"Fist incidents are unacceptable!"

Beşiktaş coach Vincenzo Italiano, who defeated Kocaelispor 2-1 at home in the 7th week of the Trendyol Super League, made statements after the match.

"RETURNING AFTER THE NATIONAL BREAK IS VERY DIFFICULT"

We knew the match would be very difficult. Matches are difficult after returning from national break. You cannot be together with your players for 3 weeks. We sent 17 players to the national team. It arrived on Friday. We played well in the first half but suffered in the second half. These may happen, there is nothing to do. Returning from international breaks is very difficult. It's happened to me before, I lost matches in Italy that would have been easy to win on paper. We got 3 very valuable points today. We continue to progress in the league. There is an important European match on Thursday, we must prepare for it.

"WE HAVE GREAT FANS"

I went straight in after the match today. I was very tired. I can barely stand. I immediately wanted to go inside and take a hot shower. Our fans deserve all the praise. We have a great fan base. My players also deserve all the praise. They do a great job with the fans. I get goosebumps every match here. If we won all the matches at home, it is thanks to these fans that they give us extra strength. We must continue like this. We don't make any mistakes in the home field, but we have to fix the away games. We must fix this.

"I AM SURPRISED THAT THE FIST REMAINS UNPUNISHED"

So far, I am not someone who likes to talk about the referee after the match. However, the punch incidents that happened to us in two matches are unacceptable; I watch with surprise that these things go unpunished. These are things that should not be on the field. I don't know how it happens, I can't understand it, but these are things that shouldn't happen on the field. Punches went unpunished. I'm not talking about canceled goals or penalties, these could happen. Fist is something else. I find it surprising that he remains unpunished.