İstanbulspor lost 3-1 away to Galatasaray in the 22nd week of Trendyol Super League.
Istanbulspor Coach Osman Zeki Korkmaz made a statement at the press conference held after the match.
Stating that their pre-match plans were for the first 65 minutes, Korkmaz said:
“It was a match in which we reflected the game we planned on the field. You can play with a few basic strategies against teams like Galatasaray, which are both strong in their game and have many individual instruments that can solve the match. The first one may be to find a position with shock pressure while Galatasaray is setting up the game. The other one is to use Galatasaray’s game as we did today.” It could be to allow him to set up and create space for us to use, and to close the areas he will use in attack transitions while maturing the game and use the balls we will capture. We focused on this in the last 2 days. We think we implemented this very well until the 65th minute. We found a lot of positions. Apart from this, it would be better if we made the previous passes properly. We could have taken more positions. We missed those moments. We did not give a position in the game against a team like Galatasaray, but this is not enough. They have very skillful feet. They can create positions from anywhere at any time. Kerem Aktürkoğlu’s free-kick goal was one of them. The changes we made afterwards did not provide an answer. .”
Reminding that there are 16 matches left until the end of the season, the coach of the yellow-black team said, “We will put Istanbulspor’s character on the field no matter what match it is. I came to build this. I think we have been doing this for two weeks. I would like to thank my football friends who reflect our game character on the field.” he said.
“I DO NOT ACCEPT THAT WE MISSED THE DRAW”
Osman Zeki Korkmaz stated that he did not want to overshadow Galatasaray’s victory and stated that they missed the point.
Emphasizing that we should fight with the same concentration for 90 minutes against teams like Galatasaray, Korkmaz said, “I do not accept that we missed the draw. Even though we determined a strategy by preserving the draw, we set out to win all the matches. We did not just pull the bus in front of the goal and wait. We had a strategy in the balls we captured. From time to time, we attacked with 5-6 people.” When playing such matches, it is not enough to be ahead even if it is 2-0. It is necessary to maintain the same tactical discipline at all times. I came here to create the spirit that we built 2 years ago. My football friends have been responding well to this for two weeks. In the moments when we kept the match 0-0 We were even dreaming of victory. You cannot control every moment of the game against teams with special legs like Galatasaray in the final. For example, there is no preparation for the free kick moment in tactical training. We implemented the things we could control very well. The match developed outside of our plan. We largely deserved to leave here with points. However, we won the championship. “I respect the victory of a great team and I congratulate them.” made his assessment.
“WE NEED TO LOOK AT EVERY MATCH INDIVIDUALLY”
İstanbulspor Coach said that they want to get out of their current position by focusing on each match one by one.
Reminding that they finished the 22nd week of the league in last place with 10 points, Korkmaz said, “The common aspect of Galatasaray and Istanbulspor is that they were both founded in the home of wisdom. Istanbulspor was founded in Istanbul Boys’ High School. I think we returned to our own philosophy of existence, our settings, our spirit. We will continue this. “We need to keep it going. We will continue without being satisfied just because we played two good matches. We shouldn’t be concerned about the fact that we are currently at 10 points, in the relegation zone. We need to look at each match one by one.” he said.
Korkmaz stated that they had to make plans without going beyond the club’s transfer philosophy and said, “We are making transfer planning. Many teams make different types of transfers to stay in the league. Sometimes, when they cannot stay in the league, the cost of those transfers is heavy in the lower league. We are a club that thinks in several dimensions when making transfers. Both Turkey and Turkey.” “We do not exceed the financial fair play implemented by the Football Federation, and we have our own internal discipline. We must think about the player we will buy in several dimensions.” He commented:
“NDAO AGREED WITH KONYASPOR”
Korkmaz stated that Senegalese football player Alassane Ndao was transferred to the Super League representative TÜMOSAN Konyaspor.
Regarding the situation of Ndao, who played 66 minutes in the match, Korkmaz said, “Ndao agreed 2-3 hours before the match. I called him and asked him if his mind would be on the field. He said that he would play with motivation and there would be no problem. Then he got tired and psychologically.” “I bought a player who is instinctively fit when the match gets more intense. He played wholeheartedly while he was in the game. He is a player with a lot of character. He gave a good performance. I also thank him. Ndao signed an agreement with Konyaspor.” he said.