Kuyt: We Are Very Fragile at Times

In Week 10 of the Trendyol Süper Lig, Fenerbahçe lost 2-1 at home to Göztepe. Speaking after the match, head coach Dirk Kuyt apologized to the fans and stressed that the responsibility lay with him. Kuyt said that during the preparation process they had tried to give the players energy and that they had expected a good result.

Kuyt acknowledged that the team was very fragile at times. Reminding everyone that Fenerbahçe had held 72 percent of the ball in the first half, he said they had not started the second half well and had conceded a goal from an individual mistake. He added that although they had created three clear chances, they could not equalize.

On substitutions, Kuyt explained that they had taken off Semedo because of a yellow card. He said he wanted to make a change before the 83rd minute but chose to wait because the momentum had been with them for a while. He also said Oppong was taken off after he felt pain.

Kuyt recalled a saying from Guus Hiddink: you need to change the energy more than you change the team. He said the small tactical details practiced in training for the positions of Kerem and Lukaku had been applied. He added that their plans had worked after the departure of İsmail Hoca, but a preventable mistake brought the goal.

Kuyt said that results are the most important thing in football and that both he and his players were disappointed.