İlhan Palut: "Our players could not concentrate enough"

Çaykur Rizespor lost 5-2 away to Trabzonspor in the 3rd week match of the Ziraat Turkish Cup Group A. Çaykur Rizespor Technical Director İlhan Palut made statements at the press conference held after the match.

He stated that Trabzonspor came into the match with concentration and gained physical superiority in many positions, and said, "Trabzonspor came into this match with concentration. In addition, they gained physical superiority over us in many positions. Trabzonspor team and technical staff prepared much better than us. I could not prepare my team enough. Our players could not concentrate enough for this match. This was a situation that was visible on the field."

"WE ARE A LITTLE PANIC"

Palut stated that they could not overcome Trabzonspor's pressure and said, "The balls we lost under Trabzonspor's pressure that we could overcome. It really increased Trabzonspor's concentration. They also added self-confidence to this. We also panicked a little on the field. When you are not well prepared and things are going badly on the field, it is unfortunately not easy to get over this. We completed a very bad football day with a very bad score. Trabzonspor deserved the victory, I congratulate them."