Sergen Yalcin: 'I felt ashamed sitting in the dugout!' Resignation words...
Beşiktaş Technical Director Sergen Yalçın, while evaluating the 2-2 draw against Çaykur Rizespor, emphasized the lack of concentration of his players in the first half of the match. At the press conference, Yalçın expressed his embarrassment on the bench after the fans chanted for his resignation. Here are the details...
Beşiktaş drew 2-2 away to Çaykur Rizespor in the last week of the Trendyol Super League. Sergen Yalçın, the technical director of the black-white team, made a statement to the broadcaster after the match.
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'There is a match, we said come!'
The experienced technical man first said about the match, "It was a match without a goal, it was a good match. Our boys must have been on vacation for the first half. We called them at halftime and said, 'There's a match, come here'(!). The team recovered in the second half, but this is not unexpected. The season was over after the Konya match."
'The halftime was tough!
Sergen Yalçın continued his words as follows: "After that match, there was no 'noise' in the training sessions, morale was low. Therefore, concentration became difficult. There was no team in the first half and we were surprised at what was going on. The halftime was tough. They recovered in the second half, they fought well. It was a good match."
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Sergen Yalçın then answered journalists' questions at the press conference. Expressing that he was embarrassed by the fans' resignation protest, Yalçın said, "We had a very serious goal in the cup. We wanted to play the final, but we couldn't do it. In the last two remaining games, of course, it is a bit difficult for the players to handle the protests and reactions of the fans. We had a hard time concentrating them for the last two games, including us. We had to play under very serious protests and pressure from the fans. When I heard the words of resignation, I was a bit embarrassed sitting in the dugout, let me tell you that. Because as a character I don't have a structure that can handle such things. I am very sad, but unfortunately the game we played is a game that is open to such results."
'We experienced things we have never experienced'
The experienced coach concluded his words as follows: "I mean, all kinds of things can happen to people. When there is no target, when you fail to achieve the target, especially when you work in a big community, the consequences are very heavy. We faced these consequences today and last week. We also faced the protest. That's why we are sad. An unexpected situation in the last part. The chaos after the Konyaspor match, the protests, the fall of the community didn't seem very healthy to me. From my point of view, I don't think there was a situation where this chaos would happen, because at the beginning of the season there were no serious goals set. There was long-term planning. During the time I tried to explain these very clearly. But unfortunately, when there is failure, the criteria for failure is also very debatable. I mean, the criteria of success and failure are very debatable. Success according to what, failure according to what, what was expected, what happened? I think there should be answers to these questions. But as I said, the game is a cruel game. We have been through a lot in the last two games. We have experienced things we have never experienced. Naturally, we are sad, but life goes on."
