A National Football Team defeated Luxembourg 2-0 in the 3rd match of UEFA Nations C League 1st Group. After the match, Stefan Kuntz made statements at the press conference.
Expressing that they played a tough match, Stefan Kuntz said, “We expected it to be like this. We said Luxembourg is the toughest team in the group before. When there are 3, 4 match series in football, you can’t easily pass the next matches as you can easily pass 1-2 matches. However, my players are good against this reality. They endured, they fought well. So I’m proud. As for Halil’s performance. Enes had pains. We didn’t have many offensive alternatives in the forward line in this sense. We thought about the match we will play on Tuesday. Accordingly, we did not want to put Serdar and Halil on the field at the same time. We took into account the fatigue balancing issue. We continued in this way. We took Orkun to Halil’s position. There was some improvement. But we can try similar things in the next matches. These types of matches are matches where you can try at the same time. We did these. We learned new things on certain subjects, and I learned too.”
“RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE MATCH WE WILL ONLY PLAY ON TUESDAY”
Stating that their priority is the match to be played on Tuesday, Kuntz said, “We should definitely not have a situation to think about the play-offs. We should only think about the game we will play on Tuesday. We may think about different issues later on.”
“WE ARE IN GOOD CONDITION BOTH OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSE”
Expressing that he is satisfied with the performances of the players he has assigned on the offensive line, Kuntz said, “If you put all your thoughts on a single player, you will weaken yourself. Today we played the third game. We scored 12 goals. What more do we want? I am satisfied with the performance of my offensive players. Both offensive and defensive. “We are in a good position as a team. We scored 12 goals in 3 games. It is a very good situation. As a coach, the more players with goal-scoring skills, the better for me,” he said.
“POSITION WAS 100 PERCENT PENALTY”
Asked about the position where the National Team won a penalty, Kuntz said:
“We are, of course, former football players. The rules about touching the ball with hands can sometimes be cruel. Today’s action was 100 percent penalty within the rules. But it was an unlucky moment. I think Ferdi was fouled when the player you mentioned scored his own goal. The referee whistled already before the ball went to the nets. “
“I WANT TO THANK OUR FANS”
Expressing his thanks to the Turkish fans for their support, Kuntz said, “I want to thank our fans. They were really good. The away game you play in football is not always like playing at home. That atmosphere is not created. Therefore, I thank them.”
The German coach ended his speech in Turkish as ‘See you in Izmir’.