Harsh words from Nihat Kahveci after the Türkiye - Belgium match: 'League A was difficult for us!'

The National Team hosted Belgium in Izmir in the 5th week match of the UEFA National A League 1st Group. Belgium won the match with a score of 2-1.

The National Team, which took the field for the first time under the management of Sergen Yalçın, took the lead with Arda Güler's free kick goal in the 20th minute.

While Belgium equalized the score with De Bruyne in the 27th minute, the goal that determined the outcome of the match came from De Ketelaere in the 30th minute.

The highlights of Nihat Kahveci's statements, who commented on the match on Kontraspor Youtube channel, are as follows:

"ARDA SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED"

"Arda played very well throughout the match, he played very effectively, but he scored such a free-kick goal that he scored a wonderful goal from long distance. Arda Güler; coach, what did you do, what did you do! That ball will not come out, brother. We were very hopeful with that goal, maybe we would get a point or a win this time. Arda needs to be accompanied, Arda needs to be used better."

"CONTRACTING 2 GOALS IN 3 MINUTES IS VERY PAINFUL AT THESE LEVELS"

"At minute 27, De Bruyne, who we said should not be left idle, put it to the ceiling. 3 minutes later, De Ketelaere... We conceded 2 goals in 3 minutes. We watched Doku, how football is touched, how it is played, we watched a peripheral player. After the substitutions in the second half, we entered the positions made by Belgium. With Hakan, with Deniz... But unfortunately, we lost again. Defensively, conceding 2 goals in 3 minutes is very painful at these levels."

"THIS A LEAGUE WAS DIFFICULT FOR US"

"The last 8 official matches. We won the American match, 7 matches were lost. It is really difficult. And we started very well. Good atmosphere. A great goal.

This A League was difficult for us. This A League includes players and coaches. "We feel sad."

"LOCAL FORWARDS ARE NOT TRAINED IN TURKEY"

"We played with the striker. I think Deniz, who entered later, played better than Enes, who played in the first 11. Combine Enes Ünal and Deniz Gül, there is not a single striker. Deniz cannot even play in Galatasaray. He was not selected for the national team because he played well. He plays because he is in the pool. Osimhen is injured again, Deniz is a substitute. Barış gets a chance instead, Deniz is the third striker. We cannot be angry with anyone here because Turkey does not produce local strikers."

"I DO NOT CALL"

Touching on the issue of Berke Özer, Kahveci said, "If this problem was solved, how was it solved and whoever is the cause of the problem, if Berke is Berke, if Montella is Montella. If he left because he didn't play, I won't call him. I publicly say 'I did wrong', 'I realized my mistake'." he said.