The Turkish national team, which plays in the same group as Latvia in the subgroup of the 2022 World Cup, capitulated to the Netherlands 1: 6 on Tuesday. Turkey suffered its biggest loss since October 17, 1990, when Ireland capitulated 0: 5 in the 1992 European Championship qualifiers.
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Guinness pleaded guilty after the match. The federation and Guinea have reached a “mutual agreement” that he will resign, the organization said in a brief statement.
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69-year-old Guinness has previously been criticized for the team’s unconvincing performance in the final tournament of the 2021 European Championship, in which the Turks could not get out of the subgroup.
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Guinness started his second term as the coach of the Turkish national team in August 2019. In his first term from 2000 to 2004, he noticed that he had taken the national team to third place in the World Cup, but in the qualifying round of the 2004 European Championship, the national team he led was stopped by Latvian footballers.
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During his career, he has led Turkish teams such as Istanbul’s Besiktas, Bursaspor, Trabzonspor, Antalyaspor, Sakaryaspor, Boluspor and Istanbulspor. Guinness has also steered the South Korean team “Seoul”.
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During his football career, the former goalkeeper Guinness together with “Trabzonspor” won the Turkish championship six times.
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Turkish footballers rank third in qualifying subgroup G after six games, two points behind the Netherlands and Norway. The Turks lost two points against their awkward opponent Latvia, with whom they will play the next game on October 11 at the Daugava Stadium.
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