İsmail Kartal: “We secured a very important victory”

In his statement, İsmail Kartal said, “It’s a very important victory. Başakşehir was a team that played good football in the recent weeks. In the first half, when it was 11 vs. 11, we had 4-5 clear goal opportunities. We managed to have the ball in the penalty area 71 times. This is probably a record in Turkey. After the opponent went down to 10 men, they closed down a lot. We had difficulty breaking down the packed defense. We won 1-0, but we could have scored more goals normally. I am happy because we won in the end.”

Response from İsmail Kartal regarding Bonucci

In response to the question about Bonucci, who was not included in the squad, the experienced coach stated, “Bonucci does not have a significant issue. I did not include him in the squad as a precautionary measure.”