Vincenzo Montella announced before the match against Bulgaria: We apologized for the joy
National Team Technical Director Vincenzo Montella made statements at the press conference before the match against Bulgaria.
A National Football Team will face Bulgaria in Bursa tomorrow in the 5th match of Group E of the 2026 FIFA World Cup European Qualifiers. Before the match, technical director Vincenzo Montella made statements.
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Here are Montella's words:
"Tomorrow we will play with patience. It will not be an easy match. Because although we won differently in Bulgaria, we didn't do what we wanted in the first half. We are expecting a team that plays very fast in transition and can play vertically. We need to be patient, we will not be rash in any way.
We didn't apologize for winning 6-1. We apologized for the joy we showed in the sixth goal. We were happy that we improved our average in a six-goal game.
Betting incidents are very sad. It happened in some countries in the past. It also happened in Italy. In our country such actions were done by stealing the identity of many soccer players. The number is very high in the lower leagues. I think we can be a little bit better in transferring information. We need to inform the footballers. A footballer should know that this is forbidden. These transactions were done by stealing the identity of many footballers. It is a sad period.
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We have many players on the card limit. For this reason, there may be some surprises in the squad for tomorrow's match. I especially asked everyone to concentrate on the matches. Tomorrow we have to give our best. We shouldn't get confused about the betting.
Irfan Can Kahveci has shown us that he deserves this place in every way. Unfortunately he is out of the squad at his club. I hope the problems at the club will be solved soon. We will need him for the World Cup. Emirhan Topçu's injury recurred a few days ago and we took such a decision considering his absence for the Spain match
Clubs want to see their players in the national team. But I always have to make the best choices regarding the players, regardless of the jersey. Everyone who deserves it will definitely be here one day."
