Turkish Fenerbahce head coach Jorge Jesus talks about his team's recent match against French Rennes (3:3) in the 5th round of the Europa League group stage. Recall that in the course of this meeting, the Istanbul team was inferior with a score of 0:3.
Georges Jesus“Every moment of this match was perfect. Fenerbahce played a good game again. You need to believe in yourself to change the score from 0:3 to 3:3. We did it.
Rennes surprised us at the beginning of the match. Fenerbahçe struggled to maintain a defensive balance in the first 30 minutes, while Rennes easily scored three goals. Our rivals found a lot of space, they were very effective.
I had to intervene, rebuild the team's game right during the match. There is no timeout in football. Therefore, I had to communicate with my players from the edge of the field and change their positions right during the game.
As a result, our defensive organization has reached a higher level. It was this factor that played a decisive role in the second half today. At the same time, when we brought the score to 1:3, we believed that we could turn the tide of the match.
Football is a game, and you need to be able to play this game with both positive and negative sides. We demonstrated this today. At present, Fenerbahce is very strong both morally and psychologically. It's not easy to defeat us.
The secret is to believe in yourself in any situation. Therefore, today we did not lose. And now he will fight for the first place in the group in the last match of the group, against Dynamo. I hope we get the golden key after this game," Jesus said.
Recall that it is with Fenerbahce that Dynamo Kyiv will play its final match in the group stage of the Europa League. This meeting will take place next Thursday, November 3, in Krakow, Poland.
