Fenerbahçe will face the Swiss team Lugano in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round. Before the match, coach Jose Mourinho and football player Aleksander Djiku made statements at the press conference.
Statements from Jose Mourinho:
- “I am very happy to be in Fenerbahçe.”
- “I’m very pleased with our squad structure.”
- “I’m not just thinking about the match in Istanbul, tomorrow’s match is also very important for me. We came here to win.”
Statements from Aleksander Djiku:
- “We are looking forward to the Lugano match. We feel ready. We want to make a good start in our first official match.”
- “Whether we play at home or away, our aim is to win all the games.”
“Everyone is doing their best to improve, to adapt to me. The players joined the team step by step. First a certain group, then the first players eliminated in the European Championship, then the players in the quarter-finals. We had 3 “Training sessions with the last group. But we enjoyed the training very much,” Mourinho said.
Djiku said: “The home team preferred to play on synthetic turf. I think football should always be played on nice and green pitches, not on synthetic turf. But we have to adapt to this. We played on very dry pitches in our pre- season matches. I am happy with the work my team has done and the players I will adapt.”
