“Our championship claim continues”
İsmail Kartal stated that he is aware of what kind of football the Fenerbahçe community wants to watch.
Reminding that he is racing against time, Kartal said, “If we had time to spend time with my players, to work, physically, technically, tactically and mentally, we could turn this into a very important opportunity, but we do not have such a chance. We play a match every 3 days. Despite this, I received positive electricity from the players in the group meetings and individual meetings I held with my players in the 7 days I spent in Samandıra, which made me very happy.” made its assessment.
Expressing that the reaction of the fans in undesired results is natural, Kartal said, “Our fans are always right. If there are fans, we are there. Thanks to our fans, this community has survived. When we came together, we showed everyone what kind of a community we are together in the most difficult day. This club is the biggest civil society force. We showed this to everyone during the 3rd of July process. Before I came to this position at home, I was sometimes very upset while watching Fenerbahce’s matches. This is not this team, this is not these players. I could see they could do much better. We are going in 3 lanes. As bad as it is, we are 17 points behind the leader. Mathematically, despite everything, our championship claim continues. There is Ziraat Turkey Cup, there is a conference league. We will play against a team like Prague, which has a lot of running discipline. Together we made a decision. We are fighting in 3 lanes and it is my duty to bring our players to the level that they can compete here. This is why I came here. “He commented.
“Support” call from Kartal to the fans
İsmail Kartal asked the fans for support in tomorrow’s match.
Noting that the community should return to its old days with tomorrow’s match, Kartal said:
“As Fenerbahce family, I want to make a start as a milestone for our fans in tomorrow’s match. From the referee’s whistle to the final whistle, I want the fans to trust this team, the players. I trust our fans, I know they love me too. I want them to believe and support my players more than me. Today is the day to be together, to be together. This is why I came here. Hopefully, as a team, we need some time with the tolerance of our president, our managers, our members of the media who believe and trust us. I want our fans to believe that I can fix it over time. Each of our players is valuable to us. They are here because they are valuable. I told them the value of this jersey, the responsibility of wearing it, what they should do. From now on, I asked them to act in their private lives with this awareness that we will prepare for the matches with this awareness. This is my right. All of our fans have expectations from me, I gave my life for this job. The energy that my players give me on this path is positive. I have faith, I am happy, I trust my players.”
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Emphasizing that everything cannot change in a short time, Kartal said, “I am a person who speaks as I feel, I cannot pretend. Mesut is a world class, very talented actor and a decent person. I talked to him yesterday, we talked. There may be minor problems. It was a friendly meeting. He was also happy about it. I think it will be better from now on. How many players like İrfan Can Kahveci are there in this country today. These are our players, we will protect them. We go in 3 lanes, all of them are our players. We will join hands and do our best.” expressed an opinion.
“It takes some patience”
İsmail Kartal stated that he likes to play positive football with the quad system.
Explaining that they want to fulfill the requirements of positive football that will make the fans happy, Kartal said:
“It takes some patience. The players are quality players. I think we will create a different Fenerbahçe when the shortcomings return. We will try, we will do our best. I have the utmost respect for my president. Let’s play these 2 games, after these two games, we will sit down with our president and plan something. The energy of our president is very high. He is ready to make any sacrifice. At the moment, we did not talk about something to get this from today to tomorrow. I say the character is innate, but I don’t believe it much. Character is a will that is molded by what you experience in life. I think that my body language and my ambition in training will be taken from somewhere in the meetings I have held with my players. I think we can build on it if we show patience, step by step, through the work we will do with my team.”
Using the phrase ‘my sons’ for the goalkeepers Altay Bayındır, Berke Özer and Ertuğrul Çetin, Kartal made the following assessment:
“Altay, my student from Ankaragücü, I was the first to play him there, he is like my son. Both Berke and Ertuğrul are like my children. Berke’s condition is improving. I think he will start normal team training in 10 days in Altay. Depending on the situation, we will make a re-evaluation with the President after 2 matches, according to our position. Since the beginning of the season, Vitor’s transfers have been made according to his own system. We have moved to the quartet, we have players to play here, but this is not an easy task. They have to adapt. We need to work on this system with time. The same players have to play together and digest it. In the meantime, the results need to be good, for them to gain self-confidence. Players need to enjoy it. After that, we will continue on our way in time. According to this system, there is currently nothing planned regarding the transfer. The players we have are valuable. We believe they are valuable.”
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