Mark van Bommel: 'After falling behind, we recovered quickly and came back'

Belgium's coach Mark van Bommel, who defeated Türkiye 2-1 away in the fifth match of the UEFA International A League Group 1, said that they recovered quickly after falling behind and took control of the game and achieved the victory.

Making a statement at the press conference held after the match played at Gürsel Aksel Stadium, Van Bommel said, "Turkey started the match with a very fast preliminary pressure. I congratulate them for the free-kick goal they scored. After falling behind, we quickly recovered and came back. Especially in the second half, we took control of the game, but in general we lost a lot of balls. The opponent also wanted to win, they had a new coach, but we were good in defense and did not make any mistakes."

Responding to a question about Leandro Trossard, who plays for Beşiktaş, to whom he gave a chance in the second half, the Dutch coach said, "Trossard is a very smart player, he can play between the lines, he is fit and he can also play on the wings. He brought calmness back to the team, he also possesses the ball. He showed a good performance today. Belgian players can play in every league. There are good players like Trossard and Lukaku in the Super League."

Mark van Bommel underlined that Jeremy Doku was one of the prominent players of the match and said, "Doku played very well, he was smart, fast and knew how to take risks. He knew when the ball would come to him, thought in advance and knew what his next step would be."

Van Bommel added that the ground was bad and this negatively affected their games.