Fenerbahçe Coach Jose Mourinho broke new ground this season by making surprising choices in the first 11 of the Hatayspor match in the 18th week of the Trendyol Super League.
LEVENT MERCAN AT 11 FOR THE FIRST TIME
The Portuguese coach put Levent Mercan, who was transferred at the beginning of the season and did not give him much playing time, in the starting 11 for the first time this season. The 24-year-old football player was included in the game only in 2 matches this season.
DZEKO AND EN-NEIZRI ON THE SAME TIME
Mourinho played the duo Edin Dzeko and Youssef En-Nesyri in his line. The experienced coach said, “We were able to practice for 9 days in a row. It is difficult to find this in the middle of the season. We worked hard. We improved some things, tried to add some new things. Today, for example, Dzeko and En-Nesyri will start together. We did not have much chance to try this.” “Because Youssef could not join us immediately at the beginning of the season,” he explained.
KALE IS ENSURED TO İRFAN CAN
On the other hand, İrfan Can Eğribayat is protecting the yellow-dark blue team's goal in the Hatayspor match. Croatian goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic is not even in the match squad, claiming that he is not ready. Among the substitutes is Ertuğrul Çetin as the goalkeeper.
MAXIMIN IS NOT IN THE SQUAD
In addition, Fenerbahçe's Allan Saint-Maximin was not included in the match squad for precautionary purposes due to slight pain. Oğuz Aydın is not in the match squad because he is not ready to return from injury. Samet Akaydin and İsmail Yüksek, the other injured players in Fenerbahçe, are not in the squad for the Hatayspor match.
FENERBAHÇE'S TOP 11
Top 11: Irfan Can Egribayat, Osayi Samuel, Çaglar, Djiku, Levent, Amrabat, Fred, Tadic, Kostic, Dzeko, En-Nesiri.
Substitutes: Ertuğrul, Mert, Yusuf, Bartuğ, Mert Hakan, Szymanski, İrfan Can, Cengiz, Yiğit Emir, Cenk.
