National Team’s striker Burak Yılmaz made a statement after the Portugal match. Speaking about the match, Burak Yılmaz said, “We did not start well in the first half. Portugal started well. Later we started to trust ourselves. With confidence, positions and goals came. If I had scored the penalty, it would have been 2-2. Things could have gotten harder for Portugal.” said.
Speaking about the penalty moment, Burak Yılmaz said, “I couldn’t throw… How could I not, I’m still in shock. I couldn’t. This is football. Perhaps one of the beauties of football. It is very bad for us, but it is one of the beauties for Portugal. We upset our country, we upset our people. That’s why.” I’m sorry. When the penalty came, I said, ‘It’s a definite goal, it’s 2-2.’ I’m going to throw it in my dreams at night or before I go to sleep… We should not look at 3 and 4. If the penalty was a goal, it would be 2-2, we would look forward. We may have faltered, but we fulfilled the 3 most of the time. There will be confusion, we play with Portugal after all. “They will also have an advantage in the game. We need to tie this match completely to a penalty. It would have been a different scenario if it had been 2-2. It would have gone to a different place if the penalty had been a goal, not a 3-for-4.” made the statement.
“IT WAS MY LAST MATCH”
Announcing that he left the National Team, Burak Yılmaz said, “Today was my last game. I put an end to my career with the national team. The flag needs to be changed. Enes, Umut, Serdar, Halil, Cenk, whoever else, Kenan, I believe they will do this job. I want to leave the jersey and support it from the outside. To leave it like this… I wouldn’t want to quit after such a sad game. That’s right. I apologize to everyone. I carried this jersey with honor, honor and in a beautiful way. Thank you to all my coaches. That’s all from me…” .