Our National Football Team defeated Romania with a score of 1-0 in the 2026 World Cup European Qualifications play-off semi-final match at Tüpraş Stadium. The Stars and Crescents have only one match left to qualify for the World Cup. After this critical match, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, one of the star names of the team, made a statement.
HERE ARE HAKAN’S WORDS:
It’s been 1.5 months since I had my injury. It took 1.5 months. Mentally I was a little low. One after another, physical problems damaged my psychology, but I tried to stay standing. I played in the Juventus match, I had edema. I came back and got injured again. I tried to keep my morale high for this match, I worked hard. Inter helped me in this regard, Mister Chivu helped me a lot, I thank him.
Everyone is trying to do their duty on the field. We are a young, challenging, dynamic team. We knew it would be a difficult match. Lucescu knows us well and prepared it accordingly. We could have made better runs in the back in the first half. We wanted the ball a lot, the front runners had a hard time, they covered the defense well. In the second half, Ferdi scored with the ball and it was 1-0.
The most important thing today was to maintain balance when we went on the counterattack. We went on the attack together and tried to stay compact. We implemented this well. Now it’s the final. I hope my Lord will grant it. This team has a lot of character.
