Beşiktaş hosted Lugano at home in the second match of UEFA Conference League Group D. The black-whites lost 3-2 to their opponent in the match where they were leading 2-0.
Beşiktaş Coach Şenol Güneş made a statement after the match.
HERE ARE THE WORDS OF ŞENOL GÜNEŞ:
We are at the end of the conversation. The game was going as we thought. We tried to resist after the red card. We remained on the defensive. After the 80th minute, when the goals came, we lost our resistance. Our instinctive actions were not enough to change the game. We are at the end of the conversation. A result we did not expect was obtained.
I think we carried the two-way game well today, but there was also fatigue after the red card. After the goal, our resistance was broken. Even though the players, whose moral values were reset, tried to do their best, it was not enough. There is nothing to say to them because I gave the task. We can say the same thing about management. Our game today was enough to win this match with these players. I apologize. I can say that I am very sorry.
The fans have always supported us. We lost a match that we should have won no matter the circumstances!
I’m trying to defend Beşiktaş, not the management.
I don’t have such a problem. I don’t think the players are either. As a game, when we play 80 minutes and are 2-0 ahead, I don’t look for this. We have our shortcomings and our preferences. We may have problems related to this. There are players who have a preparation period. Players who came later have physical fluctuations. They have talent but… Ghezzal was very good, but when there were only 10 people left, we had to remove him. We had to make changes. Opponents were constantly coming. I don’t think it’s right to equate this with a problem. We were more dynamic last year. We say that we experienced trauma in the matches we lost in the last episode this year. I thought this would come from the results we would get. But players may also feel lonely there from time to time. It is necessary to provide all kinds of support to recover.