Rıdvan Yılmaz: 'This Season Had a Good Start'

Beşiktaş's left-back player Rıdvan Yılmaz answered the questions of the press members after the 1-0 victory against Eyüpspor in the first week of the Super League. Reminding that they started the new season well in the European cups, Rıdvan Yılmaz said, "We started the league very well today. These are very valuable things. We are all working hard. Football players, coaches, technical staff, employees, management... We are doing everything we can to bring this club to the best place, to the place it deserves. This season has been a good start for us." he said.

Rıdvan Yılmaz underlined that they are working hard on finishing and said, "We are working hard for this. One of the main reasons why we cannot finish the matches is that the team is not 100 percent ready yet. That too will happen. As we gain match tempo, we will play a match every three days a week from now on. I think those moments will come gradually." he said.

When asked about playing alternately with Kassoum Ouattara, Rıdvan Yılmaz said, "I honestly do not see it as a competition. I see it as a friendship, a sharing of effort. My only goal is to be successful here as a team. Ouattara is a very good player. I am sure he will make great contributions. We are both striving for this. We have a good friendship, I hope we will both do everything we can and make good contributions." he replied.

Rıdvan Yılmaz completed his speech with the following words: "The coach is already trying to talk to us one-on-one, as much as he can. I think this is very valuable for a player. He already tells us what we should do in training, his expectations. We try to fulfill his expectations. Of course, the most important factor here is how the opponent is positioned when it comes to attack. We read this, evaluate it well and develop an attack variation accordingly. It is not possible to attack and come back every time we get the ball. If there is an opening depending on the opponent's position, we try to fulfill his expectations. "We're trying to make good use of it."