Kasımpaşa Coach Emre Belözoğlu said that he was sorry for losing 3-1 away to Galatasaray in the 7th week of the Trendyol Super League.
Belözoğlu made a statement at the press conference held after the match at RAMS Park.
Mentioning that a long international break put a strain on both teams, Belözoğlu said, "When we divided the match into the beginning, middle and end of the game, the momentum was completely transferred to us in the middle. We also scored the goal that made us feel that we could have a great night after the opponent was down to 10 men. Afterwards, we had a little appetite. I think we are unfortunately paying the penalty for this now. Then we made moves to win. With each move we made, a thousand games went way behind. As the game went backwards, Galatasaray solved the match with the quality of its individual players. It is very young. "We are a team. This team was formed with players who are candidates for development. Tonight was a painful experience for all of us. The fact that the game went backwards after the player changes is a lesson I need to learn for myself." he said.
Stating that he made a substitution for the win after the match was tied at 1-1, Belözoğlu said, "The players we put into the game today are very offensive and we had high expectations. Unfortunately, we could not get a reward from the players we trusted the most and invested in the front field. In fact, the move we made was a winning move. The player profiles we introduced were also winning move profiles. However, they were far below my expectations. The game went backwards. The last 10 minutes were very bad for us. Sorry, of course, the responsibility is ours here. We believe in these young and developing players very much and "We trust. This business also has its costs. We also know that it is a complicated road." he said.
Emre Belözoğlu expressed that he was sorry for Turkish football due to the recent events.
The young coach noted the following about the problems experienced:
"There have been problems in Turkish football for many years. Everyone has probably been somewhat immune to going through these patchy processes that unfortunately we are suffering from. We are trying to prepare our players and keep them away from them without thinking about them. However, what happened this year is now the peak of this matter. I think Turkish football has lost a lot of blood in the last 2-3 years, has lost a lot of its value and reputation. At the point we have reached today, of course, judicial processes and the presumption of innocence of everyone are important, it would not be right for me to say anything. Everyone is innocent until proven guilty, but at this point. "As a person who has served this country's football since his childhood, I have to say that this is a very sad and painful situation, I am sorry on behalf of my country."
The coach of the dark blue-white team said that their goal is to finish the season in the top 10.
Reminding that they raced to stay in the league until the last weeks of last season, Belözoğlu said, "We do not want to experience the trouble we experienced last year. That is why we are trying to study well. Our player profiles are much different than last year, much younger, open to development. We wanted to create an order that will tolerate mistakes. I think the top 10 is a very realistic goal for us, but not experiencing the feeling we experienced last year should also be a goal for us. Today, my group of players is with Galatasaray, one of the strongest squads in the league. "I have witnessed that he can even play head-to-head, and even give them moments that put them in a very difficult situation. It is both the club's and my duty to increase the minutes and the players' self-confidence. We will continue to do this and work. Hopefully, this will take us to the point we want in both the rankings and player development." He concluded his words by saying.
