Chapter 171 First Battle of Turkey

Turkey, perhaps before 2002, people would not know that there was such a special power in world football,

In world football, after a long dark period, it suddenly broke out and there are many examples of its rise. For example, Russian football, which has fallen to the bottom for a long time, has made great breakthroughs at the national team and club levels in recent years.

Similar to Russian football, Turkish football, which has fallen to the bottom for a longer time, has now become a force that no one dares to despise in European football. The strong performance of this European Cup qualifier is proof.

Differing from the glory of Russian football, the Turkish football downturn was longer. They first participated in the World Cup in 1954, when they lost 1:4 to West Germany in the first game of the group, and Turkey defeated South Korea 7:0 in the second game. Because Germany lost to Hungary, Turkey had to fight against West Germany again to compete for second place in the group. As a result, they lost 2:7. At that time, no one may have thought that it would be 48 years later for Turkey to enter the World Cup again.

Turkish football has also been unable to appear on the European Cup stage for a long time. In 1996, they entered the European Cup finals for the first time, but did not qualify in the group stage. However, since then, Turkish football has ushered in their golden age. In 2000, they reached the top 8 of the European Cup and the world in 2002. They made it to the top 4 in the cup.

Although the 2004 European Cup in Portugal and the 2006 World Cup in Germany failed to break through the qualifiers, Turkish football has become a powerful force that no one dares to under look down on.

When it comes to the development history of Turkish football, it can be traced back to German football, and the football of the two countries has also been exchanging and integrating in confrontation.

Now the head coach of the German team, Lef, once coached the Turkish giant Fenerbahce in the 1998/1999 season. The Turkish team participated in this European Cup has five players who played in the Bundesliga, among which the main player Alttentop played in the Bundesliga leader Bayern Munich. He himself Born in Gelsenkirxing, Germany.

has a deeper impact on Turkish football, as well as "overseas" athletes who have returned from Germany. Since the 1960s, a large number of Turks have worked in former West Germany. At present, there are 2.4 million Turks in Germany, mainly concentrated in Berlin and Cologne.

The players who stand out among these overseas Chinese have received systematic professional training from an early age and have a strong sense of competition. The Turkish Football Association has an office in Dortmund, paying special attention to looking for seedlings from teenagers and encouraging them to play for their motherland. Seven of the Turkish teams that achieved the third place in the World Cup between Korea and Japan were born in Germany.

It is worth noting that if you calculate the land area, Turkey, which spans Eurasia, has a larger area in Asia than Europe, but Turkey has never regarded itself as an Asian country, especially in football.

Turkish football has insisted on "getting Asia and entering Europe" from the beginning, and even under the circumstance of European football, the Turkish team still actively integrates into European football.

However, Europe has always been very resistant to Turkey. According to the general rule, after a country's football association is established, it should first join the FIFA and then FIFA.

But Turkish football first entered FIFA and then forced UEFA to admit itself. However, UEFA has always refused to accept Turkey. This refusal lasted for 70 years. It was not until 1993 that UEFA reluctantly accepted Turkey as Europe. A member of the Football Federation.

Although it was not accepted organizationally, Turkish football stubbornly adhered to the route of "exitting Asia and entering Europe". Although the AFC repeatedly pulled them to join the AFC, it was rejected by the Turks. Turkey only participates in European competitions and never asks about any events in Asia.

Through unremitting efforts, the tenacious Turks have finally been rejected by Europe and gradually achieved progress to be accepted and even appreciated.

Rooted in the league is the key to the progress of Turkish football. In the current main lineup of the Turkish national team, only Rusto and two Emre are those who have experienced the glory six years ago. Most of the other players are the new generation of post-80s players, and except Basturk, they basically play in the national league. It grows up.

Turks pay more attention to their national league than the national team. Do you remember that classic line?

Welcome to hell!

This is the fanaticism of Turkish fans, the Turkish Super League game, never cold.

Based on the league, driven by the three giants, the Turkish league has a very high standard. In the IFFSH selection of the world's top 100 leagues, they rank 12th, higher than well-known leagues such as the Netherlands and Scotland, let alone the Belgian football league.

As early as 2000, Galatasaray won the first European club championship in Turkish football history, defeating the powerful Arsenal by penalty kick in the UEFA Cup final.

In the just-concluded season, Fenerbahce also defeated Inter Milan in the Champions League and eliminated Sevilla in two rounds to reach the quarterfinals. Although he finally lost to Arsenal and failed to reach the semi-finals, the strong strength of Turkish football has been widely recognized.

