Fenerbahce goalkeeper: "We were closer to winning the first match"

The head coach of the Turkish Fenerbahce Altay Bayindir told what he expects from the return match of his team with Dynamo Kyiv in the 2nd qualifying round of the Champions League, which will be held this Wednesday in Istanbul.

Altai Bayyndyr

“We have a very important match ahead of us. But we are preparing very well for it. We try to fulfill all the requirements of our coach. We want to apply everything that our mentor taught us in the upcoming match.

I think we were closer to winning the first match. If we had converted our chances, we would have finished this game with a winning result. But now we have a chance to win the second leg. And we will achieve this result if we put everything we have learned on the field. We will do our best to win. This is our first home game of the new season and we are very excited. But we will fight using the energy of our fans in the best possible way.

Football is a game where you have to fight well to win. At the same time, in addition to a good fight, there must be luck, the ball must go into the goal. We're going to go to the match focused and play to win. After all, victory will open the way for us to the next round. We will fight in every episode of the game.

Our head coach is a world class specialist. He tries to give us his own experience in a fatherly way. We treat him with great respect and do everything he tells us. But the result is made by the players. Tactics - this one is fine, but the result is made by the players. It is very important to concentrate. If we are sensible and focused to implement the goal of the match, we will win. The experience of our head coach is a great opportunity for us. We want to use this chance.

It is sad that Serdar Aziz was injured and will not play in the second leg, but we will take the field with those who are ready to play. We all have our responsibilities in the game. I hope that tomorrow everyone who takes the field will contribute and we will finish the match with a good result,” Bayindir said during the pre-match press conference held today in Istanbul.