Hakan Çalhanoğlu's statement on Arda Güler after Portugal match: 'There are things you don't know'

EURO 2024 Group F captain Hakan Çalhanoğlu made statements at a press conference for the A National Football Team, which lost to Portugal in their second match.

Here are the highlights from Hakan Çalhanoğlu's statements:

''THINGS WE DIDN'T WANT HAPPENED'

"Everything is harder after yesterday's match, but it is not the end of the world. We have had the goal of advancing from the group since the beginning. We still have that chance. We didn't get the result we wanted yesterday, but nothing is over yet. We have one more match. Our team believes. Things we didn't want happened in the match, there was bad luck. These are things that happen in football. The important thing is that our team still believes. We talked after the match. We will look ahead, we have to look ahead. Hopefully, we will advance from this group." he said.

"THERE IS A LOT YOU DON'T KNOW"

Stating that they heard the chants for Arda Güler, Hakan said, "We heard the Arda chants. Arda is very valuable to us, everyone is valuable. Sometimes you don't know what happens in training or within the team.

You don't know about Arda's injury. I have to protect the coach on this matter. Arda suffered a groin injury. Otherwise, he would have played. They made this decision by talking together. The coach knows this better, he didn't reflect it to the outside. It doesn't suit us to reflect some things to the outside.

The way Arda entered the game later was like that. He had a problem with his groin. He left him out for protection so that he would be ready for the final match." he said.

"WE LOSE OUR FOCUS"

Stating that they are an emotional nation, Hakan said, "We are generally emotional people, we are like that as a country. We shouldn't forget that Portugal is a strong team. They have quality players. They are favorites like Germany and Spain. Could we have beaten Portugal? Yes, we could have, but when we are 1-0 or 2-0 down, we lose our focus.

We need to improve this. The incident with Samet and Altay happened. Sometimes we talk on the pitch, but it's not heard. This is something that happens in football, the important thing is to pick them up. There is no 'I' here, there is 'we'. We win together, we lose together. We are not at the end of the road. It continues.

It will be a tough match, but we believe and that is why we will continue." he said.

"I BELIEVE WE WILL SUCCEED"

"We have always achieved the difficult, you know this. We beat Croatia away, we finished as leaders. We achieved the difficult in the Iceland match. We are used to this. It is not something new. I believe we will succeed in this too."

"WE ARE AN EMOTIONAL COUNTRY"

"We are generally emotional people, we are like that as a country. We shouldn't forget that Portugal is a strong team. They have quality players. They are favorites like Germany and Spain. Could we have beaten Portugal? Yes, we could have, but when we are 1-0 or 2-0 down, we lose our focus. We need to improve this. The incident with Samet and Altay happened. Sometimes we talk on the pitch, but it's not heard.

This is something that happens in football, the important thing is to pick them up. There is no 'I' here, there is 'we'. We win together, we lose together. We are not at the end of the road. It continues. It will be a very difficult match, but we believe and that is why we will continue." you don't know what happened. You don't know about Arda's injury. I have to protect the coach on this matter. Arda suffered a groin injury. Otherwise, he would have played.

They made this decision by talking together. The coach knows this better, he didn't reflect it to the outside. It doesn't suit us to reflect some things to the outside. The way Arda entered the game later was like that. He had a problem with his groin. He left him out for protection so that he would be ready for the final match.''