I could not be written on the list in the league stage, because I joined the team late. It was not easy to be in the stands. I wish I could play in all of those matches. I thought I could help. It is important that I am constantly with the team. I am happy to play the first European match with Fenerbahçe. It is important to play in front of our fans. They give us extra energy. It is important that we are unity, we can achieve a lot together.
We cannot imagine the final right now. We’re far from the final. Step by step, we should look at the match. I think positive, we have a good team, but we have to work hard. I think we have a great chance, because this team is a team in the mentality of winning everything.
We talk about everything between us. I know very well what our strikers will do. They have the opportunity to get out of the air ball, their timing in the penalty area is very good. I have to do it well, yes, sometimes I do it bad and I do it. I would also like to be better and develop. In the coming matches, I will definitely bring them more balls.
Here are the statements of Jose Mourınho:
“I always be comfortable in the first matches”
I don’t think it’s an advantage to play the first match inside or outside, I don’t look like that. When the away goal rule changes, I look at the event; We’re actually playing a single 180 -minute match. If someone asks me, there is no such thing as a good result for tomorrow. The important thing is to jump the tour after the second match. I will always be comfortable in the first matches, I know the result of two decisive matches.
“People talk without knowing what they’re talking about”
My opinion is that people are talking, but they speak without knowing what they are talking about. When we look at the same period of last season, we are different. Looking at the injuries in mid -February last year, there is a 50 percent difference. Not 5-10 percent, but less than half less disability. Why are these injuries, because they are all defensive players. If these injuries were a stopper, midfield, wings, striker, it would not have attracted attention. Unlike the past, no one can touch the people I work for. In the past, they threw people into the fire. However, I throw water into the fire, I protect what I work with. There is no only factor to blame, the doctor is not the only factor. Last year, the doctor was accused, probably not a doctor. Football. There’s an injury in football. Nowadays, players run more, run more violently, have less time. There are many factors in injuries, you cannot show a single reason. Diego Carlos, due to contact. Yusuf is the same. Because of the blow he received. Ismail, Caglar, Livakovic suffered muscle injury. There are many factors, cold weather, floors, fatigue, fatigue accumulation … No one can touch the doctor, such a thing happens when I am here.
A match does not determine my career
“Are we going to see the ‘Special One’ in Derbide?”
I showed that I was ‘special’. I won 26 trophies for 25 years. A match doesn’t set my career. My 25 -year career determines who I am.
A ‘goat’
Icardi is a ‘Goat’ (Greatest of All Time-All Time Best times). Since it is a very big ‘Goat’, I do not prefer to comment on him, and I accept it.
No extra motivation for Galatasaray match
“You will play with Galatasaray after European matches. Will you motivate your players extra?”
Could there be a greater motivation than playing the qualifying match? We will play two matches. We played 8 challenging matches in Europe. We had a lot of injuries. There were players we couldn’t write on the list. We played important matches against Lyon and Midtjylland. We succeeded dramatically. We are in the elimination phase, what could be more beautiful than that. Emotions are intense, tension is intense, every detail is important … There is no need for greater motivation.
Fenerbahçe and I work for Türkiye
“Is there a sporty reality of this league? It is said that you harm the brand value of the Super League because of your shares. Do you think so?”
Depends on how you look at the situation. If you are happy with the current situation, I harm. If you are not happy with the current situation, you will think about the opposite if you do not want your children to grow by learning. When I actually come here, I do what I say. I am working for Fenerbahçe and this country. I work in this wonderful country. Millions of people are in love with football here. If they are happy with this situation, they think I am harm. Not only this year, but a situation that has been going on for several years. People who are not happy with this situation help this effect I have created abroad. People learn that some people here are not happy. “There is no need for it.