Ismail Kartal’s indispensable players: Tadic and Szymanski
Fenerbahçe's Head Coach Ismail Kartal has given playing time to only 2 players in all 22 matches played this season: Dusan Tadic and Sebastian Szymanski.
In the league, Fenerbahçe has collected 31 points with 10 wins, 1 draw, and 1 loss in 12 matches, while in the UEFA Europa Conference League, including qualifiers, they experienced 9 wins and 1 defeat in 10 matches.
The yellow-navy team, winning 19 consecutive times in the 22-match period, lost to Trabzonspor and Ludogorets and drew with Adana Demirspor in the last 3 matches.
In the 22 matches, Fenerbahçe’s Head Coach Ismail Kartal gave playing time to only 2 players.
Dusan Tadic and Sebastian Szymanski, acquired by the yellow-navy team at the beginning of the season, have been indispensable for Kartal, playing in all 22 matches.
Tadic started in all league matches
Tadic, playing for 1064 minutes in 12 Super League matches, scored 4 goals for the team and assisted his teammates 3 times. Starting in the first 11 in all league matches, Tadic was substituted in 5 matches and did not play for a total of 16 minutes.
The 34-year-old player played for 505 minutes in 6 matches of the UEFA Europa Conference League Qualifiers. In these matches, Tadic experienced the joy of scoring 4 times and made 1 assist.
Ismail Kartal gave less playing time to Tadic in the UEFA Europa Conference League group matches; he brought in the player in the final stages in the matches against Nordsjaelland and Spartak Trnava, while he put him in the starting 11 in the 2 matches against Ludogorets. Tadic, who played for 146 minutes in group matches, played a total of 1715 minutes in the last 22 matches. The experienced player became Fenerbahçe’s most played player this season with the time he spent on the field.
Szymanski did not start in the group matches in Europe
Sebastian Szymanski, another player who played in every match this season along with Tadic, contributed to 16 goals with 9 goals and 7 assists in 22 matches.
The Polish player, who came on as a substitute in the away match against Yılport Samsunspor in only the 2nd week of the Super League, started in the remaining 11 matches.
Playing for 929 minutes in league matches, the 24-year-old player scored 6 goals and assisted his teammates 3 times.
Starting in the first 11 in 3 out of 6 matches in the UEFA Europa Conference League Qualifiers, Szymanski came on as a substitute in the remaining 3 matches, playing a total of 360 minutes, scoring 3 goals, and providing 3 assists.
Playing as a substitute in all 4 matches in the UEFA Europa Conference League groups, the Polish player spent a total of 93 minutes on the field and gave 1 goal assist.
Sebastian Szymanski, who played in all 22 matches, spent a total of 1382 minutes on the field.
