Coach Vincenzo Montella of the National Football Team, which played away against Montenegro in the sixth and last match of the UEFA Nations B League 4th Group, made 4 changes in the first 11 compared to the Wales match played in Kayseri.
The Italian coach gave Kaan Ayhan, Emirhan Topçu, Okay Yokuşlu and Kenan Yıldız a chance in the first 11 against Montenegro, instead of the injured captain Hakan Çalhanoğlu, the suspended Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Mert Müldür and Barış Alper Yılmaz.
Vincenzo Montella led his team to the field with the first 11 of Mert Günok, Kaan Ayhan, Merih Demiral, Emirhan Topçu, Eren Elmalı, Okay Yokuşlu, Orkun Kökçü, Yunus Akgün, Arda Güler, Kenan Yıldız and Kerem Aktürkoğlu.
Altay Bayındır, Uğurcan Çakır, Zeki Çelik, Samet Akaydin, Enes Ünal, Bertuğ Yıldırım, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Yasin Özcan, İsmail Yüksek, Mert Müldür, Semih Kılıçsoy and Doğucan Haspolat were among the reserves in the national team.
Muhammed Şengezer, Gökhan Sazdağı and Cihan Çanak, who were in the candidate squad, and Hakan Çalhanoğlu, who was injured, were not included in the match squad.
Emirhan in the first 11 for the first time
Emirhan Topçu, who played in the first 11 of the National Football Team against Montenegro, was in the first 11 for the first time.
Emirhan wore the A National Team jersey for the first time, replacing Zeki Çelik in the last minute of Turkey’s match against Wales.
Yasin Özcan is in the squad for the first time
Yasin Özcan, who was in the candidate squad for the first time in the crescent-star team, was also included in the match squad.
Yasin, who is among the reserves, will wear the A National Team jersey for the first time if given the chance in the Montenegro fight.
Jovetic, whose suspension ended in Montenegro, returned to the first 11
Montenegro National Team captain Stevan Jovetic, whose suspension ended, took his place in the first 11 against Turkey.
Due to his suspension, Jovetic could not play in the match his team lost 2-0 to Iceland.
Minister Osman Aşkın Bak watched the match from the stands
Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Aşkın Bak also watched the away match of the National Team against Montenegro from the stands.
Minister Bak followed the match together with AK Party Izmir Deputy Mehmet Muharrem Kasapoğlu, Turkish Football Federation (TFF) President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu, National Teams Manager Ceyhun Kazancı and TFF Board members.
Turkish fans did not leave the star and crescent team alone
Turkish fans did not leave the National Football Team alone in its away match against Montenegro.
Turkish fans completely filled the reserved seats at the Niksic City Stadium, which has a capacity of five thousand people. Fans who bought tickets from the Montenegro stands were not allowed to enter the stadium.
