Domenico Tedesco: There is a lack of self-confidence in the team

In the rescheduled match of the 1st week of the Trendyol Super League, Fenerbahçe drew 2-2 at home against Corendon Alanyaspor. Fenerbahçe manager Domenico Tedesco made statements at the press conference held after the match. Tedesco said, "The first 10-15 minutes were good. Maybe we couldn't display the game we wanted, but we need to capitalize on the positions we create.

There is a lack of self-confidence in the team. You can feel it after conceding the first goal. It can create question marks in the players' minds. This can happen in football, you can concede a goal, but you have to keep going after conceding.

We made very simple ball errors. To prevent creating positions, the specific thing we needed to do was to stop counterattacks. Today, as a team, we couldn't do that. The game was clear. What they did was counterattacking. We couldn't control these counters. We managed to turn the game around in the second half, but you shouldn't concede goals like that.

Before talking about the goal the goalkeeper conceded, you need to block the cross at those moments. There shouldn't be an unmarked player. I'm not just looking at it from the goalkeeper's perspective. His mood is low right now. We need to lift this situation together," he said.

When asked if the presidential election to be held this weekend had an impact on the team, Tedesco replied, "We are completely focused only on football. In these 6 days, we played the Trabzonspor match and prepared for this match. We had nothing else on our minds. Yes, we retreated a bit in the second half. Because the opponent hadn't changed their formation. We went into the second half with a 4-3-3 press. As a team, we can press very well. Why did we retreat? There could also be a lack of energy. When one player doesn't press, the second player doesn't press either. It becomes a chain reaction like this. Looking at the match, I think it's a shame. We managed to show great character and turn the match around. I just see the 2 points we lost today as a shame."

Tedesco said that they needed to maintain the positive atmosphere in the Alanyaspor match but failed to do so. Tedesco said, "What I actually expected was to reflect the spirit on the pitch. We faced many difficulties on the pitch today. There was no reason to be tense. What we needed to do was to maintain the positive atmosphere. The opponent countered a lot, but we could have scored 3 goals. If we had scored those goals, the match would have been different. If we had taken a 1-0 lead, it could have been very different; the opponent found the goal on their first counter, which made our job difficult," he said.