'It was shocking, we should have scored 2!' Tedesco's self-criticism after Başakşehir match

Fenerbahçe, who hosted Başakşehir in the 15th week of the Trendyol Super Lig, had to settle for a 1-1 draw in a match in which they led 1-0 and suffered a wound in the race for the top. The Sarı-lacivertliler, who had a 7-match winning streak against Başakşehir, also ended their superiority and winning streak against their rival in recent years. The 2 teams drew after 7 years.

SEMEDO'S INJURY

Fenerbahçe Technical Director Domenico Tedesco told the following to the broadcaster after the match

"Today was not a good match for us. Actually, we controlled the game for the first 15 minutes. We had two clear positions, we should have scored in those minutes. When you don't score, the opponent gains belief.

Semedo's injury was a shock. We lost control after that injury. We had to change the structure on the pitch. You need to score goals in the dominant part of the game. When you are 1-0 up in a game like this, you have to win. We had the chance to score 2 but we couldn't take it. The goal we conceded is disappointing for me because once again we couldn't block the cross.

'WE SHOULD HAVE BLOCKED THE CENTER'

After the changes, the team's energy increased and we scored 1-0. The changes had a positive effect, not a negative one. I didn't make decisions against the players, I wanted to bring fresh blood into the game. "If we could have prevented the equalizer, we would have won this match."

WHY DOUBLE STRIKER?

Domenico Tedesco answered questions at the press conference of the match:

"We started today's game playing with a double striker, Talisca and Duran. We got good feedback on their performances in training, we tried it in the Plzen game. We have three strikers, when you play with two strikers you can be more dangerous.

In the Galatasaray derby we switched to two strikers, we scored the goal and we could have won the derby. There is also a good chemistry between Talisca and Duran. Duran is in his confident phase right now, but he is not in a position to press hard for me. He needs to gain strength to reach the level we want.

'HIS CONFIDENCE IS NOT THERE'

En-Nesyri lacks confidence but he presses a lot. But in general they are both good strikers. I don't know if En-Nesyri has a confidence problem, maybe because he doesn't score goals. But we believe in the strength of our strikers."

"What do you think about the position in the last minute of the match between Galatasaray and Samsunspor? How do you interpret it, not as a Fenerbahçe manager but as a football man?"

Domenico Tedesco: "I am the man of Fenerbahce, I can't evaluate it like a free man. I'm lucky to be like this because I'm proud to be Fenerbahçe's coach. I don't spend a second thinking about it. I'm looking at our own game. Yesterday's game didn't have any impact. We only talked about our team and Başakşehir."

PRAISE FOR THE REFEREE

"I can be very emotional on the sidelines. The fourth referee (Gürcan Hasova) was very clear and fair with me. He was very gentlemanly, he never lost control. He explained all the positions, he was a great gentleman.

He calmed me down when I was emotional. He took the negative impact away from me when I was emotional. You don't see that easily even in Europe."