Montella's injury update on Arda Güler: Will he be in the starting XI tomorrow?

Head coach Vincenzo Montella spoke ahead of the Portugal match. Stating that İsmail Yüksek is in good condition, Montella reported that there is a slight sign of fatigue in Arda Güler and that they will make a decision regarding the player tomorrow.

Montella's statements are as follows:

''ARDA HAS SOME FATIGUE''

"We will focus on our own identity and our own game. We must turn our strengths into an advantage. We must show our patient game in unity and solidarity. Our goal is to have possession of the ball. Portugal's is too. We need to improve in terms of keeping the ball at our feet."

"Arda's shooting percentage is very high. We can expect a goal the moment he sees the goal. Managing such footballers is not difficult for me. He has a slight fatigue. We will decide together tomorrow whether he will be in the starting 11 or come on later."

"HE WILL NOT BE IN THE SQUAD''

"We must have a better defensive stance. Ensuring this starts with our forwards. We already know how good our offensive players are once we are good defensively. In the Georgia match, we took 22 shots, they took 12."

"Arda showed a slight sign of fatigue. Unfortunately, İrfan Can will not be in the squad. All our other players will be in the squad, they are ready."

''WE KNOW THEIR WEAKNESSES, WE WILL EXPLOIT THEM''

"We know that we have never beaten Portugal, but this is just a statistic. We are focusing on tomorrow's match. We must keep our feet on the ground, we must focus on the realities. We will be on the field without lacking our concentration and desire."

Question from the Portuguese press: "With what mindset will Turkey be on the field against Portugal tomorrow?"

"Did Martinez send you? (Laughing). As long as we play compactly, our opponent can play with three at the back if they want. We know their weaknesses and we will exploit them."

''I READ WHAT THE OPPOSING COACH SAID''

"I read what the opposing coach said, he is a name I respect. He says we don't play with a forward and don't play offensively in our country. I am happy when the opposing coach says we play offensively. We need not leave space for our opponent."

"We always need to be careful and compact, we need to adjust the distances in the best way. We need to break their quality with our own quality."

"İSMAİL YÜKSEK'S CONDITION IS QUITE GOOD"

"You know that I don't like to give information in advance, but İsmail Yüksek's condition is quite good. He continues his training regularly. Tomorrow, he might be included in the game from the start or later. I won't give you this information, of course".

Kerem Aktürkoğlu's statements are as follows:

"I missed the goal 3 times while dribbling the ball. I've been joking about this since the goal. The bench ran with me, I was going to dribble it to the goal but I gave up. It was a difficult position even though it looked easy.

"WE WANT TO QUALIFY FROM THE GROUP AS LEADERS"

"No team goes into matches for a draw or a defeat. Of course, we want to get a win, we prepared for that. We also have shortcomings, we worked well on Portugal's shortcomings. We want to get a win and clearly qualify from the group as leaders."

"IF WE ARE PATIENT, IT WILL BE INEVITABLE FOR US TO LEAVE WITH A VICTORY TOMORROW"

"Patience is our biggest motto. If we don't rush, we can do it. We are a slightly excited nation, we want it to happen as soon as possible. I have a bit of that too. The friendly matches might look bad as a result, but they touched on very meaningful points in terms of the game. If we are patient, it will be inevitable for us to leave with a victory tomorrow.

Team defense is one of the most important factors in such tournaments. The positions we gave in the first match put us in trouble, but our game understanding against Portugal will be different. I am also a player who helps with team defense, even if it is not very obvious. Hopefully, we can show this as a team tomorrow."

"THERE WILL BE A VERY DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE WHEN WE WIN TOMORROW"

"The fact that the friendly matches ended in defeat had upset our morale a bit. We were aware that the first match could affect the course of the tournament. There is a group inside that is close to each other in terms of age and friendship. We won the first match, but nothing is over. When we win tomorrow, there will be a very different atmosphere. As a country, we need this."

"I DON'T KNOW IF I WILL PLAY TOMORROW"

"I don't know if I will play or not, but we need to be ready for our opponent. Every player is familiar with certain patterns, problems can arise because there are not many teams in Turkey that play with three at the back, but we have to be ready for these. We know that if we get a different score in the first minutes, their game will change."

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