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26.04.2005

“It Was a Difficult Game”

Beşiktaş Vice President in Charge of the Football Branch Kıvanç Oktay, Technical Director Rıza Çalımbay and players agreed that it was a difficult win over Konyaspor.

Kıvanç Oktay said the following after our 2-1 win:
“This game was a difficult one for us. We played and competed well. We continue to our path. God willing as of next week we will win all of the games and finish the league in the best place.”
Rıza Çalımbay said the following at the press conference:
“I have already stated that the game will be difficult and it was a game as I was expecting. A struggle like that after the tough Fenerbahçe derby is normal. I had been preparing my players for this game since a week ago and as you appreciate it was a difficult situation... Despite all that I am happy that we won.”
Players Çağdaş Atan, Mustafa Doğan, İbrahim Toraman and John Carew agreed that they had undersigned a difficult win.
Çağdaş Atan: We succeeded even if with Ahmed Hassan’s perfect goal in the last minutes of the game. We did not play very well however competed well. We are happy that we won.
Mustafa Doğan: We knew that our fans would fill up the stadium. Fenerbahçe victory wouldn’t be of any importance if we hadn’t won this game. It was difficult but we managed to succeed, we are happy.
İbrahim Toraman: It was a nice win. We managed to gain points even though it was difficult. We tried to compete as a team. We won and are happy.
John Carew: It was a difficult game for us. We used to have a bad history with Konyaspor however we gained the edge over them and won. We are happy.

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