The turkish team arrives at the Eurocup ready for anything, with a set with footballers called to stand out in the not so distant future, but still inexperienced in major continental tournaments. The Sultans want make amends this summer after failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia and falling into the Euro 2016 in the group stage.
Located in the group A, they will face Italy, Switzerland and Wales and they will have a difficult task to go to the round of 16, at least directly. Above all, taking into account that they will play against one of the host teams, the Azzurri, who except for surprise, are favorites in the group.
They will not be able to disconnect at any time if this year they want to overcome the first phase, something that have not been able since the 2012 edition, where they ended up losing to Croatia in the quarterfinals. The dream, repeating the performance of 2008 where they reached the semifinals, their best role in the tournament, and were felled by Germany at the gates of the final.
Among its most prominent players are Merih Demiral (Juventus), Çaglar Soyuncu (Leicester), Yusuf Yazici (Lille) or the fireproof Burak Yilmaz (Lille), but his great figure is Hakan Calhanoglu,
Hakan Çalhanoglu, the Turkish star
The midfielder of Milan He has been drawing attention in Europe for several seasons although he has not managed to reach the level expected of him when he stood out at Bayer Leverkusen. Çalhanoglu is a midfielder characterized by his great precision, having starred in great goals from long distance, especially from a direct free kick. With the rebirth of this Milan, the Eurocup is expected to be his great stage to take that long-awaited leap.
Senol Gunes, the best coach in the history of Turkey
The 68-year-old technician lives his second stage leading the selection that it recovered in March 2019. In the first, it achieved the historic bronze of the Turks in Korea and Japan 2002, after winning the host thanks to the legendary Hakan Sukur, and in the Confederations Cup later. In his career he has also coached Trabzonspor up to three times, in addition to Besiktas, as the most outstanding teams, winning with these two cups and two leagues, respectively.
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