Yellow Canaries manager Christoph Daum spoke to reporters after his team's 2-1 loss at the hands of Eskişehirspor on Saturday night. The German coach admitted that Fenerbahçe's flanks had performed very weak on the night, but also pointed at the referee's wrong calls. "We need to support this squad even more and help them grow stronger," commented Daum.

German coach Christoph Daum spoke to the press after Fenerbahçe's 2-1 defeat at the Eskişehir Atatürk Stadium on Saturday night. Daum began his words by congratulating Eskişehirspor and their coach Rıza Çalımbay. He then commented that Fenerbahçe had deserved to get at least one point with their performance on Saturday night.

"We especially needed to attack and create more chances from the flanks," commented Daum. "We are aware that we are in a fall, these last few weeks. We need to find a break and rise up again in the coming games," he continued. "We need to work hard and win our next games," stated the Fener manager.

Daum also spoke about referee errors, in his post-match press conference. "Unfortunately, a lot of the calls were given against us," said Christoph Daum. "There was a foul on Bilica, before Eskişehirspor's goal and the referee missed it," he explained. 

Christoph Daum then mentioned that he went for a triple substitution, in order to turn the match around. "When we conceded the goal, we had to add the pressure and look for goals, so instead of making two substitutions, we made three," he explained.

Afterwards, Daum revealed that he won't be making any radical changes in the squad. "We played a lot of good games and won a lot of victories together," said Christoph Daum. "We need to support this squad even more and help them grow stronger," he continued.

Meanwhile, straight after the final whistle, Lig TV reporter Tunç Elibol had asked Daum whether there would be any changes in the squad during the league break, whether there would be any transfers in the upcoming transfer window. "At this point, it's irrational to think about the league break. We have to concentrate on our last two games," answered Daum.

"We have a 'no supporters' match against Ankaragücü and then we have an away game at Trabzon. We will fight to get as much as we can from the maximum six points. It's not reasonable to be thinking about other things at this stage," explained the German coach.

(Photo courtesy of Fenerbahce.org)