The head coach of Fenerbahçe, José Mourinho, summarized the friendly match against Zenit (2:1).
“I am happy and very proud of my players. The footballers with regular playing time demonstrated that they are truly super professionals. Those who had less playing time also performed well. I regret that I cannot give them what they deserve, as they deserve more. We believe we showed respect to our fans who came to the stadium, and we played the match in the best way possible.”
“When we were preparing for this game, we had only 9 players. We tried to assemble a team from the available players. Yesterday we worked on this system in training, and the players executed it excellently on the field. I am satisfied just as I was after the victory we achieved in the league match,” Mourinho’s words are quoted by the official website of the Turkish club.
Fenerbahçe won against Zenit at home on Friday, November 15. Goals were scored by Cenk Tosun and Münir-Levent Mercan. The only goal for the Russian club was scored by Aleksandr Erokhin.