Fenerbahçe Coach İsmail Kartal and Dutch defender Nathan Ake made statements at the press conference before the Slavia Prague match.
Important notes from the press conference were as follows:
Nathan Ake: "I think it will be a great atmosphere again. They helped us a lot in the first match. The Rome match was also difficult. But our fans always helped us in difficult moments. I hope they will help us get 3 points.
EDERSON AND MILAN SKRINIAR
Ederson is a very, very high level goalkeeper. This level is no surprise to me. Its performance does not surprise me. He's been doing this for many years. I always enjoyed playing with him. I also enjoy playing with Milan. We are good together off the field too. That helps too. We talk a lot, we try to improve. I hope there will be more to come, we've been on the right track so far.
'EVERYONE WILL BE READY FOR THE MATCH'
It's been a lot of intense matches, but I don't like it. We don't get much chance to train, just matches and recovery. Club employees are very helpful in this process. What you want most is to play matches. I think everyone will be ready for the match.
İSMAİL KARTAL: WE WILL FACE SLAVIA IN THE BEST WAY
"We don't get a lot of chances to train. We will gather the players with a little sweat training. We will explain and show what the opponent can do in analyzes and meetings. We will prepare this way.
The opponent is very physical. We will play against an opponent who has a very high tempo, plays man-to-man and puts hard pressure. They can play in 3 and 4 players. No matter how they play, we will make a plan accordingly. We will play with the most rested and healthy players. We have 3 setups against this team. We want to play the Slavia match in the best possible way by putting these into play depending on the course of the game.
We will play at our own home. We trust our fans very much. I believe we will do our best with their support.
"How will the derby being played on Monday affect your rotation choices? Will we see surprise names?
We look and think, match by match. There may be rotation. We will decide tonight. We couldn't train yesterday either. They will come this evening. We will look at the situations of some players. We will put them in thermal therapy, check their sleep and muscle fatigue. We will see how they do in training. We will also look at the psychological state of the player. If there is still fatigue; We respectful people say, 'Coach, I'm tired', we are preparing the second and third players in the background. We will decide tonight."
'WE CAN BE HARDER TOMORROW'
We can be tougher tomorrow. The Aston Villa match was a bad match. Even though we played well and took positions, it was not a score that our community, our fans, our team, me and my team would accept. We had shortcomings in that match, we identified them. My players reacted very well. This reaction will be better in tomorrow's match.
GREENWOOD MAY PLAY IN A DIFFERENT POSITION
Mason Greenwood is a very creative, productive and quality player offensively. No one can argue this. They may have some deficiencies in terms of defense. He's trying to fix them. Our expectation from him is that we want him to demonstrate his skills in attack. We have different plans for his other friends to tolerate the places where he cannot come back. For example, he can play in a different role tomorrow.
'ASENSIO AND KANTE ARE VERY DIFFERENT, VERY PRECIOUS'
Before the Aston Villa match, our most valuable players such as Asensio and Kante were injured. They are all valuable, but Asensio is very different, very valuable. So is Kante. Both of them had pain in the back of their knees due to blows in Rizespor matches. I told Kante at halftime, can you play? He said, 'If I enter, my injury may recur, I may not be able to play for a longer time, I do not feel well.' He had a slight injury in the first half before playing this match, we talked again during the half-time, he was holding it lightly, and he said don't condition your mind, play your normal game. Kante still has a pain. He sacrifices professionalism for Fenerbahçe, for the crest. Thank you for revealing a child character. Kante will play in tomorrow's match as long as he is healthy. We will talk again tonight. Kante is a very honest, hardworking person. There are not many matches where he plays badly, he is a smiling, positive kid who does whatever task you give him in every training like a machine. He is, Matteo is. Our energy is very high, both local and foreign.
IF WE GET 3 POINTS WE WILL HOPEFULLY FOR THE TOP 24
