FIFPRO Player IQ Beyond Growth Meeting was held in a hotel in Istanbul today. TFF Member of the Board of Directors in charge of National Teams and UEFA Champions League Ambassador Hamit Altıntop, who attended the meeting as a speaker, made statements to the press at the end. Altıntop said, “Here, we talked about the fact that our football player brothers play and train a lot throughout the year, and this causes injuries. Everyone shared solutions. My personal opinion is to approach the event more consciously. I think we should train our fellow players a little more. Of course, we need a staff for this, we need to include people who have been trained and experienced in this. I believe that when we put these together, it can be useful. Unfortunately, after our football players do not know how to move forward in what we call their second career, I think that the responsibility here is not only the football player or not only the manager, but also the clubs can provide a little more support. it will be easy and most importantly it will be beneficial for our football. We talked to him. Of course, this is a very difficult process. It is a broad subject,” he said.
“IT WILL BE A VERY DIFFICULT MATCH”
Hamit Altıntop, on how the hosting of the Atatürk Olympic Stadium in the Champions League Final to be played between Manchester City and Inter will affect the organization of the 2028 or 2032 European Championships in Turkey, said:
“It may make 2028 and 2032 a little easier or more difficult. But I believe we have prepared very well. We already have a lot of experience as a country and a city. We have very important professionals. I believe it will go very well. Both teams are in a very good situation. “Two different teams, one more offensive, Pep Guardiola and the other Italian, a team that is well positioned tactically and defensively. It will be a very difficult match.”
“WE ARE SOME MORE SUPPORTING TO HAKAN”
Reminding that the Manchester City – Inter final will also bring two Turkish football players face to face, Altıntop said, “One team has İlkay Gündoğan. The other team has our National Team captain, Hakan Çalhanoğlu. My heart is a little more in favor of Hakan. In terms of being the first Turkish, and the future. In terms of being a good example for the next generation, in terms of increasing motivation and after that, we have two A National Team matches. We are a little more supportive of Hakan as it will be very good in terms of morale there. Of course, they are both brothers. First of all, the values of football, the elements of football “It will be a good football in terms of bringing it to the fore. We can complete the match without any problems and we can look back proudly, I hope, just like in 2005. There is a match that went down in history with a perfect game and a perfect organization. I hope this will be a match like that.” spoke.