Fernando Santos Disappointment at Beşiktaş: Reasons Why He Failed to Meet Expectations

BesiktasIn addition to the mistakes of the Portuguese coach, some problems that developed beyond his control and could not be resolved were the factors that led to the disappointment of Fernando Santos, who was appointed as the head of the team with great hopes. It is possible to list these reasons as follows:

IT COULD NOT INCREASE THE PERFORMANCE OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS

1- Coach changes usually have a doping effect on football players, but this did not happen in Santos. He could not replace the lost energy in the team. He beat Karagümrük 3-0 in his first match with the 11 prepared by his predecessor Serdar Topraktepe, but was defeated 4-0 by Pendikspor with the 11 he formed himself.

HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND BEŞİKTAŞ, HE DID NOT ATTACK

2- He could not accept the fact that big teams like Beşiktaş should play offensively, regardless of the conditions. He said ‘defense safety comes first’ even in home matches. This resulted in a Beşiktaş team that had a low tempo and was unpleasant to the audience.

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HE COULD NOT PROVIDE THE EXPECTED STABILITY IN THE SQUAD

3- He gave chances to many football players in order to establish the game system. He could not provide stability in the squad. In some matches, he had players play in places different from their original positions. However, since time is limited; He could neither establish his system nor get the efficiency he expected from the players.

HE MADE SERIOUS MISTAKES IN ANALYZING COMPETITORS

4- Santos brought his entire team from abroad. However, neither he nor his assistants knew Turkish football. Because of this, serious mistakes were made in competitor analysis. The first half of most matches ended with poor scores for this reason. By the time the rivals are resolved, it is too late.

THOSE WHO WERE EXCLUDED FROM THE SQUAD AND RETURNED COULD NOT WIN

5- The uncertainty of the situations of the five players who were excluded from the squad before him tied Santos’ hands. He wanted to win these players, whom he could not benefit from for a while. However, the fact that these names were mentally disconnected from the club prevented them from getting the results they expected.

HE COULD NOT USE AL MUSRATI AND MUCI ENOUGH

6- The club could not place the most expensive foreigners in history, Al Musrati, worth 12 million Euros, and Muci, worth 10 million Euros, in the team. Everyone expected them to be the leaders of the team, but Santos could not do it. In particular, Al Musrati’s performance was a big part of the mediocre performance.

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CONTRACT PROBLEMS OF SOME STARS ARE NOT RESOLVED

7- The anxiety of players such as Cenk Tosun and Salih Uçan, who have been waiting to renew their contracts since last year, had a negative impact on their performance. Santos looked for solutions to fill the void of two players who have key roles in the team, but could not find them.

TOPRAKTEPE IN THE CENTER AYBABA IN THE TRIBUNE

After the Samsunspor match Fernando SantosInforming that Beşiktaş Vice President Onur Göçmez was sent, he also gave a clue about the technical structure of the black and white team by saying, “We will continue with Serdar Topraktepe under the leadership of Samet Aybaba until the end of the season.”

Aybaba, who was the coach of Beşiktaş during the ‘Feda’ period and coached the team in 38 matches in the 2012-13 season, became president after Hasan Arat was elected president. football While returning to the community as a branch manager, he said, “I will not go down to the hut.” As a matter of fact, the experienced football man will not take part in the club for the remainder of the season, but he will assist Serdar Topraktepe in all matters from squad selection to tactical-technical decisions.