Digan is not very impressed with Turkish football. He even always feels that Turkish football is covered with a mysterious veil, which makes people always figure it out.

Although the Turks played third in the 2002 World Cup, their country is not a football power. Although several big teams in the domestic league often have amazing performances in Europe, strictly speaking, they still lack a convincing achievement and are an Islamic one. Compared with players from other countries, their thoughts and living habits are relatively closed and traditional, so the players from Turkey are not very suitable for overseas football life. There are not many players, and many of them do not perform well after coming out.

For the Italian league that Degan is more familiar with, Turkish players have never really succeeded, whether it is Hakan. Suke and Okan are still Yu Mitte, who were previously introduced by Milan. Davala is the product of failure.

There is only one Turkish overseas star, former Inter Milan midfielder Emre, who can play a lot of games. He mainly plays the central defender and can also make guest appearances in right forward and other midfield positions. He is not tall and likes long-range shooting. He is active in defense and can run well. You can always watch him drill around on the field, but the actual effect is not very good. Just like his long-range shot, he can put more and give people less hope. In the past, after watching the Inter Milan game and attacking to the front court, as long as Emre took the ball and wanted to hit the goal, the fans of other teams were relieved, because the actual effect of the game was not great, and finally fell to the Premier League.

The feeling of seeing Emre is like seeing Basturk. The style is a little similar, but Basturk's attack is more effective, and Emre defends more.

Of course, Basturk's personal achievements may be stronger than Emre. If it is the most successful overseas player in Turkey, it should be his, but unfortunately, Basturk has few opportunities to be outstanding in the Bundesliga, and he was born and grew up in Germany and has been transplanted. .

The players are unconvinced when they go abroad, and the same is true for the head coach. Former AC Milan head coach Trim has played very well in Galatasaray. In those years, Galatasaray has made amazing actions in Europe, just like Lyon that people have seen in the past two years.

Their offensive football and open kicking, as well as the popularity of home fans, have made the whole European football world look sideways. With such brilliance, Trim went to Florence, but his record was bleak.

However, he is blessed with great fortune, especially for the position of coach. His image and reputation in the eyes of the outside world, the media, and fans really brought him a good job.

Berlusconi is one of the movers. Milan's turmoil has not stopped because of a league championship he accidentally won in 1999. Lao Bei continues to throw a lot of money. The team is facing the aging of a group of players such as Bielhof, Helvig and Boban. At the same time, the new players are not smooth to take over and achieve results, especially in Europe. The results of the game fluctuated too much. After Zacheroni, Lao Bei did not trust the transition team such as Tassoti, but resolutely focused on Trim, who was playing the "famous Turkish coach" sign.

At that time, Milan fans were relatively simple, because journalism and media were not as convenient as they are today. Therefore, Milan fans were blindly worshipped by the legendary "offensive football trend guide" Trim.

His offensive football, his insistence on his self-playing, and his poor performance, but his bad luck, not his lack of ability, was fired by Florence and held an imperance.

The final result, as we all know, ended in failure, and Milan continued to introduce large-scale investment and large-scale cleaning.

Of course, if you look back and look at the Milan road that was not successful at that time, you can still see his success, especially in tactics and attack. The wealth he left to Milan is precious.

Trim especially likes to change the formation, 3412, 433, 442 and other tactics. He has played all of them. In a game, it may change several times. Moreover, in his tactics, if there are four people in the midfield, two people generally ask to attack with all their strength.

may be the front waist or the winger.

I like to use an assist-type full-back with strong assist ability, who is more in a position than an ordinary full-back and often top midfielder, but it can only be a luxury to expect Milan's defense to be so adventurous in those years.

However, in the continuous changes of Trim, Milan has gradually enhanced the richness of its offensive tactics, especially the experience, understanding and change of one of the playing methods. Through continuous running-in and adjustment, it has gradually improved and reformed, and continued to develop, and after Ancelotti took over the team. Carry forward the technique and lead Milan on the road of rejuvenation. This tactic is the 4312 formation that Milan is still using.

The leader of the Star and Moon Legion, which is now going to face-to-face with Belgium, is Trim. Under his **, Turkey got rid of the decline of missing two consecutive international competitions and advanced all the way in the qualifiers.

Belgium should carefully prepare for the first match of the upcoming European Cup group match, and Turkey does not dare to neglect it.

