In the second week of the UEFA Champions League, Fenerbahçe was defeated 6-0 by Aston Villa away in England. After the match, manager İsmail Kartal made evaluations to the broadcaster. Stating that this score did not reflect the reality of the match, the experienced coach pointed to the simple mistakes made.
"Simple mistakes are punished at the highest level of football"
Emphasizing that there is little room for error in high-level competitions, İsmail Kartal said, "In our opinion, this is not what the match deserved. You are competing at the highest level of football. When you compete at this high level, you should not make such simple passing errors and lose possession. When you do, they punish you very quickly. Unfortunately, that is what happened in tonight's match. We lost possession very easily. We should not have made so many passing errors at this level."
"It was a big lesson for all of us"
Stating that they have learned important lessons from the match, Kartal said, "My team, my staff, and I have learned very important lessons from this. This was a big lesson for all of us. There is no need to talk too much. It is not an acceptable score for the Fenerbahçe community."
"We must concentrate on the Alanyaspor match as soon as possible"
Touching on the busy match schedule and saying that they must quickly focus on the league match, the experienced coach concluded his words by saying, "We have a very important league match in two or three days. We have to think about that. We must forget this and concentrate on the Alanyaspor match as soon as possible. We must put this aside and prepare for that match all together. We apologize to our community and our fans for the score and the result."
News Source: 12punto
