Candidate Squad Announced for Türkiye-Italy Match
Quick Look
- Türkiye national football team will play away to Italy in the 1st match of UEFA Nations League Group A.
- Arda Güler and Barış Alper Yılmaz will not be able to play due to card penalty.
- The match will start at 21.45 GMT at the Renato Dall'Ara Stadium in Bologna and will be broadcast on ATV.
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Why It Matters
The Turkish national team lost its first three matches in the UEFA Nations League Group A and still could not score any points. They lost 1-0 to France, 4-1 to Italy and 3-0 to Belgium.
The match, which will start at 21.45 GMT at the Renato Dall'Ara Stadium in Bologna, Italy, will be broadcast live on ATV.
Szymon Marciniak from the Polish Football Federation will manage the match. Marciniak's assistants will be Tomasz Listkiewicz and Adam Kupsik from the same country. The fourth referee of the match will be Karol Arys.
In the other match of the group, France and Belgium will meet in Paris at 21.45 GMT.
NATIONAL TEAM IS ON THE FIELD FOR THE FIRST POINTS
The crescent-star team, which lost its first three matches in the A-League 1st Group and could not draw any points, will play away in Italy to end the losing streak.
In its first match, Türkiye lost 1-0 to France in Kocaeli, 4-1 to Italy in Bursa and 3-0 away to Belgium. Having defeated Türkiye away, Italy lost 2-0 to Belgium at home and drew 1-1 with France on the road.
The national team will complete their group play in November with away matches against France and Belgium in Izmir.
ARDA AND BARIŞ ALPER PENALIZED
Arda Güler and Barış Alper Yılmaz, the important names of the crescent-star team, will not be able to play away in Italy due to card penalties.
Arda and Barış were suspended due to the cards they received in the Belgium match.
CANDIDATE SQUAD OF THE NATIONAL TEAM
Türkiye's 29-man candidate squad, under the management of coach Vincenzo Montella, is as follows:
Goalkeepers: Altay Bayındır (Celta Vigo), Muhammed Şengezer (RAMS Başakşehir), Okan Kocuk (Samsunspor), Uğurcan Çakır (Galatasaray)
Defense: Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Eren Elmalı, (Galatasaray), Adil Demirbağ (TÜMOSAN Konyaspor), Emirhan Topçu (Beşiktaş), Ferdi Kadıoğlu (Brighton), Merih Demiral (Al Ahli), Ozan Kabak (Hoffenheim), Samet Akaydin, Mustafa Eskihellaç (Trabzonspor), Zeki Çelik (Juventus), Yusuf Akçiçek (Al-Hilal)
Midfield: İsmail Yüksek, Bartuğ Elmaz (Fenerbahçe), Demir Ege Tıknaz (Braga), Melih Kabasakal (Trabzonspor), Salih Özcan (Beşiktaş), Emirhan İlkhan (Torino)
Forwards: Aral Şimşir (Trabzonspor), Deniz Gül, Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray), Can Uzun (Eintracht Frankfurt), İlhan Fakılı (Beşiktaş), İrfan Can Kahveci, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Oğuz Aydın (Fenerbahçe).
ITALY'S CANDIDATE SQUAD
The following names are included in Italy's candidate squad under the management of coach Roberto Mancini:
Goalkeeper: Marco Carnesecchi (Atalanta), Gianluigi Donnarumma (Manchester City), Massimo Pessina (Bologna), Guglielmo Vicario (Juventus)
Defenders: Honest Ahanor (Crystal Palace), Alessandro Bastoni (Inter), Riccardo Calafiori (Arsenal), Diego Coppola (Paris FC), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), Federico Dimarco (Inter), Daniele Ghilardi (Roma), Michael Kayode (Brentford), Eddy Kouadio (Monza), Gianluca Mancini (Roma), Giorgio Scalvini (Atalanta)
Midfield: Nicolò Barella (Inter), Bryan Cristante (Roma), Issa Doumbia (Sporting), Nicolo Fagioli (Fiorentina), Davide Frattesi (Lazio), Rolando Mandragora (Turin), Alessandro Romano (Cagliari), Sandro Tonali (Tottenham)
Forwards: Nicolo Cambiaghi (Bologna), Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter), Sebastiano Esposito (Sassuolo), Samuele Inacio (Borussia Dortmund), Moise Kean (Como), Daniel Maldini (Cagliari), Giacomo Raspadori (Atalanta), Gianluca Scamacca (Atalanta), Antonio Vergara (Napoli), Nicolo Zaniolo (Udinese), Mohamed Ali Zoma (Nuremberg).
Open Questions
- Will Türkiye be able to score points in its next matches?
- How many matches will Arda Güler and Barış Alper Yılmaz's suspension last?
- How long will Vincenzo Montella continue as coach?
