Head coach of Turkish "Besiktas" Şenol Güneş told what he thinks about the return match of his team with Dynamo Kyiv in the play-off round of the Conference League qualification, which will be held this Thursday in Istanbul. Recall, the first meeting of the rivals ended in defeat of the Ukrainian team with a score of 2:3.
Şenol Güneş"Our task for the return match with Dynamo is to play so as to reach the group stage of the Conference League. We enter the field with an advantage after the first match. The game in that meeting allowed us to get to know the opponent better. In this respect, it will be easier for us now.
We have been carefully preparing for the upcoming match, all the players have worked very well. And now we want to play in such a way that our efforts will be rewarded with the result we are aiming for.
But there is bad news. We will have problems in two positions in the return match. Amartey and Masuaku will not play because of injuries. However, they will be replaced by players with experience in these positions and I'm sure they will give their all in the match and do everything possible to help the team achieve the necessary result.
Postponement of our match in the Turkish championship between the two games with Dynamo? Our football federation went in favour of all the participants of European cups from Turkey. It is important to criticise only when something is done wrong and to appreciate when the right things are done. The decision to postpone is more of an initiative of the football federation, which thus demonstrated concern for the interests of domestic clubs playing in the European Cup. And I think it is absolutely the right approach," Güneş said at a pre-match press conference in Istanbul today.
