In the 34th week of Trendyol Super League, Hatayspor lost 2-1 to Başakşehirspor in the match played at Mersin Stadium. Speaking at the press conference held after the welcome, Hatayspor Coach Volkan Demirel emphasized that despite the result, his players did their best in both today’s match and last week’s Antalyaspor match. Demirel said, “This week, they established two different advantages without even taking a position. With the last changes we made, Dadashov’s goal and then again, both the positions at the beginning of the match and the positions after the goals, we unfortunately lost the match, which we could have won, and carry it to the next week with zero points.” .
“I am the one who founded this team, the responsibility is mine”
Noting that the Antalyaspor match ended with two shots in the same way, without Antalyaspor having any position, Demirel said, “It’s the same way this week. I mean this. The players are doing their best. We are a young team. We are a team consisting of players who do not know the Turkish league.” Why am I saying these? It’s 2-1 in the last minute, everyone is gone. The fact that they made a pass shows how foreign they are to this league or how young they are. I always say this, the responsibility is on me. But we have struggled as much as we can since the beginning of the season. We want to fight as hard as we can on the field in these 4 matches, and we will do so. But as a result, I hope to emphasize this for everyone. “I hope it will be the best for everyone, but we will fight to stay in the league for 4 weeks as much as we can,” he said.
“If this team is going to fall, all responsibility is on me.”
Volkan Demirel answered a question about the penalty objection in the position before the first goal as follows:
“This shows our inexperience. Because, for example, yes, we object to the penalty position, but the team stopped again at that moment. Then, a long ball is thrown, the ball is taken down, or a goal is scored by hitting the post after they shoot. So, actually, football is hidden in the details. But Of course, you cannot explain this to anyone. Since football is watched with blinders in our country, everyone is focused on the situation or the score, so we are afraid to see, think and talk about other details. I say it again, I do not hide behind these. If there is a cake and this team is going to fall, I raise my hand. But if this team is not going to fall, if it is going to stay in the league, we know what happened, what happened, the players know, the staff knows. “He doesn’t deserve this place, but as I said, our inexperience, our youth, our new founding and our struggle despite many obstacles have unfortunately brought us here.”
“I wanted to resign, I should have, but I didn’t”
Emphasizing that they will continue the fight, Demirel said, “Maybe you will resign or not? The stands are shouting, they are right, I respect it. They are writing, they are right, I respect it. But as I said, if someone comes here after me for 4 matches, maybe I wanted to resign, I won’t.” It was supposed to happen, but it didn’t happen. We’ll talk about why it didn’t happen when the time comes. But leaving the team while I’m here for 4 weeks, of course, if they say ‘go’ I’ll go again. I don’t have that problem at all, but what a year it’s been like being here for 4 weeks. If we have fought all the fights, with this team, the employees and the players, we will fight the next 4 matches. If it happens after that, it will happen, if it doesn’t happen, it won’t happen. If it happens, I will stand here again, and if it doesn’t happen, I will come out here again. “And they fight despite the conditions, so they deserve it with respect,” he said.
