Beşiktaş ended its preparations for the new season in Grassau, Germany, with a friendly match against Strasbourg, which they won 2-1.
Making statements to the members of the press following the camp abroad after the fight, Beşiktaş Technical Director Şenol Güneş said that the preparations for the new season, which they started in Istanbul, went well in general. We don’t have a question at the moment, but we still have the league. We are at the beginning of the season. We will play our first official match on July 27. We will prepare for it first. We will continue with a 6-8 week preparation period and competitions in it, but as of today, we are good in team play, defense and offensive blocks harmony. We have problems with our turnovers. We have unnecessary turnovers. We are good when we use the large area. We will get richer on offense. We’ve seen what to do with the players at hand. We have to accept them as well, we have to play them without wearing them out. We tried to play 60 minutes from time to time and 45 minutes from time to time. Time will tell when we give it 90 minutes. We want to be ready for these fluctuations and produce alternative players ourselves and when we are not enough, we want to take the players we already thought about and continue. We had a good camping season, with both the camp facilities and the player situations, with discipline, enthusiasm and excitement. Especially during the very hot period in Turkey, we played the game at 3 o’clock that day, except for one day, and the match was good. Maybe we will play in the warmer summer. We’ve seen it all. The working environment was good. The intentions of the players were good, I’m happy, but tomorrow we will start again after we allow it. That’s more important, it was just a preparation period,” he said.
“I LOVE MY PLAYERS AND I WANT TO WRITE THEM ALL TO THE MATCH ROSTER”
Emphasizing that the players are in good shape compared to the first working period they started, Güneş said, “I love all of my players and I want to write them all in the match squad on the 27th. We do not have scoring, we do not do horse races. At the moment, the situation of the players is not ready for the season, but when we say this, it would be wrong to say that the team is not ready. According to today’s situation, they had a very difficult time in the work at the beginning of the season, for example, there is no such thing this week. We used this period well.
“Hopefully, we will win the TIRANA MATCH WITHOUT FORCE”
Evaluating the match against Albanian team Tirana in the first match of the UEFA Conference League 2nd Qualification Round, Şenol Güneş said, “We had two opponents. Dinamo Batumi and Tirana team. Tirana is a dynamic team. They also play well on defense and come out well.
“WE THINK IT WOULD BE USEFUL TO REST FOR GHEZZAL”
Şenol Güneş, who was injured in training and did not play in the Strasbourg game, did not have a serious injury, and said, “Yesterday, he felt a slight pain in his tendon when he went to training. Then we said leave. There will be a 3-day return. We will not talk about Rachid’s abilities, acting quality. Speaking about Ajdin Hasic and Montero, Güneş said, “Hasic also had a disease. He had a weakness. We never used him either. There were Kerem and Montero.
“WE NEED TO GET ATTACKING AND MIDDLE PLAYERS”
Şenol Güneş stated that Lyanco Vojnovic, whom Beşiktaş brought to Istanbul for the transfer negotiations, had a special situation despite their great desire, and stated that they had to recruit players to the offensive and midfield line. We will compete with players who will adapt to our team and want to play here. Now I hear there are 2 of them. Lyanco must have a special situation even though we want it very much. Still, they were meeting, I don’t know what they did, the latest situation. The news to me was that. Despite them, we are not enough. We need to get players in the offensive and midfield. We will not play only 1 game. We will start the conference league, we will start the super league, and there are cup games. We will also look at the Turkish player situation. We will think more about the players we bought from Africa. Sometimes there will be different opinions around here but in the end it will be for the best. The players we have know about us,” he said.
“A PLAYER WHO CAN BE ON THE SIDE AND GO TO THE GOAL WITH AN ATTACKING MIDDLE FIELD STRENGTHENS THE TEAM”
Şenol Güneş gave the following answer to the question, “How many players will be taken for which positions?”
“The more the more, the more. We are good at some positions. We have problems in the future. Depending on the arrival of Cenk. We have Aboubakar and Muleka. We have Aboubakar and we have Muleka. Both the attacking midfielder and the player who will go to the goal will enrich the team. We need this to be successful in the marathon. But first of all, everyone will be a part of the team. They will give their all. For the team. I always said. Including all the staff and players working including me. He will make dedication by giving importance to every minute of every moment. If we don’t have that spirit, we can’t be successful. This will be our first weapon. Beşiktaş has both faith and strength. There is a community that will do it. While doing this, let’s destroy it due to the transfer, we cannot do this by saying that I am angry.”
“Young Football Players Are Our Wealth”
Şenol Güneş, evaluating the young players, underlined that the young players are a great wealth for them, “Iron Aegean is a good player. Berkay and Semih also played from the young team. They were a great wealth for us because the number of Turkish players is increasing. Necip played very well. Inevitably, we loaded him as a position. Now there is Emrecan and Hope. There is honor. Our goalkeepers are already Turkish. There are no problems with him. There are those who want to go. If there are players who do not improve themselves, they can leave. “We will do it with our own players first,” he said.
“It would be good if we increase our staff to 16-18 people in the same setting in the best way”
When asked about Muleka’s camp performance, Şenol Güneş said, “Muleka or any other player, they are all our players. Those who do not play, either more or less. If they play well, we will continue to play well, and there will be any improvement while playing well. Transfer is something like this. I am happy that it works well right now. It should be better. It should be better if he scores goals, attacks, integrates with the team. We will evaluate the things we see lacking. It would be better if we could make our squad 16-18 people with the same caliber in the best way. If we can make it around 20-25 with young people, then the marathon will be easier, otherwise it will be desperation. There will be despair for the player too. He stays here, but he does not want to stay. Go, I will buy players instead of him when you leave. There is always a price to buy players instead. Because the economic side is talked about a lot in public, they say, ‘Why don’t they buy him, why don’t they buy this?’ You get 15 by 20, 50 players. But if you can’t pay later, you lose the league. You should not act momentarily. We will give our players their due, as well as what we bought so that all of them will be good at Beşiktaş,” he said.
“WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN AT CAMP WITH ONANA”
Şenol Güneş, when asked about the high number of African players, said, “There are Turkish players. We also want to complete by recruiting non-African players. That was the reason why we insisted on Lyanco. It would be better if it was one of Lyanco, Amartey and Onana, but there are such developments that sometimes you make instant decisions. It would be better if Onana and Amartey were in that camp. There are Turkish players. We will evaluate them.”