“I AM IN CONTACT WITH ENIS DESTAN”
There’s a bit of a “Problem Child, problem kid” issue with Berat. I can see that he is very talented but he seems stuck in his development. I also see my friends in Trabzon because of the reason. I am in contact with Enis, I watched his 2 matches at the stadium he played and I saw that he was making progress. His technique is very good. Cengiz and Kerem are young and successful football players. I am also looking forward to their future.
“MORE SEED PLAYERS WITH CHARACTERS ARE NEEDED”
I want to talk about Barış Alper. We look at how Barış has progressed in 2021. It is important for us that the players from the lower teams play at the national team level. There are 12 players there, waiting to go up. This is one of the issues that I focus on. Hamit is also very focused on this issue. I need actors with more established characters in this position. You saw that the young defender of Trabzon played a very good game yesterday. He played very well against Babel.
“I WILL ALWAYS GIVE MY FACE”
I may not be the best name to be the national team coach, but I will always give my 100 percent. I am aware of the fears of the players, I am aware of how much pressure they are under. Hamit also feels this pressure. Together they decided to work with a foreign coach. It is a fact that the national team has not been doing well lately. From my individual point of view, the pressure and questions I felt were as follows; Aren’t you nervous, we can’t see stress? This is nice. Because I’m a good actor, I’m a good actor. I feel pressure inside, even though it is not visible on my face. There was a small number of Turkish spectators in Latvia. I could express the pressure I felt, there weren’t many Turkish audiences. I was not very happy because I showed my feelings so much. But this was an expression of pressure.