Sergen Yalçın told everything from A to Z before the Belgium match! Enes Ünal, İrfan Can Kahveci, Arda Güler, Ferdi Kadıoğlu...

Our National Football Team will face Belgium in Izmir tomorrow in the 5th match of the UEFA Nations A League.

Before the match, our coach Sergen Yalçın spoke at the press conference.

Here are Yalçın's words;

You know, we don't have much time to prepare. We are together with the players for a period of 6 days. We will play two matches in this process. The preparation period did not last long. However, in the short term, we did some special work for our first match, the Belgium match. We did some tactical work. We tried to make small touches. We will see together how efficient we will get in the short term.

"ARDA OKAN KURTULAN'S SITUATION IS A PROCEDURE MATTER"

The statement made by the coach regarding the Arda incident does not concern me very much. Let me say that first. So it doesn't really concern us. He is making a statement about his own club. It's not that the player doesn't have the paperwork, he can't play because of the procedure. Because it has not become our citizenship. Let's not say citizenship; The player cannot play for the Turkish National Team because he has not yet selected the Turkish National Team as a matter of procedure. We just stated it. While these transactions are carried out, they are done with documents. In other words, these things cannot be done verbally, or over the phone. That's what we call documents. We didn't know that either. Let's say it openly. But this probably takes some time when we actually announce the squad. Arda was in our National Team squad. We were going to recruit the squad for this camp, for two matches. But he cannot play due to procedure. Naturally, we couldn't get it either. Then we had him searched by the federation. He is required to write a petition regarding the Turkish National Team. After that, the operations need to start. Naturally, this requires a process. That process does not catch up in this short period. So it's a procedure. It's a very normal thing

"WE ARE PLAYING OUR FIRST NATIONAL MATCH, OUR RESPONSIBILITY IS GREAT"

While we were working at Beşiktaş, we won two trophies in four days. Maybe it could be a very auspicious stadium for us. Naturally, we are excited. We are playing our first national match. It is very valuable for us to be here. Being the head of the national team. We have many responsibilities. In other words, we have responsibilities towards the country and all our citizens. We are also aware of this. We have prepared well in this short period.

INJURY STATEMENT

We tried to make small touches. So the process is very short for two matches. As you know, we cannot use some of our players in this camp, including Kenan. We removed Aral. He is not ready for two matches either. I'm talking about tomorrow's competition. It is very difficult for Zeki to start as well. Maybe we can use Zeki in a 20-30 minute period.

And we have three or four new players coming back from injury. We have players who may not be 100 percent physically, but we will use them in certain parts of the game. Let me say that first. But as I said, being here, I don't know, being in the national team of the country, that is, being with you. Let me tell you, I am a fan of a very positive outlook.

"I HOPE IT WILL BE THE START OF A NEW STORY"

We hope it's a good start for tomorrow. Our situation in the group is clear. You all know our situation in the group. But we have a play-out situation if a point or points are achieved. If we can pull it off. But the kids are all concentrated. They are good, we prepared well, we prepared mentally. We tried to make small touches. I hope tomorrow will be a good start, a good game, the beginning of a new story.

"OUR PRIORITY IS A WINNING AGAINST BELGIUM"

So, how can our dream game happen in such a short time right now? We will see him tomorrow when the match starts. But of course, I always talk about long-term plans. European Championship. Because there is a World Cup. We signed a long contract. These places are very valuable to us. Isn't this place valuable? Of course, this place is also valuable.

We made all our plans to win tomorrow. Let me say that first. Because we definitely need to get three points so that we can stay in Group A. Maybe we will play a play-off match, if we can get three points. This is very valuable to us. It is also very important to stay in this group. Because when we play with such high-level teams, we can see our own level more clearly. We can raise this even higher.

"NATIONAL TEAM DOOR IS OPEN FOR YOUNG PLAYERS"

Playing with these teams in this group is also very valuable for player development. We have new young players. We have new young players coming. We are making a long plan program. I think this group is much more suitable to bring them here and raise their level, but after all, this is football, of course. None of us know what the result will be, but I think our team is well concentrated and well prepared for tomorrow. We will see the rest together tomorrow.

