Turkey Lose to France Without a Point as Akgün Describes Good Start

Yunus Akgün, who started in the national team's starting XI, stressed that they had played well in a match from which they left without a point. Akgün noted that they started the match well with a goal.

Akgün said that the occasional dips in play during the match worked in the opponent's favor. He stated that they got into scoring positions but could not make use of them, and that they were sad not to win. Reminding that the match was Sergen Yalçın's first, Akgün said the positive atmosphere outside the pitch would also be reflected on the field in the coming period. Akgün also thanked the people of Izmir.

The national team will travel to France for the final match of the group. The national team has won only one of its last 8 official matches. Apart from the match against the USA, it lost all of its other matches. With this record, the national team left the pitch defeated in 5 consecutive matches for the first time in 45 years, since 1982.