European League: Responses after Fenerbahce Istanbul – Glasgow Rangers

BRATISLAVA. Fenerbahce did not find an eighteen matches in a row. Milan Škriniar was in charge of this in the last nine duels, where he was not missing on the pitch for a minute.

Each series has its end. For Fenerbahce, however, it ended surprisingly. At home In the first eight -final match of the European League against the troubled Scottish Glasgow Rangers (1: 3).

« The result that went beyond the realistic Rangers expectations, and yet there was perhaps frustration that it didn't turn out even better, » described the duel recognized by British journalist Jonathan Wilson.

It was a historically first win of the Scottish team in Fenerbahce. The Istanbul team does not score many goals at the home stadium. Almost none in the last matches. However, he got up to three pieces from Rangers.

At all goals he was helpless

Milan Škriniar was at the first goal scored. Midfielder Sebastian Szymanski first unreasonably twisted with the ball in front of his own 16.

The opponent stuck it, and later bounced off the foot of Škriniar directly on the football team Rangers Cyriel Dessers, who opened the duel score.

The Slovak hitchhiker was also at the second goal, when he tried to get to the attacking Václav Černý, but he was sick of taking off the defense council. The Czech footballer then asked for a back pass as the second tracker Fenerbahce and scored.

Even the third goal was taken care of by Černý, who was halfway to the goalkeeper Fenerbahce. The Škriniar sprinted as a life, but was not enough for the speed of the Czech wingman.

Did everything that their coach asked for

« They were important goals that made us a great position for retaliation, » Cherny admitted to the Rangers club cameras.

“The players did everything I asked them for. They did not lose concentration for a moment, ”commented Barry Ferguson, a Scottish coach.

Rangers took over only less than two weeks ago when the club fired Belgian Philippe Clement. He's just a temporary coach on the bench.

Duel with Fenerbahce was special for him. He defeated one of the most famous coaches of history.

Would be a fool if he said that

“I've always respected José Mourinh. He is one of the best coaches of all time, ”Ferguson admitted.

“Fenerbahce has quality players, so it's not over yet. I would be a fool if I said it, ”he concluded.

Fenerbahce players had the ball more often on the ball. They created a larger portion of shooting opportunities. But from 23 shots scored only once, while their opponent three times out of eight attempts.

The Scots were more aggressive in the match, especially in the counterattacks they used. For example, Černý did not play a great meeting, but was effective.

Mourinho: We lost all the fights

“It was a deserved loss. They deserved to win, ”Mourinho started the post -match rating.

“They made no mistakes. We've done a lot. We made them in the middle of the field. We lost all the fights there, ”he said.

He saw the problem especially among the midfielders. The center pair of Szymanski and Amrabat performed below average.

Mourinh was missing an important article. In the line -up was absent from the Brazilian Fred, who collected five yellow cards in the competition.

“We felt Fred's absence in the middle of the field. We were not active in the front. We have performed poor performance and we have to accept this result, ”he concluded.

After all, the Škriniar…

However, Mourinho remains optimistic for the next week's retaliation.

“I think this round is not over yet. We lose 1: 3, but we have ninety minutes of game ahead. ”

Fenerbahce has played a large portion of matches in recent weeks. When one of the journalists asked a longer question after a duel with Rangers, Mourinho almost overslept at a press conference.

Video: The fun reaction of José Mourinh to a long question of a journalist.

But the Istanbul team has the next weekend off. According to Mourinh, it will be important to recharge your strength. He used the Slovak representative as an example.

“We will be able to relax for a few days. After all, Škriniar has played 90 minutes in ten consecutive matches from his arrival, ”said Fenerbahce coach.