Kayserispor Coach Cagdas Atan, “In the second half we played a game we didn’t want at all. But we managed to keep the score” said.
Kayserispor defeated Giresunspor 2-1 away in the 23rd week postponement match of Spor Toto Super League. After the match, Coach Çağdaş Atan made a statement to the press. Atan,
“90 minutes was played for us, the final whistle blew and football is over. Once again, our hearts and thoughts are with the earthquake victims. I hope we were able to distance the people there and all of Turkey from the effects and grief of this disaster for 2 hours. I said it before the match; it is good for me. “There is football. As in the time of Covid, while we were doing our job, people got away from that psychology by watching football when they couldn’t work or leave their homes. Today, the matches have started. We were able to get away from this grief by playing matches. We are happy. I don’t want to say too much, frankly,” he said.
“We were better in the first half”
Stating that they could not continue the game they played in the first half of the match in the second half, Atan said, “We were better in the first half of the match. We had a lot of clear positions. We could have finished the match in the first half. I congratulate Hakan in the second half on this matter, they completely destroyed the game on our field. The second half did nothing. We played a game that we didn’t want. But we managed to keep the score. Maybe for the first time, we played such a game with a focus on keeping the score in the second half and we knew how to finish the match. We are a team trying to get stronger as we get weaker. We lost another very important player. Onur was one of the most important players of the team. “This process will be a bit of a pain. We tried to adapt it to Onur’s place, we tried Gökhan instead of that player. Before this game, he played number 9. He played very well in 3-4 games, goals scored and assisted. Today he played right-back again, he made assists.” “The process will be a bit painful, we are aware of this. But we will try to establish that good game, especially the good game I played in the first half, and spread it over 90 minutes as soon as possible.” e spoke.