Turkish striker Nihat, who plays for the yellow submarine Villarreal, said: "Belgium is not a team of Degan alone. Of course, if Degan can play, he will make the whole Belgian team different. He is undoubtedly the best player this year. When you see a player You will have to admire him for scoring so many goals in the season, but football is not a sport. The Belgian team is not just Digan. We respect every Belgian player. Even if Degan can't play in this game, we will pay 100% attention to deal with this opponent! The strength of the Belgian team with Degan is recognized as the strongest. Even if Degan can't play in the group stage, their strength is obvious to all, but now it is the European Cup, and all teams will burst out higher than usual and play much better than usual, so I don't think it can be asserted now. A team is sure to appear, and we will do our best to play every game!"

Since landing in La Liga in 2002, Nihat has played for Real Sociedad and Villarreal, and has performed well in both teams. This season, he has helped the yellow submarine beat Barcelona to win the La Liga runner-up and directly into the next season's UEFA Champions League.

Nihat is the representative of the new generation of Turkish football players. There is no doubt that the representative of the old forces is Rustus, who blinded everyone at the 2002 World Cup.

As a 35-year-old veteran, Rustus has become an iconic figure of the Turkish team, although now he has been the starting goalkeeper of the national team by his former Fenerbahce teammate Volkan. Replaced by DeMirel, Rusto is still very proud of his ability to be selected for the national team and still play a role in the national team.

"Our national team is a collective. The most important thing in a collective is not to complain, and when you sit on the bench as a substitute player, your behavior is even more important. As a starter or a substitute player, you can contribute to your team. Everyone knows that the Turks People are so proud of their country that it is a great honor to be selected into the national team.

Since Turkey first entered the European Cup finals in 1996, Rusto was an important member of the team, and then followed the Turkish national team to participate in the 2000 European Cup and 2002 World Cup. Turkey won an amazing third place in the 2002 Korea-Japan World Cup. Achievements, which are also the best results they have achieved in international competitions.

So far, Rustus has played 116 games for the Turkish national team, and there is no doubt that he is also one of the contributors to Turkey's finals of this European Cup.

"We have made everything ready for this Cup. We have experienced some difficult moments. Our promotion road is not smooth, but I dare to say that our team is fully capable of reaching the finals."

The Turkish team looks confident, while the Belgian team looks a little low-key. Degan's inability to fight for Belgium in the group stage is still the biggest dilemma they are facing now.

In the first game against Turkey, although people are more optimistic about the potential of the Belgian team, especially after the previous two warm-up games, people found that this young team is not as fragile as they thought. On the contrary, this team gives people a very tough, young, energetic and fearless feeling. This is the present Who is most impressed by this young Belgian team?

In the face of the aggressive Turkish team, especially Nihat and Rustu, issued a declaration of victory before the start of the game, and young Belgian players also want to fight back, especially Fellaini, who has the hottest temper.

However, Digan and Antiennis gave a silence to the whole team. At this time, if they respond, they will fall into the trap of the Turks. They will seize this opportunity and keep provoking a public opinion war before the game and distract the energy of the Belgian team. In that case, the young Belgian team will be in the game, There is no doubt that there will be greater pressure.

If you have the strength to shoot at the reporter, it's better to use all your strength on the game field.

On June 8, the European Cup officially began. Group A was the first to ignite the war. The first game will be held in Basel, host Switzerland against the Czech team led by Rosiki.

After 90 minutes of fighting, the Czech team finally knocked on the gate of the host Swiss team with Rosiki's long shot outside the penalty area after the opening of the second half, and got a good start to the group 1-0.

Two and a half later, in Geneva, the match between Belgium and Turkey will also begin. In this game, Antiennis set out the strongest lineup.

The main goalkeeper chose Bailey. From left to right on the defensive line are Lombards, Wilmaren, Compani and Van Biten. The midfield parallel positions are Simmons, Gul, Fellaini and Martens. On the forward line is Dembélé and Miralas. Dembélé dragged back and Miralas rushed forward.

The main lineup on Turkey is goalkeeper Demirel, Uzulmetz, Setin, Asik and Sabri on the defensive line. Sanoglu, midfielder Alda. Turan, Emre, Karadniz, Grand Altentop, striker Nihat partnered with veteran Hakan. Suke.

Since the Czech team has won, it can be said that this game will be directly related to the final qualifying situation of the group.