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Turkiye's head coach Vincenzo Montella and Mert Mulder preview their UEFA Euro 2024 last 16 with Austria
01/07/2024
UEFA
Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany
01/07/2024
UEFA
Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany
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00:00Welcome everyone to the press conference of Turkey ahead of tomorrow's match against Austria
00:14with the head coach Vincenzo Montella and the player Mert Mulder. Simultaneous interpretation
00:20is available in German, English, Turkish and Italian. If you wish to ask a question please
00:25raise your hand and wait to get the floor. Once you get the microphone please say your
00:30name and your organisation and the country of your organisation. We are going to start
00:35with a question for the player.
00:56We talked about the match against Austria before. You said it was going to be a very special match for you but the result was a bit heavy for us.
01:03What do you think is going to be different in this match? Can that match affect this match for you?
01:08This match is going to be more special for me. After all, he has a quarter-final ticket and both teams want to get it.
01:16I hope we will have a good result tomorrow.
01:26Hello, I wish you all the best. I hope we can be together again.
01:35It is very important not to score as much as you scored in this match.
01:40You scored a very good goal in the first match but Arda Güler's goal made you forget about it.
01:45Can we say that there is more work to be done in terms of defence in this match?
01:51We analysed our opponents very well in the last few days.
01:56We prepared very well. I don't think it will be a match like the first one.
02:02We prepared very well. I hope we will be the winning team.
02:09You are from Vienna. Did you get a lot of calls from your Viennese girlfriend in the last days?
02:17How do you feel about this match?
02:19Your beautiful goal is the only goal that is related to Rapid.
02:27It is a very special match for me.
02:31Many friends from Vienna and Austria contacted me.
02:37Most of them will be in the stadium tomorrow.
02:40I am looking forward to the match.
02:42I hope it will be a good advertisement match and we will win.
02:49I would like to ask you something.
02:52First of all, I wish you success.
02:54The heart of Turkey will be with you tomorrow.
02:56You were on the pitch a few minutes ago.
02:58You looked at the stands and took photos.
03:00How do you feel? How was your excitement when you came here?
03:03What kind of day do you think we will have tomorrow?
03:06What do you feel?
03:09When we step on the pitch, we dream about what our supporters will think about us tomorrow.
03:16The images after the match made us very happy.
03:20It is a very special feeling to live that excitement with our supporters.
03:25I hope we will have similar feelings tomorrow.
03:30I wish Emre Kaplan, Aspor Mert and the coach success.
03:35There have been a lot of injuries and penalties since the beginning of the tournament.
03:41Although this is not always the case in the national team,
03:45we see always changing quads.
03:47How does this affect you?
03:49Is it a situation that forces you to form a defense structure?
03:53I think so.
03:56Even if we have an injured player,
03:58we can get to know each other in training.
04:01After all, we have been training together for 3-4 weeks every day.
04:05That's why everyone knows each other very well.
04:08The harmony is also very good in the team.
04:11Everyone's morale and motivation are very high.
04:14So whoever plays, plays.
04:16I don't think there will be any problems.
04:19More questions for the player?
04:25Before the tournament started,
04:27you were not in the top 11 of the media and some supporters,
04:31but with the goal you scored in the Georgian match,
04:34you came out on top of a few players who expected a performance.
04:38You played very well in the Super League,
04:41but you were not in the top 11 of the media and some supporters.
04:46You came out on top of a few players who expected a performance.
04:50How did you prepare yourself for this tournament
04:53and how do you feel right now?
04:55What percentage do you play with?
04:57Let me put it this way.
04:59Every footballer who comes to the national team
05:02has to play with 100%.
05:04While I wasn't playing,
05:06I always kept myself ready in Fenerbahçe.
05:09I always dreamed of joining the champions.
05:13I always kept myself ready until the day came.
05:16That day came.
05:18I think I was able to get into shape
05:21by giving 100% in training and matches.
05:24Of course, this is the coach's choice.
05:27When the coach chose me,
05:30I did my best to always give 100%.
05:33Benjamin Poster, Leipziger Volkszeitung.
05:36Hello, Mert.
05:37Welcome.
05:38Have you ever been to Leipzig?
05:40Are there any connections in the city?
05:43There is a lot of hype around your teammate,
05:46Arda Güler.
05:47How do you perceive him?
05:49How is he doing?
05:51He's a very cool, easy-going player.
05:54I have no connection with Leipzig.
05:57I've never been to Leipzig before.
06:01That's all I can say about that.
06:12Hello, Mert.
06:13Which players from Austria
06:15do you have to pay special attention to?
06:18You had the chance to play for Austria.
06:21Was that ever an issue for you?
06:24Austria is a very strong team.
06:28I wouldn't pick a single player,
06:31but as a team, they act very well.
06:34They know their strengths very well,
06:37their weaknesses very well.
06:40Accordingly, they are always giving 100%.
06:43I grew up in Austria.
06:46I went to school there.
06:49I learned to play football there.
