“Turkey can be very effective in the balls Portugal lost”
Predicting that “Portugal will have much more ball and will attack much more”, the former Portuguese national football player said, “As a coach, I watched many matches of the Turkish National Team. Turkey is a team that defends very well, especially in the last matches. In today’s football, the ball is also “Having too much and attacking doesn’t mean much by itself. Since Turkey is an effective team in transition attacks while defending, Turkey can be very effective in the balls lost by Portugal, no matter how much Portugal has and attacks,” he said.
Abel Xavier, who stated that Turkey has a strong stance with its four defense and two midfields in front of it, said:
“Hakan Çalhanoğlu and Berat Özdemir are the players I like in Turkey. But Berat is not in the squad at the moment. They both did very important things in terms of holding the midfield and supporting the forwards. The four defense and the two midfielders in front of them will be the most important part of this match for Turkey. The clever moves made by the winger Abulkadir Ömür are important. It is important for Burak Yılmaz to stay between the two defenders. Because Pepe and Ruben Dias are not playing, Burak Yılmaz’s experience there and the midfield’s approach to him will be the determining factors of the match. Especially recently, the Turkish Militia Team “He went too far in terms of tactics. I’ve been watching before. Some players used to go forward, but they didn’t come back quickly. I see that Turkey has a tactical discipline, especially in the last matches, and you play for this tactical discipline.”