Montella talked about his preparations for the Belgium match: 'Criticism against my players is not deserved'

The National Team will face Belgium in the Nations League on Friday.

Before the match, coach Vincenzo Montella made a statement at the press conference.

"THE PARTY THAT SAD ME..."

Vincenzo Montella said he was sorry for the criticism made after the Italy match.

Experienced coach said, "I accept all kinds of criticism because I always give all my energy to my job. Because I am a very hard worker. What upsets me is the criticism made towards our football players. We need to be aware and conscious. They took us to that level. They performed well in the European Championship, they took us to the World Cup. We came here thanks to them. Unfair criticisms are made against them. If a criticism is to be made, it can be directed at me, I will remove it."

"OUR TEAM IS NOT USED TO A LEAGUE"

Vincenzo Montella's statements are as follows:

"Without focusing on the results, our performances in the A League are important. We know how we got here. I don't want to talk about the shortcomings. There is not one of our players who played in 2 Champions Leagues in the last 3-4 years. His absence is felt. I can say Kenan, I can say Orkun... Their absence is also important. I cannot say that our team is used to the A League. We need to get used to it. The first half against Italy was very bad. We were better in the second half. There are many teams that managed to stay among the teams that came to the A League. "There is such a statistic that every year, 4 teams play and 3 teams drop. Let's not put pressure on our players before the matches to say, 'We have to win every match.'

"I DID NOT HAVE A VERY NICE SUMMER"

"I like to give opportunities to young people. From my point of view, I think we need to add them to the team gradually by creating added value. I think we need to take care of the young people. They need to get used to these levels a little. Because when you look at these matches, the difficulty level is like the level of the World Cup semi-final. So let's pay attention to criticism."

"This summer has been a painful summer for me. Not only the World Cup, but also my own family events. I did not have a very good summer, but our president did not leave me alone, I am not alone. In fact, there is an expression in my own language: Victory has a thousand fathers, I can say that defeats are orphans."

"THE ONLY THING THAT BOTHERS ME IS..."

"The only thing that bothers me is that our players are being attacked, so to speak. It's like there was someone else for three years and he brought us to this level, we didn't. It's like we didn't come here with them, they didn't experience these successes either."

"Our football players here represent their country in the best possible way. When something happens, I warn them, like during the half-time of the Italy match. When criticism is made against me, it does not affect me much. But when there is a lot of criticism against my football players, I do not think they deserve so much criticism when they are trying to represent their country very well in such a struggle."

"WHAT I WANT FROM OUR PEOPLE..."

"I am the same Montella, I just have a little more white. There is no other difference. My request from our people is that if we give one more support and stand by them, our football players will undoubtedly reach much better levels."