Sports writers evaluate the Austria-Turkey match: A demoralizing defeat!

The A National Football Team was defeated 6-1 by Austria in a friendly match. Sports writers evaluated this heavy defeat.

Montella needs to move on from Adana - Uğur Meleke

I think there were important lessons for Montella to take from this rout yesterday: 1- In the remaining two friendly matches, we must take the field with the starting 11 we will use at Euro 2024. I honestly don't understand the point of playing with one 11 in Budapest and a completely different 11 in Vienna. We shouldn't be in the phase of selecting players right now, but rather in the phase of establishing a starting 11 and consistency in our play.

We should avoid using makeshift players in the national team. The insistence on Cenk Özkaçar just because he played left-back for one and a half matches 6 months ago is meaningless. We could have easily started with Zeki on the right and Mert on the left yesterday.

In 180 minutes, we tried Enes, Yusuf, Kenan, and Barış in the center-forward role. We scored 1 goal in 2 matches, and that was from a penalty. I ask Montella: Was our pool of center-forwards so good that we didn't need Semih Kılıçsoy? The center-forwardless model he found success with at Demirspor is now a thing of the past in Adana. Montella needs to strip the Demirspor mentality from within him and take the field with the best footballers who hold a Turkish passport. (HÜRRİYET)

Look at champion Italy! - Levent Tüzemen

The National Team suffered greatly from the consequences of such a wide-ranging change. Yet, Montella won the matches on the road to EURO 2024 thanks to squad stability. The squad, composed of players who are not accustomed to playing together, looked like a group of novices. It was a mistake for Montella to start the second half without making any changes. The passing and positioning errors made by incompatible players led to a shameful scoreline. Let me remind you; Austria's coach Rangnick fielded 7 players from the squad that beat Slovakia 2-0 away. Montella, on the other hand, changed 9 players from the National Team after the Hungary match. If Montella does not believe in squad stability, he should look at the squad of the Italian National Team, which is the European champion, and see what stability looks like. (SABAH)

A demoralizing defeat - Olcay Çakır

Except for Hakan and Kenan, everyone was different from the squad in the Hungary match. Along with Uğurcan, our center-backs, full-backs, and even our midfield made mistakes while playing out. We should have been able to turn our reaction to the penalty following the very early goal into motivation, but it didn't happen. We couldn't stop Gregoritsch. Let's come to the part about what we should do. Montella will certainly turn our national team into a "complete team" by the time the tournament starts. He will get the game he has in mind and the players who can play that game ready for the tournament day. I have no doubt about that. However, even if it is a friendly match, this heavy defeat is demoralizing! While we are on the subject of tournaments, let's add this as a final note. Santos is criticized in our league for being a tournament coach. Montella, on the other hand, has not seen a tournament. Should Montella inject a bit of Santos's style into his own game? (FANATİK)

Need to work hard - Cem Dizdar

For the national team, this defeat will be seriously instructive. Montella must have gathered a lot of data regarding what they can do, what they should not do, and what they need to work on more. On the other hand, it has been confirmed once again that the basic needs of some special players like Arda Güler are more about productive training sessions than the match itself. Our team is young... Naturally, they need to work hard without getting tired or discouraged... (FANATİK)