The Euros football journey

[hodor]

It was a good tournament after all. We can do better in the World Cup in 2026. Our young players are fantastic. Thanks to everyone who supported Turkey!

 

[Musings]

Did you notice that the Dutch were playing too rough? They kept pushing,pulling,hitting the Turkish players in the entire game.

Turks seem
To be very young - fast and in their prime - 1 or 2 of the Dutch coming to the end of their careers - could only foul them to keep the game tight.

 

[Dalit]

you make your own luck

This is pathetic and anti-football. A dark day for football when teams play shit despite having good players and barely advance. There is no charm in such play. Winning without class is not good enough. At least for me.

This is not about being for or against any team. It is about winning on merit. Like I said, even the England fans and media have been disappointed by their team's performance which says a lot. England have not been good and they have scraped their wins.

 

[Persian Gulf]

This is pathetic and anti-football. A dark day for football when teams play shit despite having good players and barely advance. There is no charm in such play. Winning without class is not good enough. At least for me.

This is not about being for or against any team. It is about winning on merit. Like I said, even the England fans and media have been disappointed by the team's performance which says a lot. England have not been good and they have scraped their wins.

tournaments are not about winning with class, they are about winning. no team has dominated or clearly won all their games

 

[Musings]

Boys I’ve changed the title for obvious reasons…

 

[Dalit]

tournaments are not about winning with class, they are about winning. no team has dominated or clearly won all their games

Don't worry. England will lose. You are making it sound as if England have already won the cup. They haven't. The real tournament begins now in the semi-finals. The top teams have qualified. Let's see how the lucky England team does now.

 

[MMM-E]

They should have won. They deserved it.

As always we made big mistake in defense
and Mert MULDUR scored an own goal

we should have played braver in the second half but we defended stupidly for about 75 minutes.

We missed 3 goals in the last 10 minutes

MONTELLA should have played Turkish team more boldly


We are one of the youngest teams in the tournament, this was an experience for us.
Thanks to our guys who added excitement to the tournament

Did you notice that the Dutch were playing too rough? They kept pushing,pulling,hitting the Turkish players in the entire game.

French referee allowed them to play so rough

 

[Foinikas]

French referee allowed them to play so rough

Don't blame the referee now

 

[Dalit]

As always we made big mistake in defense
and Mert MULDUR scored an own goal

we should have played braver in the second half but we defended stupidly for about 75 minutes.

We missed 3 goals in the last 10 minutes

MONTELLA should have played Turkish team more boldly


We are one of the youngest teams in the tournament, this was an experience for us.
Thanks to our guys who added excitement to the tournament




French referee allowed them to play so rough

Türkiye played really well. For 70 minutes they controlled the game and put the Dutch under a lot of pressure. It could and in fact should have been 2-0. Nevertheless the Dutch equalised and the Turkish defenders were not themselves. Did you today see how Switzerland regrouped after the England equaliser? Absolutely no fuss. The Swiss kept on playing their game and didn't lose the plot. When the defence falls apart it is game over. The Turkish defenders lost the plot and panicked after 1-1 when there was absolutely no reason to. This is where Türkiye lost the game.

Türkiye fans should be proud of their team. They played really good.

 

[Foinikas]

We are one of the youngest teams in the tournament, this was an experience for us.
Thanks to our guys who added excitement to the tournament

What are you talking about,they played better than old professionals. Ada Guler is better than many older guys.

 

[Dalit]

What are you talking about,they played better than old professionals. Ada Guler is better than many older guys.

Arda is a good player. So is Hakan Çalhanoğlu. These are really good players with a lot of promise. Another very good dribbler is Ferdi Erenay Kadıoğlu. Jeez, this guy is going to be picked up soon by a top club in Europe. Kadıoğlu used to play for NEC in The Netherlands. This guy has improved leaps and bounds.

 

[newb3e]

imagine southgate making it to another final that would be bad for english football!

 

[Ali_Baba]

Football can be so difficult…

 

[MMM-E]

Türkiye played really well. For 70 minutes they controlled the game and put the Dutch under a lot of pressure. It could and in fact should have been 2-0.

Netherlands' defenders are so slow .. We should have used this advantage, attacked and scored the second goal


but MONTELLA made Turkish team sit back and defend for 70-75 minute

what a mistake

Our defense sucks .. and we lost the game

 

[Dalit]

Netherlands' defenders are so slow .. We should have used this advantage, attacked and scored the second goal


but MONTELLA made Turkish team sit back and defend for 70-75 minute

what a mistake

Absolutely. I have already said it before in this topic. I don't support sitting back after scoring. Teams should play attacking football at all times. Especially when they have a slim one goal margin. Defence lies in offensive attacking football. You take the play to the other half of your opponent. Have a good look at the golden Barca team under Guardiola. You know the one with Messi, Xavi and Iniesta. That is what we call attacking football. Of course barely 5% can play that kind of incredible possession and attacking football.