Scotland Manager Steve Clarke said: “Turkey is a difficult opponent to play, especially away. I wanted my players to experience such an atmosphere and an opponent.” said.
Clarke held a press conference at Diyarbakir Stadium, where the match will be held before the friendly match to be played in Diyarbakir with the National Football Team on Wednesday.
Expressing that the National Football Team is always a difficult opponent to play, Clarke said that they want to play with countries with a high degree of difficulty, even if it is a friendly match.
Expressing that he would like to see 17 players in the friendly match, Clarke used the following statements:
“Turkey is a difficult opponent to play, especially away. I wanted my players to experience such an atmosphere and an opponent. I think it will be a good match tomorrow (Wednesday). We expect an atmosphere to be created. A good atmosphere has welcomed us from now on.”
“The fact that we will play in Diyarbakir is a historical event for the city”
Asked about Diyarbakır’s hosting of the national game for the first time, Clarke said, “The fact that we will play here is a historical event for the city. We will watch a good enough match as two teams and crown this historical situation.” gave the answer.
Recalling that they last played a match with Turkey 62 years ago, Clarke said, “We didn’t play many matches with Turkey. We didn’t come across in the qualifiers or draws. As far as we know, we were defeated in the last match. Let’s see how we will do the rematch tomorrow (Wednesday).” made its assessment.
Scotland captain Robertson: “It will be a good test for both teams”
Scottish National Team Captain Liverpool defender Andrew Robertson said that both countries are at similar levels.
Noting that it is always difficult to play in an enthusiastic atmosphere, Robertson made the following assessment:
“Ahead of us are the European Cup qualifiers that will start in March. Both teams will want to put up a good match to prepare for these qualifiers and to improve their game. It will be a good test for both teams. Before the European Cup qualifiers that will start in March, we will face a tough opponent like Turkey. We will try to prepare ourselves in the best way by playing the match.”
“A good career and future awaits Ozan Kabak”
Emphasizing that the National Football Team is full of quality players, Robertson said:
“This has always been the case. Çağlar Söyüncü has been performing at the highest level for years at Leicester City. Ozan Kabak is a very quality player. He came when we were having problems in defense at Liverpool and he helped us a lot in solving these problems. Despite his young age, he is a very mature player. A good career and future await him (Ozan Kabak).
Scotland ready for Turkey match
The Scottish National Team had its last training session under the management of coach Steve Clarke at the Diyarbakir Stadium, where the match will be played.
In the first 15 minutes of the training, open to members of the press, the players worked with the ball after the warm-up movements.
It was learned that tactical work was carried out in the closed part of the training.