Message from President Erdoğan to the National Football Team: Hearts will beat with you

In his message, AKP Chairman and President Erdoğan stated, “Valuable athletes of our national team, our World Cup journey, which we as a nation have been waiting for with excitement, begins with tomorrow's match against Australia. This first World Cup excitement we will experience after 24 years has enveloped every corner of our country.

From Edirne to Kars, from Sinop to Hatay, from Istanbul to Diyarbakır, every single one of our 86 million citizens has united in the same sentiment today.

You are the children of Turkey, carrying our crescent-and-star flag to the world's greatest stage.

When you step onto the pitch, you will carry the prayers, hopes, history, and pride of this nation on your shoulders. In tomorrow's match and the matches you play thereafter, you will feel the support of our nation with you from the moment you step onto the field."

‘HOPEFULLY, WE WILL WRITE THIS EPIC TOGETHER’

President Erdoğan continued:

“Even though you are thousands of kilometers away, hearts will beat with you in every household, every street, and every square in Turkey. We have witnessed many times that you have never given up the fight with the understanding that 'It is not over until we say it is over,' and what you have achieved for Turkey.

The memory of the pride we felt when we finished third in the 2002 World Cup still lives in our hearts.

Now, it is time to write a new epic. Hopefully, we will write this epic together. May God be with you and help you. May your shots be goals. The flag is with you, the hope is with you, the prayers are with you. May your path and fortune be clear, our boys."

News Source: 12punto