Defeat statement from İsmail Kartal: 'This is not the right of the match'

Fenerbahçe, which faced Aston Villa away in the second week of the UEFA Champions League, left the field with a distinct defeat of 6-0.

Making a statement after the match, İsmail Kartal drew attention to the simple passing mistakes made and said that such mistakes are severely punished at this level.

"THIS WAS NOT THE RIGHT OF THE MATCH"

Evaluating the match, İsmail Kartal said, "When you look at the match, this is not the right of the match. Football... You are competing at the highest level. You should not make such simple passing mistakes at such a high level. When they do, they punish you very quickly. This is how this match happened."

Emphasizing that lessons should be learned from the mistakes made, Kartal said, "We should not make so many passing mistakes at this level. We learned very important lessons from here. It was a great lesson for all of us."

HE MENTIONED THE ALANYASPOR MATCH

Stating that the result was unacceptable for the Fenerbahçe community, the experienced coach said, "This acceptable result is not for the score, but for the Fenerbahçe community."

Referring to the intense fixtures, Kartal concluded his statements by saying, "We have a very important league match in 2-3 days. We must put this aside and prepare for the Alanyaspor match. We apologize to our community and fans for this score."

"NOT ACCEPTABLE"

Making evaluations at the press conference, İsmail Kartal stated that they did not expect the different defeat they received and said, "We did not think of such a defeat. It is not acceptable. We apologize. We will leave this aside. We have learned very important lessons. We have a very important league match in 2-3 days. We must concentrate on that match. We must forget this match."

Answering the question about why he did not make a substitution during the half-time, Kartal stated that they met with N'Golo Kante, but the experienced player was not ready.

Kartal said, "We were going to make 1-2 changes. We talked to Kante. He said he could not play. We were going to do it, but the team reacted well until the 62nd minute. Everything was going well. When there was a penalty after a mistake, the game broke up."

"KANTE SAID 'IT WOULD BE RISK IF I PLAY'"