On Sunday, Fenerbahçe skilled the unraveling of their grand ambitions as they watched their hopes of besting their bitter-arch rivals Galatasaray dissipate into air like scattered clouds.
The Lions’ resounding 3-0 victory on the Ülker stadium despatched a deafening silence by the stadium, puncturing Fenerbahçe’s desires of at the least being high on the Spor Toto Süper Lig.
When the Yellow Canaries suffered a crushing defeat by the hands of the roaring Lions within the large derby, all eyes have been immediately fixated on one man and sure, you guessed it proper, President Ali Koç, significantly after his post-match remarks.
For the devoted Fenerbahçe followers, the wait for his or her beloved crew to reclaim league silverware since their 2014 triumph has been an extended and arduous nightmare, and one which nonetheless stands.
After assuming presidency of the Yellow-Navy Blue crew, Koç has been unable to carry success to the desk and even achieve admiration of his supporters, a feat that was in the end supplemented by dismal outcomes.
Ali Koç, who changed Aziz Yıldırım on Nov. 5, 2018, labored diligently within the chairpersonship for greater than 4 years, throughout which he collaborated with many technical males and coaches.
Despite his finest efforts, he was unable to expertise the enjoyment of successful any league title with the famend technical males, and his expenditure price thousands and thousands of euros nonetheless did not carry the championship trophy to the delight of followers in Kadıköy.
Koç has been grabbing the limelight with the outcomes his crew has achieved in opposition to their archrivals since he took workplace. In the 5 encounters between Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray beneath his management, the Yellow-Navy Blues might solely take dwelling a victory within the season finale final yr with a 2-0 rating.
The first assembly of Koç’s tenure ended with a draw at 1-1, adopted by a 1-3 and 0-1 defeats at dwelling.
However, their most up-to-date assembly, which befell on Sunday, resulted in a devastating 0-3 loss for the Yellow Canaries. The bitter 0-3 defeat to archrivals Galatasaray despatched shockwaves of shock by the Fenerbahçe trustworthy.
As the ultimate whistle of the derby blew, among the Yellow-Navy Blue trustworthy directed their ire towards membership President Ali Koç who had been watching the match from the protocol tribune, and vented their frustrations. “Enough of the president! When will we smile again?” they cried, in an emotional response to the match outcome.
After the derby, Koç mentioned: “We apologize to our fans. It’s nothing more than three points. When we made Galatasaray taste the heaviest defeats, we could not become champions in the seasons we won 4-0 and 6-0.”
Fenerbahçe President Ali Koç’s phrases have been met with criticism by the followers. On social media, a Fenerbahçe supporter, unable to make sense of Koç’s statements, remarked, “Isn’t the 3-0 score heavy enough, president?”
It is especially noteworthy that Ali Koç, who assumed the presidency at Fenerbahçe following Aziz Yıldırım, has fared poorly in high-stakes derbies.
Under Koç, Fenerbahçe endured a fairly unimpressive file, having solely notched up three wins in 18 matches, whereas settling for 10 attracts and 5 losses, leading to a median rating of 1.06.
Former President Aziz Yıldırım had been a record-breaking chief, having gained 42 of the 85 derby matches, drawn 20 and misplaced 23. With a formidable 1.72 factors common, he holds the very best rating common in derbies amongst all Fenerbahçe presidents.
