Hakan Çalhanoğlu contributed 6 goals in the last 3 national matches! He caught Tuncay Şanlı
Hakan Çalhanoğlu, the captain of the A National Football Team, did not leave Bulgaria empty-handed in the match in Bursa, where he provided 3 assists in the 6-1 win. Hakan, who was selected as the footballer of the month at Inter, has contributed to 6 goals in the last 3 matches in the national shirt. Çalhanoğlu, who commemorated our martyrs with a military salute after the goal, became the third player to score the most goals in the national team with Tuncay Şanlı with his goal against Bulgaria.
National Team A defeated Bulgaria 2-1 in Bursa in the Group E match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers. The national team took a 1-0 lead in the 18th minute against the opponent they defeated 6-1 in Sofia. Turkey's first goal came from captain Hakan Çalhanoğlu.
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HANDBALL AND PENALTY
In the 16th minute of the match, Kerem Aktürkoğlu was brought down behind the arc and Hakan Çalhanoğlu took the free kick with Arda Güler. At Bursa Atatürk Stadium, 45,000 people took out their cell phones and prepared to record the free-kick goal.
Hakan, using the set-piece, hit hard with his right foot, but the Bulgarian stopper Christian Petrov stopped the shot with his hand. After appeals, referee Walsh pointed to the penalty spot. Hakan Çalhanoğlu strikes hard to the right of the goalkeeper with the inside of his right foot.
6 GOALS IN LAST 3 NATIONAL MATCHES
Hakan Çalhanoğlu, who made 3 assists in the 6-1 win over Bulgaria, also made 2 assists in the 4-1 win over Georgia. The captain, who contributed to the goals in 3 consecutive national matches, reached his 22nd goal in his 102nd national match.
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Hakan Çalhanoğlu scored his 22nd goal for the national team against Bulgaria, catching Tuncay Şanlı in 3rd place. Making his 102nd appearance for the national team, the experienced player tied Bülent Korkmaz for third place in the list of players who have worn the national jersey the most.
HE CONTINUES TO SCORE GOALS
Inter's national star Hakan Çalhanoğlu was named 'Player of the Month for October' at the Italian giant. The fans of the Milan team had chosen the national footballer by a wide margin, especially in the win over Fiorentina. Çalhanoğlu shared the top spot with Bologna's Italian Riccardo Orsolini in the Serie A top scorer race with 5 goals and continued his scoring streak in the national jersey.
'I GOT GOOSEBUMPS DURING THE WOLF VALLEY MUSIC'
Hakan Çalhanoğlu said the following to the broadcaster after the match:
"I want to thank Bursa. I met Kenan and Merih when I was warming up. It was very nice. The Valley of the Wolves music gave me goosebumps. It was a very beautiful image. It was magnificent.
It was an important win for us. Everyone was expecting 4-0 5-0 but we knew it would be a difficult match. There is the yellow card issue, we will discuss it with our coach. We will talk with the coach. We want to be in the playoffs. We should not take risks. We are in the 1st bag, we will evaluate and then we will see.
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Every heavy defeat makes you more ambitious. We showed that in the Georgia match. We knew that Spain was the favorite, maybe we lived the match too much. It didn't work out, you have to accept it. The important thing was to get into the 1st bag, we achieved that."
A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR MARTYRS
Before the match, a minute of silence was observed for the 20 soldiers who were martyred when a cargo plane crashed on the Azerbaijan-Georgia border.
The national footballers also took to the field during the warm-up with a banner reading "Condolences to our beloved nation".
