Markus Gisdol: It will be difficult to score in Adana

Samsunspor, which is at the bottom of the league, continues its preparations for the away match against Adana Demirspor at the Nuri Asan Facilities at the weekend. German Coach Markus Gisdol held a press conference and made statements about the current situation of his team and their work.

Reminding that Adana Demirspor won all its home matches this season except Fenerbahçe, Markus Gisdol said, “Adana Demirspor is a very good team. Especially they play well in their own field. They only drew against Fenerbahçe. It will be difficult to get points from there. We prepared hard to score or get points. We will have a journey that will last 7 hours. We want to organize this well and show a good physical game. “We will try to get points from that field by organizing all the work well, not just tactically,” he said.

“A little more time is needed to break the pressure and deal with the pressure.”

Underlining that he took over the team with 1 point and that he needed some more time, Gisdol said, “You know what happened in the team before I took office. Only 1 point was scored in 7 matches. We need to go step by step. It will be a long journey until the end of the league. I have enough experience with these situations. If you lose concentration in such situations, you can lose everything. We know we need points. We want to prepare the team in the best possible way and get successful results. We need to accept the situation the club and the team are in. We are in a difficult position. We are talking about a team that is in the Super League after a long time. Maybe it will be difficult throughout the season. The most important thing for us will be to focus on how we can take the next step successfully until the end of the season. Getting successful results is the most important thing for us. In my experience, as long as the club is at the bottom of the league, it will need some more time to break and cope with the pressure. I’m talking about a long process. “We will accept it, work hard and get out of this situation,” he said.

“It will be difficult to score in Adana”

Stating that it will be difficult to score a goal in the match they will play in Adana this week, Samsunspor Coach Markus Gisdol said, “I can say that we have created our basic first 11. Sometimes injuries and illnesses occur. If we create a starting 11 that can win every match, it will be perfect. Afterwards we do not need to make any changes. We have a large staff of 27 people. The goal issue is a long journey. What I want to do in the first step is; To put the team in scoring positions. I think the team is on the right track. When we get better at this, we will score goals and be successful. We missed the goal in the 78th minute in the Beşiktaş match and lost the match with the goal we conceded. If we had been the one to take the lead, the outcome of that match could have been different. We played very pressure against Beşiktaş. Unlucky injuries put us in trouble. We missed the goals we should have scored. It was an unexpected defeat. As long as we don’t concede a goal, we will draw. This gives us 1 point. It would not be realistic to go to Adana Demirspor away and hope that the match will be easy. We will do our best in Adana away and try to do good work both offensively and defensively. Fenerbahçe also drew 0-0 there. “It will be difficult to score goals there,” he said.

“I think there is a lot of focus on ‘what is happening on the field’ when a match is played in Turkey.”

Gisdol, who was asked about Gaetan Laura and Muhammed Gümüşkaya being called to the bench while they were about to be substituted in the Beşiktaş match and entering the game in the 86th minute, one minute after conceding a goal, said the following:

“I don’t want to talk about the situation where Laura and Muhammed were brought into the game after the goal we conceded in the Beşiktaş match. There are players who get injured during the game and you make tactical decisions. Maybe we would have been the ones to score the goal and none of this would have been talked about. I think it is not right to talk about the change. I think there is a lot of focus on ‘what is happening on the field’ during a match in Turkey. When there is a situation like a player’s reaction, we talk internally. “I don’t think it’s right to talk about such things and put them out there.”

Samsunspor and Adana Demirspor will compete against each other on Saturday, December 2nd at 19.00 at the New Adana Stadium.