The selection of Türkiye is already focusing on the quarterfinal match of Euro 2024, focused on the “physical and mental recovery” of the team; the “most important” aspect that Daniele Russo, Vincenzo Montella’s assistant, highlighted this Thursday at a press conference, and who stressed that his team knows how to “harm” the Netherlands.
“We have watched all the Netherlands’ games and we continue to watch them. We will start to try something tactical in training, but the most important thing is our physical and mental recovery. They have played important games, but they have also had problems at times. We know where they are. weak and where they are strong. We know how we can hurt them,” the coach said in a press conference before training.
And he also focused on the importance of the set-piece strategy, which caused the two goals against Austria, in two corner kicks by Arda Güler. “It’s something we work on very carefully. Even before going out on the field, Vincenzo (Montella) said that we were going to score a goal from set pieces. We will prepare in the best way until the game,” he explained.
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For the duel against the Netherlands, Vincenzo Montella recovers Hakan Çalhanoglu, who is out against Austria due to a cycle of two yellow cards. “We know him from Milan. We know his leadership and his personality. I don’t need to tell you what a great player he is,” said Russo, who thanked the captain for the way in which he has protected the youngest players from criticism in various places. stretches of the road until Euro 2024.
“There was a lot of pressure from outside in this selection process, but we must not forget that we are the youngest team in the tournament,” he recalled.
