Absences confirmed ahead of Turkey-France match: Orkun Kökçü unlikely to play

The National Football Team will host France on Friday, September 25, in their first match of the UEFA Nations League A Group 1. The match, which will be played at Kocaeli Stadium, will kick off at 21:45.

While Turkey's squad list was announced ahead of the match, the names who will be unable to play due to injuries have also been confirmed. The most notable situation is the injury of Orkun Kökçü.

ABSENCES AND MATCH INFORMATION

Orkun Kökçü, who could not train with the team throughout the week due to pain in his toe, did not participate in the final training session held on September 24. The national footballer, who is still undergoing treatment, is not expected to play against France.

Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Kenan Yıldız, and Mert Müldür had previously not been included in the squad due to their injuries. These three players will also be unable to perform in the France match.

We have very important absences. In addition to captain Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Kenan Yıldız, and Mert Müldür, Orkun Kökçü has a minor injury. Orkun stayed with us. He is trying to recover. I thank him as well. We trust all our players.

The Turkey-France match will be broadcast live on ATV. The TFF's official match schedule also lists ATV as the broadcaster for the match.

Turkey's 30-man squad includes goalkeepers Altay Bayındır, Muhammed Şengezer, Okan Kocuk, and Uğurcan Çakır.

The defensive line includes Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Eren Elmalı, Adil Demirbağ, Emirhan Topçu, Ferdi Kadıoğlu, Merih Demiral, Ozan Kabak, Samet Akaydin, Mustafa Eskihellaç, and Zeki Çelik.

In the midfield group, İsmail Yüksek, Bartuğ Elmaz, Demir Ege Tıknaz, Melih Kabasakal, Orkun Kökçü, and Salih Özcan were called up; while in the attacking line, Aral Şimşir, Arda Güler, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Deniz Gül, Yunus Akgün, Can Uzun, İlhan Fakılı, İrfan Can Kahveci, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, and Oğuz Aydın were included in the squad.

The 23-man squad for France, managed by Zinedine Zidane, includes Mike Maignan, Guillaume Restes, Robin Risser; Andy Diouf, Jeremy Jacquet, Pierre Kalulu, Ibrahima Konate, Jules Kounde, Maxence Lacroix, Adrien Truffert, Dayot Upamecano; Eduardo Camavinga, Rayan Cherki, Lucas Da Cunha, Manu Kone, Adrien Rabiot, Warren Zaire-Emery; Bradley Barcola, Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue, Esteban Lepaul, Kylian Mbappe, and Michael Olise.

News Source: 12punto