01.11.2026 19:52
Bülent Uygun, who stated that he wants to take charge of Fenerbahçe, harshly criticized the team's understanding of the game and on-field organization after the 2-1 defeat in the Göztepe match. Here are those words...
Bülent Uygun, who stated that he wants to become Fenerbahçe's head coach, evaluated the match in which the yellow-navy blues lost 2-1 to Göztepe at home on Tivibu Spor. Bülent Uygun harshly criticized the yellow-navy team's playing philosophy and on-field organization.
“EVERYONE NEEDS TO THINK” Evaluating the match, Bülent Uygun said, “If it is still having problems building play from the back, if it is still having organizational problems with set pieces, if it is still having problems with pressure and pressing in attack, still with transitions to covering, and if in its last five years it has lost three championships like this with goals conceded in the final minutes or by losing this match when ahead, then everyone from top to bottom needs to think about this. There are things that must be done. Now, the goal Göztepe scored; you work on the near post, Levent Mercan is there and while Levent Mercan should hold the arc, he always sends it to the near post, and the tallest... It is clear Göztepe's game... If you had done the analyses correctly from the beginning, if, say, Skriniar were there, he already has problems heading the ball, or, say, Lukaku, say whoever, you would put him there. As a matter of fact, the goals you concede continue in this way,” he said.
“THEN YOU LOOK AT EACH OTHER” Continuing his remarks, the renowned coach said, “Then in the team you look at each other, as if to say, ‘What have we done?’ That entropy I mentioned, the inability to respond to expectations, these problems that arose showed themselves completely on the field here, from top to bottom.”
“NO PRESSING, NO DESIRE!” Drawing attention to the players' lack of spirit, Uygun said, “There is no pressing, no desire, no fight, nor is Fenerbahçe's own playing philosophy on the field. Long ball; fair enough, that too has a playing philosophy.”
“WE'LL COME AND MAKE THEM CHAMPIONS” Drawing attention to the importance of system and merit, the experienced coach made this assessment: “Now, I am not seeking any position at Fenerbahçe, nor do I want a job. When Fenerbahçe decides on the championship, that is when we would come and make them champions. But this cannot work like that. This job has a system that needs to be established, its merit, and along with that, many elements such as squad engineering to be created. The mistakes made, my... We have gained experience, more or less. Because in the teams we coached at the time, some of those there talk about it, in the midst of scarcity we took them to UEFA, the Champions League. We went door to door and could not give a 10 thousand dollar bonus. We could not pay our championship bonus. When we went out for a match where we had a chance to become champions, we could not even pay that, because we had no money. Yet we took those teams there. Moreover, we took them there from the Süper Lig(s) they had never left in their lives.”
“THE FOOTBALLER SHOULD CRY WHEN HE LOSES” Continuing his assessments, Bülent Uygun said: “Yes, if Allah grants it to me one day, if I am to make Fenerbahçe champions, may He grant me to come there. Otherwise, I am not seeking any post, brother. Why am I not? As I specifically explained, the person who comes here, Fenerbahçe's technical directors, the president and the board they will choose, decide on the head coach in the best way. He is also the best coach in the world. Fenerbahçe is also the second most difficult team in the world to work for. Make a ranking in the world, it would still be second among 10 teams. For such a difficult job, by bringing the best coach, by establishing the best system, by doing what needs to be done best, and there are things that need to change there, today, from Kuyt's remarks or from many employees there, one of them brings me news, the other and so on. No, brother, even when a footballer loses, he should cry his eyes out in the dressing room from that sorrow. Because children in the stands are crying too, the spectators are crying too,” he said.
“I ALWAYS HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE IN MYSELF” Finally, Bülent Uygun made the statement: “When I came today from Antalya, I went to give training to 1,000 children today; I have football schools called JetGenç, children aged 6 to 10 come there. What each of them does is, together with their families' struggle to play football, everyone fights with the ambition to play for Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray, Beşiktaş, Trabzon. In the struggle those families give, I was there today to support those children. I do not engage in any lobbying or such things anyway; I said I don't understand those videos. I am a straightforward man. I always have full confidence in myself. And whatever needs to be done, Fenerbahçe Club will do it. As of tomorrow, did they bring a coach? He is the best coach there. From his speech to team setup, from his system to his tactics, he has to apply everything in the best way. Yes, this team is not that bad.”