Rıza Çalımbay: 'If I had been here since the beginning of the season, things would have been different'

Beşiktaş manager Rıza Çalımbay made statements following the 5-0 loss to Club Brugge.

Here are Rıza Çalımbay's statements...

Stating that it was a very bad match for them, Çalımbay said, "First of all, it was truly a match without any stakes for us. There are so many absences. They all came to light. No one played in their own position. Neither our right-back is a right-back, nor our left-back is a left-back. We were forced to play Onur at center-back. Everyone played in a different position. We don't have players available; we have no defense at all. We didn't want to lose the match, but... we don't even have a single proper center-back. We started the match poorly as well. We said we would be better in the second half, but we conceded a goal right at the start. We are sad. Our goal is not the Conference League anyway. We have critical and important matches ahead against Ankaragücü and Fenerbahçe. It was bad in terms of prestige. I didn't expect such a result," he said.

"NO ONE PLAYED IN THEIR POSITION"

Pointing out that the players played in different regions, Çalımbay said, "If you don't play a player in their position, your chance of expecting efficiency is zero. It was the first time we were such a depleted team. The number of injured players in our squad is higher than the healthy ones. There is nothing to do. This is my bad luck. I have been dealing with injuries since I arrived," he expressed.

"ROSIER WILL NOT BE IN THE FENERBAHÇE MATCH"

Speaking about the injured players, Çalımbay said, "Rosier's injury in Samsun will take at least 2 weeks. He will not play in the Fenerbahçe match. Arthur is the same. There is Bailly, he is always injured. He is an excellent player but he is injured. Daniel is injured. Rachid is injured. Which one should I count? We have nothing to do. If they told me, 'Could you not play this match?' I would say yes. You can't do it... The kid is struggling, Tayfur. Onur is struggling. Bahtiyar is playing with a mask at left-back. They will ask if there are no players; no, unfortunately, there aren't. These are not the performances of our players either. Everyone should be at ease. We have no claim or anything in the Conference League. We just played a match. That's all," he said.

"IF I HAD BEEN HERE FROM THE START, IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN LIKE THIS"

Stating that he should have come to the head of the team earlier, Çalımbay said, "If I had been here since the beginning of the season, many things would have been different, there would have been more beautiful and better things. Of course, this is also a matter of luck. As soon as I arrived, 6-7 players were injured. They are all injured in the same place. This needs to be investigated. Can there be this many hamstring injuries in one team? If I had prepared for this match earlier, if the players were healthy, it wouldn't have been like this. This is bad luck. I felt most sorry for the fans. We tried to do something nice. This happened to us because of the absences. Hopefully, we will make up for it in the Ankaragücü and Fenerbahçe matches. It will be completely different," he remarked.