04.10.2025 23:31
Beşiktaş's head coach Sergen Yalçın made statements following the match against Galatasaray. Thanking the fans for the banner dedicated to his late brother, Yalçın said, "I would like to thank the Galatasaray community. They opened a banner for my late brother. Humanity is more important than anything else, more important than 3 points. I was very moved. I thank them all very much."
In the 8th week match of the Trendyol Super League, Galatasaray and Beşiktaş ended in a 1-1 draw. Beşiktaş's head coach Sergen Yalçın made statements after the match.
"I THANK ALL OF THEM VERY MUCH"
Thanking the fans for the banner opened for his late brother, Sergen Yalçın said, "I thank the Galatasaray community. They opened a banner for my late brother. Humanity is more important than everything else. More important than 3 points. I was very emotional. I thank all of them very much."
"THE GOAL WE CONCEDED LOWERED OUR PSYCHOLOGY"
Evaluating the match, Yalçın said, "The game plan started off healthy. We planned very well what Galatasaray could do. We played very well. We found an early goal. We found the goal. With the red card, the game seemed easier. I explained some things to my players when it was 11 to 10, I told them the ball needed to stay with us. We were pressured by the team with 10 players. We left the match with a 1-1 draw from a game where we almost didn't give any positions. We gave 4-5 positions. We lost 2 points. If you make such a deadly mistake, you concede a goal. The goal we conceded lowered our psychology and made them hungrier."
"THE PENALTY FOR THE MISTAKE WAS SEVERE"
Continuing his words, the successful coach said, "After the 1-1, Rafa Silva had some positions. We are leaving with a loss of 2 points, which is sad. We were the team that lost 2 points. We were very upset about that. It was definitely a difficult match that we could have won. We actually did many things right, but a single mistake was punished severely. We are sad. There is nothing we can do. We will concentrate on the upcoming matches. Our players fought well at certain moments. Sometimes the game was with us, sometimes it was with them. It was a good derby. We don't actually have such a game plan, but there are some habits from the past. It is not easy to get rid of habits. We had no intention of sitting back. We didn't talk about such things, we didn't think about them. These things develop automatically during the game. We cannot intervene in everything from the sidelines. Players need to solve some things inside. If you can't solve it, problems will start. We will address it in the future. We will address it in training. I am pleased with the team's performance, adherence to the plan, and desire."