The selection of Türkiyedirected by the Italian Vincenzo Montella, They sinned this Saturday against Portugal of being extremely fragile in defense, reaping a 0-3 defeat that qualified the Portuguese for the round of 16 of Euro 2024 and that forces the Ottomans to play for the pass on the last day of the group stage against the Czech Republic.
A meeting in which the young Madrid player Arda Güler was a substitutewhich It provoked the anger of the thousands of Turkish fans who were in the stadium, as well as the millions of compatriots who followed it on television. Their main star was not on the pitch, and This is how Montella excused him: “I am very sorry for Arda Güler. He was tired and there was a risk of injury. I put him into the game thinking that we were going to score a goal when we were at zero.”
An answer that did not completely convince the press present in the press room during the appearance of the Turkish coach after the defeat against Portugal. Hence, Montella ended up somewhat upset by the situation: “It would be better if we talked about the game. We didn’t have a bad game. “We were very close to scoring a goal in the first 20 minutes.”
Regarding the match itself, Montella highlighted: “If you don’t score against rivals of this level in the first minutes, then everything becomes difficult. After his goal, morale went down, and while we were trying to recover, the second came. We tried to recover until the end “We fight a lot.”
Notably All of Türkiye is unleashed with Arda Güler and her football. His great goal against Georgia in the Turkish team’s debut in the Euro Cup was historic as he was the youngest footballer to achieve it. Hence, it is not surprising that there is all the pressure in his country on the young footballer, whom Montella tries to take care of and that he does not experience a situation similar to that of last year, when he was injured during the preseason.
Nihat has no doubts with Güler
This is how Nihat, a living legend of Turkish football, explains it in statements to Ace: “He has an aura, a feeling. Since we saw him play for the first time we knew it. But he also assumes responsibility. He is a leader. He is very mature, he does not panic. The Turkish league is not followed much and it is normal “We didn’t doubt him, even though many people in Spain didn’t know him. In his first season in Madrid he left everyone very happy.”
