Kocaelispor started preparations for the away match against Kasımpaşa on Sunday, May 3, in the 32nd week of the Trendyol Super League.
Making a statement to the press before the training at Körfez Brunga Facilities, coach Selçuk İnan said that Kasımpaşa is a team with strong players in the front, just like the last game they played with, Natura Dünyası Gençlerbirliği.
Stating that they played very difficult matches in the last period of the league, İnan said, “The match will again feel like a final for Kasımpaşa. I share with my players that we want to win the match. We try to motivate them in this way. It will be a difficult away game, we will play against a difficult team, but we have played such matches very well before and won. We played important games, we need to repeat this again.” he said.
Stating that there is a league with the strongest teams in recent years, İnan continued as follows:
“Especially the competition between Anatolian teams was almost the same. Going to the Super League after 16 years, struggling with certain difficulties, the difficulties we experienced in the first 7 weeks, transfers that came too late, there are probably many more negativities that we cannot count, but if we put all of these aside, I am very pleased with the team’s struggle this year and the position it is in. I am experiencing more or less the things in my mind. It would be important for me to be on this score, in this ranking, in this period of the league. It would be important for our team. Therefore, we are living through this. “If we win our matches, we have the possibility of finishing the league in 8th or 7th place.”
İnan stated that the Kasımpaşa match will be similar to the Natura World Gençlerbirliği match in terms of competition, and added that the competitions that are finals in this period of the league put pressure on the players, but he expects a difficult but enjoyable match.
SERDAR DURSUN: “THESE 3 MATCHES WILL DETERMINE BOTH THE FATE OF THE LEAGUE AND MY FATE”
Serdar Dursun, the attacking player of the green-black team, said that they will play the next 3 matches with the aim of winning, as in the other matches, and that they want to reflect their best performance on the field in these matches.
Speaking about his contract, which will expire at the end of the season, the 34-year-old player said, “I have loved Kocaelispor since the first day. It is a nice community, a community with fans. I feel like I belong here. I really like it here. I am currently playing with 7 goals and 1 assist. It is quite good for my playing time. We cannot be in many positions as a striker, but it is going well considering the matches we play. I am also receiving offers now. Let’s see if the club will want to extend it or not? According to that, it is at the end of the season.” “We’ll see. Naturally, many teams from home and abroad are looking for it.” he said.
Evaluating his own performance, Serdar Dursun said:
“I came in the sixth week, we had 1 point at that time. Now it is 36 points. I played in the first 11 in the league for 14 matches. I played from October 18 to December 15. I think those periods went well. From December 20 to February 15, I was a player who started playing more. From February 15 to the beginning of April, I played in the first 11 in most matches. If we look at the moment, I played in the first 11 for 15 matches. 7 goals, 1 assist. I think it’s good in terms of goals. We have three more matches. My goal is to score 3 goals and reach 10 goals. These 3 matches will determine the fate of the league and my fate, so I want to have a good time in these 3 matches.
Balogh, whose treatment continues, did not take part in the training.
