We know what Mourinho “did” to the game of football from 2005 to 2015; But it was the answer to the question of what the game of football did to Mourinho after those dates that we do not know. Between 2005 and 2015, he did extraordinary work in Portugal, England, Italy and Spain, respectively. After 2015, we could not witness the Mourinho we knew, neither in England nor in Italy, taking the stage again with his former glory. Speaking for myself, at least that’s what I think. By the way, even when Mourinho was at his peak, I did not like the games he played; I was always an oppositionist and never spared harsh criticism. But Mourinho is Mourinho and it is really exciting to see him in the Turkish Super League.
Including the first Galatasaray derby until the last Beşiktaş derby, Mourinho was trying to produce or build a strong, dynamic and aggressive game by adding something to the game in every match. A match pragmatist like Mourinho, he tended towards a holistic game in Turkey and we witnessed that he used every square centimeter of the field as the material of the game. This is a game that limits blind shots, pays attention to the first opening passes, starting from the goalkeeper, moves from the first zone to the second zone in a balanced manner, takes precautions against the possibility of the ball being caught, and I must admit, for the first time, he was playing a game that I found endearing.
While trying to make maximum use of Edin Dzeko’s individual talents in attack, in order to produce the final shot from the balls carried aside, Dzeko and Dusan Tadic paid great attention to their relationship, this care was clearly visible in the products of passes, return passes and pass options. Fred was trying to give space and time to Maximin and Szymanski, and was looking forward to the opportunities that could arise from the potential talents of this trio.
Leaving Sofyan Amrabat and Osayi Samuel aside, it was noticeable in almost every match that he had trouble getting the other actors of the defense and midfield to do what he wanted.
We can say that these troublesome situations that I mentioned in the Beşiktaş match affected the spirit and fate of the match. When Filip Kostic, Alexander Djiku and Samet Akaydın responded to the long and blind shots from the Beşiktaş defense with the same harshness and lack of control, Beşiktaş won the second ball in the midfield and had the opportunity to fight adjacently, hard and uninterruptedly, narrowing the game for the Fenerbahçe attackers. .
It is unlikely that Mourinho could have foreseen this situation, but even though he did see it, the precautions he thought he had taken were not reflected in the match at all. Just for this reason, Fenerbahçe could not carry its own game to wide areas and, accordingly, could not develop brisk and intimidating attacks, especially from the wings. However, before the match, it was clear what both teams could do. Beşiktaş had no choice but to play an aggressive and challenging game. The formulation of this could be “bass boz game”. But Fenerbahçe made such a defensive contribution to Serdar Topraktepe’s game that it was not about buttering the bread, it was about offering honey and pastry.
Two Beşiktaş players, Rafa Silva and Gedson Fernandes, turned the chaotic situation of the Fenerbahçe defense into a crisis line with their vertical running and pressure.
Perhaps the most appropriate last word for this match would be the goal itself; A loose and skinny shot, which clattered and rolled silently and, unlike Ciro Immobile, reached the net without any contribution from him.
Footnote; The referee of the match was amazing. He thought about the game, made very accurate decisions that guided the flow of the game, and was very compassionate towards the players.
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