Statement from Romelu Lukaku on İsmail Kartal: 'We could see that he was hurting'

Fenerbahçe's Belgian star Romelu Lukaku held a press conference before the Champions League match in which the yellow-dark blue team will host Liverpool tomorrow.

Lukaku's statements are as follows:

"We are prepared for every situation for tomorrow. Playing against a big club like Liverpool could be a challenge. We want to achieve very successful results for the club. We want to show our quality at European level."

“WE ARE LOSING MATCHES AND I DON'T LIKE WHEN WE LOSE MATCHES”

Belgian striker: "We watched a successful Lukaku taking down long balls in attack against Göztepe. Will we be able to watch the same Lukaku against Liverpool tomorrow night?" "Of course, you want to show more in every match. The match plan was quite clear. I knew what the expectations were for me. We are losing matches and I do not like losing matches, of course the club does not want to be in such a situation right now. I will continue to work harder. We have a plan with our coach and we know what we need to do."

“VEDAT AND I NEED TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER'S GAME”

Answering a question about Muriqi and himself regarding the last shot, Romelu Lukaku said, "When me and Vedat play together, we need to understand each other's game. I have played in a two-striker system before. I have also had very close relationships with forwards such as Martinez and Alexis Sanchez. Vedat's quality complements mine. We are trying to be effective together. We are trying for Fenerbahçe to win and we have a lot of conversations about it."

“I TELL MY TEAMMATES WHERE TO WANT THE BALL”

Experienced striker: "Do you think you can't get the balls you want?" He answered the question as follows:

"I communicate with my teammates and tell them where I want the ball. At the end of the day, I look at collective work. I can make a lot of assists, I can score a lot of goals, I can do whatever our coach wants. We showed the potential we have in the Göztepe match, but we need to continue this for 90 minutes. We will solve this gradually and move forward."

AZIZ YILDIRIM WAS ASKED ABOUT HIS WORDS ABOUT HIMSELF

Reminding Aziz Yıldırım's words at the Supreme Council Board Meeting, "We will watch the real Lukaku soon", the Belgian striker said, "I can say that I am physically there now. Now we must move forward as a team. I am in a pretty good shape. I can create the necessary effort and power. It took some time. I did not take part in the pre-season camp. I continued to work and you can see that I am developing physically."

“WE COULD SEE THAT İSMAİL KARTAL WAS HURTING”

Lukaku answered the question about how İsmail Kartal's departure affected them before the Liverpool match with the following words:

"The departure of the coach is not a good thing. He was truly an insider of the club and going through such situations can be very sad. We could see that he was hurting when we got a bad result and he wanted the best for Fenerbahçe. But we could not give what the club wanted and the club made a decision. Personally, I am always grateful to him, for giving me the chance to come here. He always tried to be helpful and tried to educate me about the club. And from now on, we need to show upward momentum again."