Trabzonspor Technical Director Abdullah Avcı apologized to the fans, stating that they wanted to win but were sorry for losing. Avcı said, “6 of the 11 that took the field today were new transfers. We had a total of 9 new transfers with those who arrived. The opponent applied better organization in the first half. Especially what we couldn’t do was lose the ball very quickly when we had it. When we lost the ball quickly, we couldn’t put that pressure on. The opponent came at us with good organization. They had two positions, they also had a few shots, but when you look, you see two positions. We also had one missed by Denswil from a set piece. We balanced the game for most of the second half and started to come in an organized manner by having the ball. Unfortunately, we missed the goal we conceded after the set piece we missed, when the ball was going out.”
“THERE WAS A CORRECT GAME ORGANIZATION BUT WE COULDN’T FINISH IT”
Stating that they were sorry, Avcı said, “There were two, two and a half positions that we entered before and after and we lost. Yes, the game was not good in the first half, there was a correct game organization in a part of the second half but we could not conclude it. We wanted to win, we wanted to make our fans happy while they were here. We are sorry for that. We will close this, the league starts in three days. We will play the Sivas match away. After we return, we can talk more healthily for the return match next week, maybe work a little harder and act a little more organized. We are sorry for that, we apologize, we congratulate the opponent.”
“UEFA LISTS ARE GIVEN FOR 2 MATCHES”
Speaking on the question of why Orsic was not on the UEFA list, Avcı said:
“I said about Orsic at the press conference before the match. Orsic has been injured for a year, he hasn’t played much in the preparation matches. We sat down and had a long coffee meeting as of last week. As you know, let me remind you again, UEFA lists are given for 2 matches. There is List A, List B. In List A, 4 of the 8 Turks must have been trained by their own academy, 4 of them must be in Turkey’s conditions. If there are no 8, if there are 6, you give 22 or 23 to the 25-person list. And you look at the organization and field distribution of those who are not on this list. Today, Cihan is playing on the left, Trezeguet is playing, Tony Nwakaeme is playing. When you take Orsic in this distribution, there will actually be a bulge there. We made such a decision by looking at the other players in the field distribution. In other words, it is due to UEFA. When we continue after this match, that list will change again. It is updated for two matches. This is the situation regarding Orsic.”
“TREZEGUET PERFORMED GOOD”
Avcı, who answered the question about the player changes, said, “Trezeguet is the player here. We made a plan today. As you know, Trezeguet’s performance in the first half was negative as of last week, Cihan’s performance was positive. We thought we could put pressure on him more intensely, but we couldn’t do it. When we couldn’t do it, we put Trezeguet back into the game. I think he also showed a good performance individually. He entered the game, got into position. Tony is working well in terms of completing that time more physically. We support him. We will continue by increasing his time.”
“I DO NOT AGREE WITH OUR OPPONENT COACH’S OPINION”
When the opposing coach’s statements about Mendy were reminded, Abdullah Avcı said, “Mendy is already 8, Ozi is also 8, Lunstram is also 8, you also have a wing player and 3 players you can use in transition. I think there are players we can press more intensely. I do not agree with our opposing coach’s idea in that sense defensively. They had the upper hand in the first half. We took it in part of the second half, we missed a set piece, they scored. They have 2-3 positions, we have 2.5 positions. But they are a more organized team than us, this fact must also be said.”
“TRABZONSPOR IS AND WILL BE A THREAT IN EVERY COMPETITION”
Avcı said in the last part of his speech, “Trabzonspor is of course a threat in every match it plays, and it will be. We will play one more match. And we will have 5-6 more trainings. The game has its durations. When you play badly, sometimes you can get ahead and the course of the game can change. Therefore, part of what the coach said, and it is a well-organized team, 90 percent of the process continues from last year. We are trying to speed this up. I have always said that the matches we will win will speed this up. Therefore, as each round passes, the opponents will also become more difficult. Today was such a day. But we will get out of here. Our league starts in 3 days. We will continue there by winning again. We will push this to the end in Europe in Austria. I hope we will get what we deserve there. If we cannot, we want to continue in Europe in some way.”
KLAUSS: CHANCES ARE 50-50
Rapid Wien Technical Director Robert Klauss stated that they were happy to gain an advantage and said, “We are happy to win. I congratulate my team for sticking to tactical discipline. They achieved a nice victory by sticking to the plan. We want to show this in the other match as well. We were the superior side in the first half. In the second half, it was a back-and-forth game with player changes. We scored the winning goal. We started the match with concentration. Trabzonspor experienced some difficulties with the developing attacks in the second half and the fans getting involved, but we were able to overcome it. We won a match here. The chances continue to be 50-50. They are a valuable team than us in terms of squad quality, but we managed to win here by doing the difficult thing.”
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2024-08-10 17:03:34