İsmail Kartal Prevents the "Aykut Kocaman Syndrome"!

Fenerbahçe gave its fans a sigh of relief by defeating Konyaspor in the new week of the Super League, while also burying one of the famous bad start statistics, which is considered a dark spot in the club's history. The yellow-navy blue team, under the management of İsmail Kartal, narrowly avoided repeating the nightmare of "going winless in the first two weeks" experienced during the era of legendary head coach Aykut Kocaman in the 2017-2018 season with this critical victory today. As it will be remembered, in that unfortunate season, Fenerbahçe started the league with 2-2 draws against Göztepe and Trabzonspor, closing the first two weeks with only 2 points. On top of that, they bid an early farewell to European cups with the surprise Vardar shock.

The cost of the bad start was extremely heavy at the end of the season; although the team made a great leap in the second half, they could only finish the Super League in second place with 72 points, just 3 points behind the champion Galatasaray. In the Ziraat Turkish Cup, the yellow-navy blue team, which reached the final, lost 3-2 to Akhisarspor in the final match played in Diyarbakır and missed out on that trophy as well. İsmail Kartal's students not only prevented this dark scenario from being rewritten with this clear victory against Konyaspor, but also showed the entire sports public how determined they are in their championship march. Turning this critical corner has also greatly reduced the pressure on the technical committee and the players. Fans are highly pleased that İsmail Kartal lifted the team without falling victim to this negative statistic. Now, all eyes are turned to the performance Fenerbahçe will display in the rest of the season.

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