THE NIGHTMARE RETURNS: 20-YEAR RECORD FROM FENERBAHCE

While the storm of excitement continues at full speed on the UEFA Champions League stage, the massive problems experienced in the defensive line on the front of our representative Fenerbahçe continue to annoy. The yellow-navy blue team managed to leave the pitch with only one point by drawing 2-2 from the critical struggle faced with Slavia Prague at Chobani Stadium in the tough Czechia away game. Experiencing great weaknesses in closing the goal despite the productivity displayed in the attacking line, our representative signed a historically bad statistic as of the remaining matches. According to Opta Can data; seeing exactly 9 goals in the net in the first 3 group matches played in the Champions League this season, Fenerbahçe officially repeated the season conceding the most goals as of the first 3 group matches in European cups history. The yellow-navy blue community previously experienced a similar defensive nightmare while appearing in the Champions League in the 2004/05 season and conceded 9 goals again in the first 3 matches in the group. This incredible collapse experienced in defense after long years deeply makes the technical committee and all fans think. After the Slavia Prague struggle ending 2-2 at Chobani Stadium, it definitely seems essential for our representative, sustaining hopes of getting out of the group, to find urgent solutions for the defense structure to draw a successful graphic in the coming weeks. Simple goals conceded and critical points lost always cause wounds hard to compensate in the arena of giants. Successive individual mistakes made in the goals conceded by the team in the Czechia away game caused the arrows of criticism to turn directly to the defenders after the match. What kind of tactical strategy the manager will follow in the defensive line in the remaining tough European matches has already become a matter of great curiosity in the sports public.

GÖRSEL: FENERBAHÇE