Beşiktaş coach Italiano: 'We need to be more decisive in front of goal' after Alanyaspor loss

Beşiktaş coach Vincenzo Italiano acknowledged his team's struggles with finishing after their 1-0 defeat to Alanyaspor, marking their first official loss of the season. The Italian manager stated that the team needs to "learn from this."

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We need to learn from this.

Italiano felt his team played well in the first half and created chances to open the scoring. However, he noted that fatigue began to set in, compounded by the heat and a strong opponent capable of challenging any team. He also pointed to "miraculous saves" by the Alanyaspor goalkeeper as a factor in the loss.

"We need to be more decisive in front of goal," Italiano said. "We have to keep working and look to the next match." He described Beşiktaş as a developing team and acknowledged that such setbacks can occur. The coach stressed the importance of playing consistently both at home and away, and being creative.

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We need to be more decisive in front of goal. We have to keep working and look to the next match.

The primary issue, according to Italiano, was the inability to score. "We had trouble scoring, we had trouble opening the game up. We tried everything," he stated. "We need to learn from this because we have a very, very important match on Thursday. We still have a long way to go and need to work a lot."

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We had trouble scoring, we had trouble opening the game up. We tried everything. We need to learn from this because we have a very, very important match on Thursday. We still have a long way to go and need to work a lot.