Germany National Football TeamTurkish captain of Ilkay Gundogan, Türkiye He said that the match they will play against will be a very special 90 minutes for him.
From the German National Team and LaLiga teams Barcelona Star football player İlkay Gündoğan, wearing the jerseys, answered the questions of the press members.
İlkay made statements on many topics, from the Germany-Turkey match to EURO 2024 goals, from the Premier League days to his ongoing career in Barcelona, from the Super League to Galatasaray’s matches against Bayern Munich.
‘HOPE WE WILL NOT BE IN THE SAME GROUP WITH Türkiye IN EURO 2024’
İlkay Gündoğan announced his favorites in EURO 2024, which will be hosted by Germany, with the following words:
“My favorite teams are France, France’s squad is very good. There are 2-3 world-class players in every position. After that England. It’s pretty much the same in England. They are playing very good football, and I think they will come very prepared. After them, I want to count teams like Portugal, Spain and us as well. I hope it can happen in Turkey. I mean, I’m happy. I would gladly watch it. Except for Germany, the team I support is of course Türkiye. I hope we will not be in the same group with Türkiye in EURO 2024. I don’t know if it’s possible, but I hope we don’t fall. Maybe semi-finals or finals would actually be nice for us. “I think these will be the favorite teams.”
‘MY DREAM FINAL IS GERMANY – Türkiye’
Ilkay, “What would your dream final be like at EURO 2024?” to the question, “I would like to say my dream final is Germany-Türkiye. The current match is a friendly match, which is of course important. Especially because there are many Turks in Germany. It is a very important struggle for Turks living in Germany. After all, since it is a friendly match, the score is not important, but of course, if it was a European Championship final, it would be a completely different situation. Of course, it would be a completely different situation for me, it would be quite difficult, even harder, even weirder.. “If one of them, Germany or Turkey, is in the final, it will make me happy, if both of them are in the final, it will make me happy too,” he replied.
One of the players of the Turkish National Team born in Germany Kaan Ayhanin, “The Germany match will be special for me” Upon being reminded of his words, İlkay said, “I think Kaan and I went to the same school in Gelsenkirchen for a few years. We knew each other. He was mine and I knew he was a football player. After all, you grow up among both German and Turkish cultures. You learn to love both. This match means even more to both them and me.” he said.
Stating that he received great interest when he came to Turkey and that he was happy about it, İlkay Gündoğan said, “I feel their interest mostly when I go to my hometown on holiday in the summer, visit my grandfathers and grandmothers, or visit my father and mother who stay in Izmir. Saying that they are proud of me and the love and value they show me means a whole different thing to me.” he said.
‘I SAW A GALATASARAY THAT DESERVES 3 POINTS’
Ilkay Gundogan, “Did you watch Galatasaray’s matches against the German team Bayern Munich in the Champions League?” He answered the question as follows:
“I watched the first match, I couldn’t watch the second match much, I watched the summary. I found Galatasaray very good in the first match. I saw a Galatasaray team that was better than Bayern Munich, found more positions and played with the ball more. Very good football. I saw a Galatasaray that deserved at least 1 point, actually 3 points. But football in Europe is weird sometimes. You don’t always get what you deserve, especially in the Champions League. My experience in the Champions League is that even if you play very well, if you cannot evaluate the positions you enter, the opponent comes once and scores a goal and you can lose the match. The Champions League is a completely different competition, you have to evaluate every position you take there. Unfortunately, Galatasaray could not achieve this in the first match. Actually, he deserved 3 points, but he didn’t get it. I hope they can at least finish 2nd and 3rd and continue in Europe. Their chances are almost the same. There are matches in Copenhagen and at home against Manchester United. I see a Galatasaray team that can get both. I hope they take it and finish second in the group..”
‘THEY LIKE GALATASARAY’S SQUAD VERY MUCH’
İlkay talked about the players he liked in Galatasaray as follows:
“Kerem is very good. I watched Kerem with pleasure. Icardi is of course a player who has proven himself in Europe. Let it be PSG and Milan. Wilfried Zaha is a football player I know very well from the Premier League. He is a football player who had very good seasons in the Premier League. He is a football player that I like very much, regardless of his one-on-one positions, shots, assists and goals. Lucas Torreira is a player who works very hard in midfield, and his quality with the ball is also very high. Muslera is a very experienced goalkeeper who has been in Galatasaray goal for years. I think it is very important for the team too.. Actually, there are many more players to count. Hakim Ziyech, Sergio Oliviera in midfield. There is Sacha Boey on the right, there are too many players to count. Galatasaray’s squad is really good. Even our Bayern Munich friends in the national team like Galatasaray’s squad very much and say that they play very good football.. Let’s see for the best, I hope they get out of the groups in the Champions League.”
‘EITHER GALATASRAY OR FENERBAHÇE WILL BE CHAMPIONS THIS SEASON’
İlkay also evaluated the championship race in the Super League and said, “The answer to the championship question seems easy right now. It seems like it will be either Fenerbahçe or Galatasaray. Maybe the squads of both teams are at a different level compared to other teams.. Last year and this year Adana Demirspor also started well. I can’t watch much, but they are probably playing good football, so it can’t be by chance. After all, if you win matches for a certain period of time, you need to have a certain quality. Like every year, Beşiktaş is also present, but I think either Galatasaray or Fenerbahçe will be champions this season. Because I think they have advantages over other teams as a squad,” he said.
2023-11-16 09:29:00
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