Pereira: We looked like we hadn't taken the field in the first half

In Week 9 of the Trendyol Süper Lig, Corendon Alanyaspor lost 2-1 at home to Kocaelispor. Speaking after the match, Alanyaspor head coach Joao Pereira criticized his team's performance, especially in the first half.

Pereira said the team did not manage to make an impact on the pitch in the first half. He said the players did not run enough and made too many passing errors, adding that the team had lost the match from the start because of that first-half display. The coach said the reasons included his own ideas falling short and the players lacking fight.

Pereira said the three substitutions made in the second half and the switch to a 5-3-2 system changed the game, and that the energy of the players who came on affected the course of the match. Even so, he accepted that the team could not take a result.

Pereira also addressed the points dropped in recent league weeks. Saying the target performance had not been reached, he said the defeat had deeply upset him and that he would not be able to sleep that night. Stressing that the performance was completely unacceptable, Pereira pointed to the new match to be played in three days and said the team would keep fighting.