06:52Of course, there is a certain connection to Austria.
06:56In Turkey, I played for the U-17 national team,
06:59then the U-19,
07:02and then came the A-team.
07:05You have no other option than to say yes.
07:08For me, that was not an issue.
07:11Now we are going to move the question for the coach.
07:16Hello, coach.
07:17Hello.
07:18Just want to know what you think
07:21about the level of the players in Austria.
07:24About the level of the Austrian national team.
07:27Okay, the first one.
07:30We faced Austria a few months ago
07:33and we already had this impression.
07:36It is a complete team.
07:39Perhaps the best as a team.
07:42It is a team that does an offensive,
07:45ultra-offensive pressing with a lot of efficiency
07:48and a lot of continuity.
07:52It is a complete team.
07:55I said a few days ago that it looks like a club team
07:58because it recognises all the situations in the game
08:01that happen in the game.
08:04It is a complete team for me.
08:10Hello, Vincenzo.
08:13You are the last Italian player
08:16because now you have lost a German player.
08:20Why did you do that?
08:23Because it was not foreseen.
08:26All these defeats, especially the national team.
08:29I ask you about Ditz.
08:32You bet on him before he exploded in Juve
08:35and you saw something.
08:38You made him debut very early
08:41as soon as you arrived on the bench in Turkey.
08:44I wanted to understand what were the qualities
08:47that you can learn day after day
08:50in tomorrow's game.
08:53The last Italian player
08:56is a statistic.
08:59He leaves time to find him.
09:02It doesn't matter to me.
09:05I would have liked to have four Italians
09:08at least in the semi-finals.
09:11I think Ditz is a strong player
09:15and I want to see him improve
09:18in every training session.
09:21I like his speed and technique.
09:24He obviously needs to improve
09:27during the game and score a few more goals.
09:30He was very close to us in two circumstances.
09:33One was unlucky in the first game
09:36but he managed to score.
09:39He needs to be better and more incisive
09:43in order to win the game.
09:48I am correcting the translation.
09:51The coach didn't say he wanted four Italians
09:54at the semi-finals.
09:57He said he wanted four Italians
10:00at the semi-finals.
10:03Coach, good luck.
10:06The national team is a team
10:09that likes difficulties
10:13and has an important vision.
10:16We know the opponent's
10:19system and tactics very well.
10:22We memorized it.
10:25You probably analyzed it as well.
10:28What do you think are the positive
10:31and negative aspects of the team
10:34and what are the advantages
10:37of the national team?
10:43For me?
10:46No, I won't answer that.
10:49Otherwise, I don't think
10:52the opponent's coach has a good strategy.
10:55As I said before, the team is very aggressive
10:58and compact.
11:01They are very good at attacking.
11:04It's a complete team.
11:07Hi.
11:10Here, Andre Rubio from Spanish TV.
11:13I want to ask you
11:16how is training with Arda Guler?
11:19He's very young,
11:22but he seems to never get nervous.
11:29Talent doesn't depend on age.
11:32If he's not talented, he's only 15.
11:36He has a lot of talent
11:39and everyone can see that.
11:42Of course, he has to improve
11:45in some areas, but he's a player
11:48that's hard to do without.
11:51You can see that in training.
11:54He's always one of the first
11:57when it comes to scoring goals.
12:00The coach didn't say anything
12:04but he said,
12:07when you don't have a player like him,
12:10you can feel the difference.
12:13There is also the phase
12:16when he doesn't have talent
12:19and he has to improve,
12:22but he's young
12:25and he'll be able to do it at a high level.
12:28Hi, Mr. Montella.
12:31I know we've talked a lot
12:34about the game against Austria
12:37in March,
12:40but you were under pressure
12:43after that game.
12:46Could you talk a bit
12:49about the difference
12:52between your team then
12:55and now
12:59It was a game
13:02that we objectively played
13:05in balance in the first half.
13:08It could have ended
13:11in any way,
13:14with a small difference
13:17from one side to the other.
13:20In the second half,
13:23there was a continuous block
13:27and I don't remember
13:30ever losing to a player
13:33or a coach with such a big score.
13:36It's a different story now,
13:39it's a different game.
13:42I was hoping they'd think it differently,
13:45but that's not the case.
13:57Hi, I'm Safa Kaan Ozturk.
14:00I want to wish you success
14:03for tomorrow's game.
14:06My question is about
14:09Baris Alper Yilmaz's attack.
14:12In the first three games
14:15we saw a lot of variations
14:18and different players.
14:21In the second half
14:25of the game in Czech Republic
14:28will there be a change in your mind?
14:31Especially for Baris Alper Yilmaz.
14:40First of all, thank you for the question.
14:43It's important to understand
14:46if the possession phase
14:49was enough for you
14:52in the first three games.
14:55We're the third team
14:58with the most goals scored.
15:01Five different players.
15:04No corner kicks,
15:07no direct or indirect penalties,
15:10no autogoals, no penalty kicks.
