Sivasspor hosted Beşiktaş in the first week match of Ziraat Turkish Cup Group D and lost 1-0. Coach Ömer Erdoğan answered questions at the press conference held after the match. Erdoğan, who started his speech by evaluating the match, said, “I congratulate my players for their fight. We wanted to win today, but it didn’t happen. Did we deserve it? We didn’t deserve it. There was a fierce fight. There are very quality players in Beşiktaş. We did our work accordingly. We beat the opponent in the defense department.” We didn’t give away any chances other than the goal. We could have created more chances. The ball did not like us very much today. I also congratulate the goalkeeper Mert, he made some good saves. “We will complete the match and be in a better position. Hopefully, we want to win the match we will play against Alanyaspor in the league this weekend, with the support of our fans. We want to reinforce our team and continue on our way during the transfer period.”
“Rey Manaj had a severe flu infection”
Asked about Rey Manaj not being in the squad, Erdoğan said, “We last gave our players leave after the Samsunspor match. Rey Manaj also went to his country. Before joining the camp, he had a severe flu infection in his country and joined the camp late. He was not fully ready today. That’s why we didn’t want to risk it, we will make him ready until the Trabzonspor match.”