Sergen Yalçın: It was a match where we didn't deserve to get any points

In the 6th week of the Trendyol Super League, Beşiktaş was defeated 3-0 by their hosts, Göztepe. Beşiktaş manager Sergen Yalçın made statements at the press conference held after the match.

Emphasizing that Göztepe was better than them, Yalçın said, "It was a defeat that does not suit the club. But when we look at the game as a whole, I can also say this: Göztepe must be congratulated. They did many things much better than us, both in terms of strength, physicality, and contact play. Unfortunately, we remained far below expectations. We were unable to implement many of the things we worked on in terms of our game plan on the pitch. The goals conceded were very simple goals. You shouldn't concede such goals at these levels.

We conceded simple goals from classic Göztepe organizations. We had actually worked on these during the week and prepared for these positions, but as I said, preparing is one thing. The game played is more realistic. We can see everything more realistically in matches.

We are sad for today, but as I said, everyone is very new, we need some time to recover, to pull some things together. How much we will recover and how far we will go, we will see together in time. But as I said, the game we played today and the score do not suit us," he said.

"IT WAS A MATCH WHERE WE DIDN'T DESERVE TO GET ANY POINTS"

Stating that they had to make choices, Yalçın said, "Because many of our central midfielders are missing; we have suspended and injured players. We already have three players we can play in that section. We used two of them. There was Demir Ege for the center. We made such a choice because, in terms of defending, we currently have Necip as our strongest player in defense. He hasn't played, but he is training and is a ready player for our team. A player might not have played, but if he is physically ready, I don't think it will be very difficult.

Of course, when it comes to the game section, there can be many discussions. These are very normal. The starting players, the substitutes, the tactical moves... As of today, I don't think this is a match where the players who played or the moves made should be discussed. When we look at the game as a whole, it was definitely a match where we didn't deserve to get any points. I don't think the choices are very important right now. We are working, we are doing training sessions," he expressed.

Speaking about performances, Yalçın said, "When we look at individual performances, I don't think it's very correct to interpret this only through Rafa Silva. If we think about which of our players who played well today had a somewhat normal performance, we might count maybe two or three players. And that is at a medium level. Demir Ege was not bad in my opinion. Gökhan fought a lot. Bilal was a bit active, we can say he tried to contribute something. Other than that, it's hard to say there was a player who stood out in the game or satisfied us. This is a team game. Of course, individual players are important, but unfortunately, our team performance was far below expectations. This defeat is a deserved defeat. Let me say that. We definitely didn't deserve to get any points. We didn't play in that direction anyway. Therefore, we need to take the lessons we need to take from here. Or rather, the players need to take them. The players need to take what they need to take individually from here. Because there has been a very serious failure that has been going on for years in a long process. The games are bad, the scores are bad, players are constantly changing, technical staff are changing. A unity, a system has not been established in any way. First of all, this system and unity need to be established. This seems like it will take some time," he concluded.

News Source: İHA