Fenerbahce Technical Director Jose Mourinhomade a statement after the Lugano match.
Mourinho’s statements are as follows:
“Actually, everything is important during this period. The perfect scenario would be for all the players to be with us from day one. It’s difficult to work under these conditions. The players are all in different situations. All I can do is congratulate them.”
“I KNEW IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT”
“Ferdi only had 5-6 training sessions but played for 80 minutes. I knew the match would be tough, I said yesterday we had to survive. Our opponent is a good team, they made things difficult for us. We stayed calm. After 1-1 everything was in our hands, we had no difficulties. We passed the round and managed to survive.”
“I said it yesterday at the press conference, I want a tight but competitive squad. If we want to fight for trophies, the team needs to be top-level. We need to have many solutions.”
LILLE MATCH EXPLANATION
“It is impossible for a player to play every match. Right now I have three top-level forwards. They are strong players. I couldn’t be happier with the forwards I have. It may also be possible to play with two forwards. We will try that when we have time.”
“We haven’t worked on anything. Of course, I know them from last year. Our only focus was Lugano. We have to look step by step. From now on we can talk about Lille. Tomorrow, after spending some time in the sun by the pool, we will start working on Lille.”
“I DON’T WANT TO WIN, I WANT TO TOUR”
“The atmosphere was really great. We were not very good in the first half and you don’t expect great support in those moments, but our fans supported us. There were only one or two moments where there were some reactions towards a certain player. When there are such reactions, we feel like these reactions were directed at all of us. We are a team. I respect the fans, it’s part of football. If I have the chance to ask them for something, I want them to support everyone. There was a great atmosphere today, the pitch had improved. The pitch was not very good a short time ago. The match was difficult and we had to take Fred off. In a match that could go to extra time, you don’t want to use your substitutions too early. We were strong in the second half. After the 1-1 draw, the opponent couldn’t do anything. Our players who came on as substitutes made a good contribution. I said in the press conference yesterday, ‘We have to survive’ and we did that. Now we have to focus on the next match.”
“I don’t want to win every match, I want to advance. I would have been happy if the match had ended 1-1. We won not because of me, but because of my players and our fans. We played against a good team and they changed some dynamics against us. I wish them success in the Europa League.”
Source: www.cumhuriyet.com.tr
