Antalyaspor Coach Nuri Şahin, who had a 0-0 draw with A. Hatayspor in the 18th week match of the Spor Toto Super League, made a statement to the press after the fight.
In his statement, Şahin stated that they thought they had a valuable 1 point and said, “We were the side that started the game better, the side that started the game more controlled. There was a bit of a problem in our tactical understanding in the second part of the first half of the game. We started 5-3-2 today. We started the match with our central forwards. We couldn’t control Boudjemaa, Ribeiro, Aabid there. The second part of the first half was the part where Hatay was superior.
We made some changes in the system in the second half. We’re back to 4-2-3-1. After that, it was a more comfortable, middle game. It can slide either way. Right now you can’t fully attack as both teams need points badly. The value of each point, especially in our league, we need to know the value of each point. That’s why I’m happy. I can’t say I’m very happy, but I think we got a valuable point away. In fact, the control of the game has nothing to do with starting with 3 or 4.
Why did we start with 5 today? We decided to gouge with such a system because Hatay uses a lot of middle corners and they have strong players in the penalty area. Since we couldn’t go to press very well in the second half of the first half, we made a change. In the second half, I did not see a game where we or Hatay were very superior. In the last part of the match, I thought that while Ze Luis was entering, Bertuğ would come out, but because he did not come out, they used long balls in the last minutes. That’s why I wanted to make sure it’s for the middle of the sides and long crowns,” he said.