"ACTUALLY THIS WAS A MESSAGE"

We made some changes in staff selection. So, speaking of changes, there has been a lot of speculation about the players in the past. Let me give you some information about them. We have a large pool of players on hand. So, when choosing our players, we choose from this pool and, as I said, there is a well-established national team squad. In other words, one eighty percent is a section that has already arrived here. They will be stable because they are an ossified group. Twenty percent may vary. How can it change? It may change depending on the performance and we can make some choices based on the performance and there are young players we recruit. Just like Kocaelispor's goalkeeper. We give a message to the young players in Galatasaray, like Deniz. So you can come here. This jersey hangs here. If you are qualified, your performance is high and you are deemed suitable for here, you can come here. Actually, this was also a message.

"WE WILL PLAY WITH THE CENTER"

I don't think it is right to evaluate the incident individually. We did not come here to satisfy our personal tastes. The reason we came here is to make our citizens happy, to take Turkish football to the top, to play good games, and to gain appreciation from all the people. We will be able to do this in a while. But when is the deadline? I don't know about that. Now you know the national matches. We play two matches in six days and we are together with the players for the first time. It is not easy to change some things in football. But we tried to make small touches. Mentally, I don't know, we tried to make some touches as a game. Here is the question you always wonder about, we are playing without a centre-forward. No, we brought the center forward with us. We will play with the center forward here. We're going to make some changes to that game.

"I UNDERSTAND THE PLAYERS WHO ARE OUTSIDE THE SQUAD"

Player selections may change sometimes. So, all of our players can be included in this squad. Our players who are left out are naturally upset. I understand that too. It's very normal. Every Turkish player wants to come to the national team. But we also have to choose a staff. So naturally, we cannot call fifty players here. We invited twenty-five, twenty-six players to this camp and there is also a group of eleven players who will start. So we call the best players in their team, the highest level players here and start an eleven from there. This is not easy either. Some players naturally sit on the bench depending on the opponent, the game, and what we want. So, I think the starting group is important, but I think the team that finishes the match is more important. It is more important for us. How will the finishing group finish? OK, the beginning is important. But as you know, there is also a group that finished. Five players are changing in football now. That's fifty percent. When there is a head injury, six players change. That's six players. That means sixty percent of the team can change in one match. Our players waiting on the sidelines are also very valuable to us. They can also enter us and win the match. We want to keep the players together and do something together.

Our players' morale is very good, their perspective is very good. Believe me when I say this, all of the children are brilliant children with great character. The friendship environment is incredibly beautiful. So there is no reason not to be successful here. But of course, as you know in football, everything is about results. So I don't know what will happen tomorrow or the day after. But in my opinion, this national team is a squad that can achieve great things with the participation of three or five players from abroad. There are many young players around us, and there are players who can make great strides. If we combine these, I think this squad can be a really good squad. In a very short time. And we are trying to do this together with the players. But in general, we did three training sessions, two more tactical training sessions. You know, how much things change? We will see him all together tomorrow.

INDIVIDUAL & INTELLIGENT

Individual is 100 percent ready. We also talked to him. Son was already in the squad for the match in England, he was a substitute. He didn't play, but he was in the ready squad. Individual is ready. It will start tomorrow. Only Zeki has a problem. He also just came back from injury. We can use Zeki for 20-30 minutes for this match. We can start him in the France match, but we will see tomorrow where Ferdi should be.

"NOT A PROBLEM FOR ME, DON'T INTERACT WITH THE PLAYERS"

Our dialogues with the players are good. We had already worked together with three or four players in club teams. Here too, we are not too far away from the players, we are in close contact. We constantly exchange ideas. We hold some individual meetings and group meetings. We talk all the time in training. Our dialogues are fine. Let me tell you, we do not have even the slightest problem with any player.

Please, I ask you too, please look at our players in the national team, they are players with great character, very good players. They are all brilliant kids, young kids. Please do not make negative news about the players. I ask you to do this, specifically. It's no problem for me to criticize. You can do whatever you want, but don't mess with the players too much. Because the players are the players who will contribute to the future of our country. Players who will contribute to the country's football. They need to stand firmly, and children are also affected by your criticisms. That's why these are our future. We need to keep them intact.