Jose Mourinho's championship commentary: 'It is difficult for the leader to drop points'

In the 28th week of the Trendyol Super League, Fenerbahçe drew goalless at home against Samsunspor. The Portuguese manager expressed his frustration, stating that he was kept waiting for an hour before the press conference. When asked about the team's plan, Mourinho replied, "Is missing chances not a plan? Which team has a plan? The team that cannot create any chances, or the team that creates 5-6 chances? I think the team that has no shots on target has no plan."

Regarding their title chances after dropping points, Jose Mourinho said, "We played poorly in the first match against Glasgow as well. We were not good in every match in Europe. As long as we had a chance, we were chasing it. Even though we lost the first leg by 2 goals, we won the return leg by 2 goals. We showed that in Europe. As long as we had a chance, we tried to use it. I cannot give a percentage for the title race, I don't know. It will probably be very difficult for the leader to drop points. Some teams in the league play against them with less motivation. Today, the team that is in 3rd place in the league fought as if they were playing to avoid relegation. It will be very difficult, but it is mathematically possible. As long as it is mathematically possible, we believe it is possible."

Providing information on the status of Cenk Tosun and Allan Saint-Maximin, who were not in the squad today, Mourinho said:

"I haven't used Cenk very much. He is the 4th striker we have. I kept him on the bench for emergency situations. I cannot play 4 strikers at the same time. I put him on the pitch when we needed a goal. He is the 4th choice in this position. He will probably want to go somewhere where he will play more than he does here. He is a very good person and a very good professional. I cannot stop his decision. Maximin has not trained for 4 consecutive days in the last 3 months. The people he works with shared data with you illegally. We had a tactical training session on March 10th for the match we played against Rangers.

I was the one who ran the most in that training session. It was a training session where we showed the players how to position themselves. I was the person with the most load in the training. Maximin did individual work. It is normal for him to have that data. Sharing this is manipulation. He is not fit enough to play. He is not training. When you don't play consistently, you are not ready to play."