Mehmet Büyükekşi, who came to the Netherlands with the National Football Team delegation that will play against Japan in a friendly match on Tuesday, September 12, made special statements to the AA correspondent.
Büyükekşi stated that they were saddened by the draw against Armenia, but that match was now behind us and said, “A win over Armenia would have given us a great advantage for the 2024 European Championship, unfortunately it did not happen as we wanted. The goal was to win and guarantee it, but we continue on our way. We maintain our advantage for the next matches. The same “We will play our three matches seriously. In October, we will play first against Croatia and then against Latvia. I believe that we will get the necessary results in those matches and participate in the European Championship.” he said.
President Büyükekşi said, “There are allegations that Stefan Kuntz will part ways and Abdullah Avcı will take office. Are these true?” To the question, “There is no such thing. I made the necessary explanations after the match. I said it would not be right to talk about Stefan Kuntz right now. If we lost points, we lost together. Now we continue on our way.” he replied.
Mehmet Büyükekşi, “Will Stefan Kuntz be at the head of the team in the Croatia match?” “Yes, the Croatia match, the Latvia match, hopefully we will fight to do the best.” he replied.
“WE ARE PLANNING TO HAVE A FRIENDLY MATCH WITH GERMANY”
Mehmet Büyükekşi said that the National Team will face Germany, the host of the 2024 European Football Championship (EURO 2024), in a special match in November.
Stating that the national team will prepare for EURO 2024 in the best possible way by playing matches with important rivals, President Büyükekşi said:
“The situation of the team is very good. There is a family atmosphere, friendship is at the highest level, there is no problem. Hopefully, we will participate in the European Championship. We came here to play a friendly match with Japan. Japan has made an important breakthrough now. They are in the last 16 of the World Cup.” They were eliminated by Croatia on penalties. They are in the 20th place in the world rankings, we are in the 41st place. They beat Germany 4-1 in their last match. This is a friendly match, the goal is to play with stronger teams, especially from Turkey. While playing this match “To be successful by playing with stronger teams than ourselves, especially for the matches against Croatia and Latvia. We are planning to play a friendly match with Germany in November. We want to see what our own players can do against stronger teams in order to be better prepared for the European Championship.”