"Our whole plan is to win"

Sergen Yalçın, the coach of our National Football Team, which will host Belgium in Izmir in the 5th week of the UEFA Nations A League 1st Group, made statements before the match.

"ARDA OKAN KURTLAN CANNOT PLAY DUE TO THE PROCEDURE"

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.

"BEING HERE IS VERY VALUABLE FOR US"

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.

"WE TRIED TO MAKE SMALL TOUCHES"

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. 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. It is very difficult for Zeki to start as well. Maybe we can use Zeki in a 20-30 minute period.

"WE HAVE 3-4 PLAYERS WHO HAVE JUST RECOVERED FROM INJURY"

We have 3-4 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 WE MAKE A GOOD START"

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.

"WE MADE OUR WHOLE PLAN TO WIN"

How can we create our dream game in such a short time? 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.

"WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE RESULT WILL BE"

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.

"ENES WILL START AS FORWARD"

You were wondering if there was a striker, so I brought it with me when I came. The center forward is with us. Enes will start. The question you always wonder about is that 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.

"İRFAN CAN MAY COME TO THE OTHER CAMP"

As for İrfan Can, İrfan Can is a player who is already in the large squad of our national team. He may have been upset because he wasn't included in the national team. But there are 25 more players out there who are upset along with İrfan Can. I would like to point that out too. Please let's not take this individually. So, we chose a squad for these 2 matches and we found it appropriate to have this squad. We used some of our discretion on some players. So the only thing we expect from this is respect. So, this is not a horse and a camel after all. I don't think it's a big deal. So he didn't come to this camp, but he might come to the next camp. Yes, its performance is improving. Hopefully it gets better. It will be much more successful. So we take it here. So we have no ill will towards anyone. This can never happen.