Rıdvan Dilmen slams Mourinho after Rangers match! 'He cannot play like this!'
Renowned commentator Rıdvan Dilmen reacted to Fenerbahçe manager Jose Mourinho following the Yellow-Navy team's 3-1 defeat against Rangers.
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Fenerbahçe, hosting Scottish side Rangers in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League Round of 16, suffered a major shock. The Yellow-Navy Blues lost the match 3-1, making their chances of advancing difficult.
Renowned commentator Rıdvan Dilmen evaluated Fenerbahçe's loss and directed harsh criticism at manager Jose Mourinho.
Here are Rıdvan Dilmen's statements:
"When the score was 2-1, your chance to advance was still alive. The Rangers player dribbled, and dribbled, and dribbled, and scored. Mourinho said before the match that his opponent was dangerous on the counterattack. If this coach sees this, he cannot play like this!
If his analysis is correct and he still concedes 5-6 chances in return, and on top of that, doesn't learn from them and concedes such a dramatic goal, then Mourinho's team cannot play like this.
The 3rd goal is an absolute scandal. If you conceded this goal in the 2nd leg, I would say fair enough. I would say what can the coach do? Kostic got tired from running and couldn't get back. This is what you call playing 3-5-2 in reverse.
At 2-1, I would take Tadic out. Tell me two positions from this match where you'd say 'How did Fenerbahçe miss that goal?' Just keep pumping the ball in, keep pumping it in.
You find a goal from a set-piece with Djiku. Can such a thing happen? Why can't Fenerbahçe, while trailing 2-1 until the 75th minute and with this squad, win a corner?
The pumped-in balls played right into their hands. I watched two different halves of Fenerbahçe. Jose Mourinho was technically nonsensical. Is there any other match in European competitions where he has conceded this many chances? You have 2 pivot strikers at your disposal.
In these matches, you absolutely have to get to the byline to find these players. Fenerbahçe must have made a record number of crosses, but the opponent cleared them all. Because most of the crosses were just lottery balls."