Vincenzo Montella: 'I'm proud of my players!' High praise after the Spain-Turkey...

Turkey's national football team drew 2-2 away to Spain in the last week of Group E of the 2026 World Cup European Qualifiers. The national team left their mark on the night by scoring 2 goals against the Spaniards, who have yet to concede a goal in the group. Goalkeeper Altay Bayındır was a giant with his saves, while Deniz Gül and Salih Özcan scored the goals for the national team. Olmo and Oyarzabal scored for the Spaniards. Turkey is now waiting for its opponent in the play-off.

Montella: 'We saw that the players who played less were ready'

Coach Vincenzo Montella praised his players after the match. The Italian coach said, "I am extremely proud of my players. They put up an incredible fight. We knew it was going to be a different game. When you fight with team spirit, you are at your best. We didn't give them many shots. My players who played less with us proved they were ready. Like Çağlar, Orkun, Altay, Salih. This makes me very proud. Behind what you call success is the work of all our teams. I thank them," he said.

'My players also believed in me'

Montella continued: "I knew that the level of competition would be high no matter who was on the pitch and my players believed in me. When you prepare against Spain, sometimes you have doubts, but we didn't have any doubts. I thank my players for believing in me."