Sivasspor will be the guest of the Italian representative Fiorentina tomorrow in the first match of the UEFA European Conference League Round of 16. Rıza Çalımbay, the coach of the red-whites, made statements at the press conference held at the Artemio Franchi Stadium.
Çalimbay said, “We are aware of what kind of game we will play. Fiorentina is a really good team. At first, they were not where they wanted, but when we look at their last match, we will play a match with a very in shape team, so we have to be careful. We have been going to Europe for 3 years. We played good matches as well. “We came to good places. There was no weak team in the draw. They were all a strong team. We said it’s normal to match with Fiorentina. Fiorentina is a team with very high quality players. They play well, especially in their own field. This will not end with a match. Here we will play the first half, the second half. We will play the first half, the second half.” and we will play in Turkey. Our aim is to leave here in a good way. Since it is a very good team, we also need to respond and play disciplined. We want to play carefully and come back from here with the advantage we want. That’s our only thought. We are a team strong enough to do that as well. Very good things will surely happen, I believe and trust my team, because while we are coming here, We came as p leader. We will play like a national match, we will play like a national match. Our only goal is to go from here with an advantageous score,” he said.
“We concentrate better on the away game”
Emphasizing that they concentrate better on the away games, Çalımbay said, “You can concentrate better on the away games because we need to get a good score. Everyone will show their strength and we will fight well. There are sometimes games where we are under a lot of pressure. We defend them very well. “We play the same at home and away. We don’t do things like let’s go away, let’s play for a draw. It would be difficult for us to wait for a draw. We scored goals in almost all the away games we played. That’s why we want to repeat the same thing here,” he said.
“Players get injured and tired”
Underlining that they suffered injuries due to playing matches in a row, Çalımbay said, “We want to take both Europe and the league. This is my biggest goal. We take it as far as we can. But we play a match here, we go to Istanbul in 2 days, we play a match there again. We play away. After that, we play the game again in 3 days. When there is such a process, there is a problem. Players get injured and tired. If you get hit, you cannot recover in 2 days. For example, in the Cluj match, we had 3 substitutes and 2 goalkeepers. We went with such a shortage, this our performance in the league has decreased. If we had not participated in the European Cups, our score would have been 35-36 instead of 24. When you look at it, it is difficult to drive both sides due to injuries. We were doing very well, we recovered. We beat Alanya and Beşiktaş. As we continue on our way There were days when Turkey was very sad, we had troubles and we cried. There was an earthquake, the league stopped, then the time got longer. It took work to catch him again. Therefore, Sivas is a somewhat troubled place. We could not play a friendly match with a proper Super League team. We were not fully prepared as we wanted. A lot of snow fell in Sivas. That’s why we had these problems. However, we are fine now, we have recovered. We are the Anatolian team, but we have goals in all three places,” he said.
“Our only goal is to get points and points”
“Are you afraid of your opponent Fiorentina?” asked a journalist. Çalimbay said, “Tomorrow we will spend a lot of strength here. Everyone will give their all. We are not afraid of anyone, but there is a team that we will pay attention to. There are also players we know, especially their wings and midfields. When we look at the Sivasspor team, our budget is 10 times higher. “We don’t need to count their players. Maybe we are making the Sivasspor team with one of their players. They may be superior to us in terms of budget, but we are not afraid of anyone. We are not afraid of anyone. We are not afraid, but we are afraid in the game. That’s why we will take our measures for those footballers. They showed that they are a good team in the last games.” “It is not easy to beat Braga 4-0. Our only goal from here is to score points and points. We have no other thought.”