15:13That's the first thing.
15:16We're the third team
15:20that has more than 150 goals.
15:23We're the third team
15:26with 17 goals scored.
15:29We're the fifth team
15:32with 150 goals scored.
15:35We're the fifth team
15:38with 53 dribbling goals.
15:41We're the fifth team
15:44with three assists.
15:47We should score a bit more and I expect that from the players on the pitch.
15:54Baris played an extraordinary game, physically too, the other day.
15:58All the players are important in this team because we are showing that.
16:05I don't know how many goals we have scored with different players since I took on the national team.
16:10I believe more in the team than in the individual players.
16:14Baris is one of those players who is making the difference.
16:19That's all I can say.
16:23It depends on the strategy of the game, the moment of the game and the type of game.
16:28We can find other solutions.
16:30We have two Pivot strikers, as they can be called,
16:35Berri, who can play on their own,
16:38Bertug and Cenk.
16:41Semih is a second striker.
16:44He plays as a winger in this club.
16:47We have solutions depending on the type of game.
16:56Let me correct myself.
16:58In the group stage, we scored 5 goals in the 3rd minute.
17:02In the group stage, we scored 50 goals in the 3rd minute.
17:07The average of the shots per match is 16.67.
17:10We have 21 goals in the group stage.
17:14The offensive action we produced is 161.
17:17We are in the 5th place.
17:18We could have scored more in terms of all the actions we produced.
17:22I can say that.
17:24But we are happy with the moments we have with the ball.
17:29Because we are a very productive team.
17:31We could have done more.
17:33We are in the 5th place in terms of dribbling.
17:36We tried dribbling 53 times.
17:39So I can say that we are a productive team in terms of data.
17:48We have a yellow card in the last game.
17:53Is this part of our tactical understanding?
17:58Or do you feel a little uncomfortable about this?
18:01I wonder what you think about the lack of two players.
18:07No.
18:12There is no plan.
18:13I always want all the players available.
18:15Now there will be two important absences.
18:17Obviously our captain is irreplaceable in some ways.
18:21He was also generous with the ammunition.
18:23Just as Samet was generous.
18:26With two ammunitions you are disqualified.
18:31These are heavy, important absences.
18:34I don't know how to translate this.
18:36It bothers me that they were taken in this way.
18:39When they were not clear about the ammunition.
18:43I am convinced that there will be players who will replace them.
18:50Who will do their part.
18:59There is a tense atmosphere in football in Turkey.
19:01In one game there can be good criticism.
19:03In another game there can be bad criticism.
19:06Does this put you under stress?
19:08Do you read these comments?
19:10What do you feel?
19:11I agree with what you say.
19:13But it shouldn't affect us.
19:15Because we have to focus on our job.
19:18If we want to get a good result.
19:20We shouldn't think about these things.
19:22Sometimes the comments can upset us.
19:25But we focus on our job.
19:28We are here to make our country happy.
19:59I don't want to be wrong.
20:02Maybe you are better than me.
20:04I don't think any team started the game with 2.500.
20:09Never.
20:11I am not 100% sure.
20:17But I think it is like that.
20:19We as a team are open to young talent.
20:26We have Kaplan on the bench.
20:28He is a player from the future.
20:30He is a midfielder.
20:34I hope there will be room for him in this tournament.
20:37Just like for Semih.
20:39You named him.
20:46First of all.
20:48There is Ahmetcan Kaplan who hasn't played yet.
20:52He is very talented.
20:55We have a clear vision for young talents.
21:05I wish you success tomorrow.
21:08Some of the players said that they prepared for this game with revenge.
21:19Do you have any advice for your players?
21:23Or do you see this game as a motivation?
21:28Thank you.
21:38I saw some things.
21:40We talked about his time.
21:42We talked about it later.
21:44But I think that the first problem is not to get caught up in the emotions.
21:52It gives you a sense of revenge.
21:54It makes you less focused.
21:58We know what team Austria is.
22:01We know what team we are.
22:03We know what we want to do on the pitch.
22:05And we know where we want to go.
22:07This is our goal.
22:09This is our mentality.
22:11The rest is gossip.
22:22Hello again.
22:24Actually, everyone talks about the last game.
22:26But Ragnik also mentioned it.
22:28We didn't lose to Austria in official games for 35 years.
22:31There is such a statistic.
22:33Of course, the coach also said that we are at home.
22:36There are players playing in Leipzig.
22:38When you see the atmosphere tomorrow,
22:40can you understand that the Austrian side is not at home?
22:53As usual, I expect the Red-Black stadium.
22:58As it has been so far,
23:00we have received a lot of support.
23:02We have been very close,
23:04even in difficult moments,
23:06as we have had during the games,
23:08like all teams.
23:10I expect a warm fan,
23:12our warm fan, as always.
23:23How far do you think you can go
23:25when you go through tomorrow's tour?
23:27Will you be able to see the semi-final final?
23:41Definitely the quarter-finals.
23:52Thank you.
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