Şenol Güneş's response to Volkan Demirel: 'Emotional exploitation over the dead...'

Trabzonspor hosted Bodrum FK at Papara Park in the 17th week of the Trendyol Super League and left the field with a 1-0 victory.

Volkan Demirel, the manager of the burgundy-blue team's opponent Bodrum FK, did not shake Şenol Güneş's hand before the match. Evaluating this issue after the match and addressing Volkan Demirel's statements about him, Güneş said the following:

'IT WAS PLANNED'

"My job is to say 'welcome' to those who come. But this was something planned. He constructed the statement I made to the public in his own mind. I have no respect for someone who tries to gain an advantage for themselves by exploiting the dead for emotional manipulation!"

Evaluating the match, Güneş said, "Every match should be evaluated on its own merits. Last week's match was different, this match was different. They are a team that defends in their own zone and runs. Our attacking approach is good, but when our pass accuracy and pass speed are low, we had difficulty finding positions. We also provided positions to the opponent with simple turnovers. We had positions we created in the attack, but we need to increase them. We were only able to make runs behind the defense once with Cihan, we could have done it more; shots and one-twos should have been more frequent. There were changes of direction, but we couldn't do the skillful work to exploit the opponent's weaknesses. We had to play patiently in the second half. The desire to win of the players we had should have continued until the end. We didn't have original players in those positions in our defense either. There are mistakes in both passing and defensive positions.

Winning was important. There was game dominance, but there could have been more positions. It is interesting today, we didn't concede a goal, but we could have scored more. We were slow inside the 18-yard box. In a difficult period, when there is pressure on the players, there is a heaviness on them, they make passing mistakes they wouldn't normally make; winning this match is a plus value. I think it will be a start for a turnaround," he stated.

'THE REFEREE SEEMED TO HAVE COME WITH AN AGENDA!'

Speaking about the reactions to young player Ali Şahin, Güneş said, "Ali Şahin is a young, dynamic kid. He has problems in terms of positional awareness. You need to take good positions when playing at a high level. Lundstram and Batista also have trouble when they drop back. He got a yellow card. Sometimes he can go in uncontrollably. We already get a card on the first foul. He showed Mendy a yellow card for time-wasting and suspended him. It's as if he came with an agenda.

You can't play a game like this either. Discretionary decisions to waste time... It's interesting. There is no foul, he calls a foul, and lets them take it in 2 minutes. They have a missing player, they continue, we throw the ball out when we get it because of that. The match is over.

I want this to be a new era, a fresh start. There will be difficult matches from time to time, but I think the team will be more positive," he said.