Lille

Away in the first match of the 3rd qualifying round of the UEFA European League Lillelost 2-1 to Fenerbahçein, coach Jose Mourinho He made statements after the fight.

Here are the words of the Portuguese coach:

We are currently 2-1 down at half time, we are halfway through the round. We will play the second half in our stadium. So I want to say ‘come on’.

“We paid the price for our mistakes”

So much is missing. We have been working for 6-7 weeks. A game in the Champions League, even if it is a preliminary round, will be at a very high level. There are so many things that are not automatic. I could say that two balls we hit were goals. It would be needless to say this. It would be accurate to say this; We conceded a goal from our own throw-in. We also conceded a goal in the 90th minute due to the loss of the ball in the first area. In the first game against Lugano, we conceded a goal from a set piece, and then again from a turnover in the first field. We paid the price for making mistakes. We gave up 2 field goals, but we played well. We created a lot of jobs. In some of the positions we created, the goalkeeper was not even in the goal. We did so many things well.

“I MISS FRED”

I hate to say it, but I miss Fred. He is an important player for us. This is the situation. Things like this can happen during the season. We played the first half of the season away. We played against a good team, a team that has been working together for a long time. Now it’s time for Kadıköy. We will wait for them. They will have a holiday, but we will play a league game on Saturday. More important than the game we play in the second half of this tour is the league game we play at home on Saturday.

“I wasn’t surprised by the games”

I was not surprised by the opponent’s play. I watched every game. They played their last game with the same team against Celta Vigo. Good teams. They have different dynamics. We explored their various dynamics in the best possible way. We had no problems. We found a solution to what they were doing in a structural sense, there was nothing we couldn’t find. It was a good, high intensity game. Both teams did their best to win the first half of the round. There was nothing surprising.

“We will focus on the league game”

You never know what the game will be like, but I honestly think the result will be different. Lille will not defend in Kadıköy because it is against their nature. Just like we played football here, we will play football at home too. The difference is that we will have 40 thousand drivers. I don’t think this will play an important role either. It will be a great opportunity. I like the Lille team. I liked my own team today, except for the mistakes we made. We created careers and lost them. These were some of our mistakes. The goals we agreed to were not our goals because they were goals. We’ve made mistakes before. We lost the ball from the touch-in, we lost the ball and conceded a goal. I believe we can turn the tide around. We are used to being behind. We are used to changing the product. We are waiting for Lille in Kadıköy now. However, let’s forget about the next game and focus on the league game.