Turkey Look to Stop Their Slide Against Belgium

Our national football team will face Belgium in the UEFA Nations League, looking to end their poor run of form. Losing all four matches played in September and October, the national team found the net twice and conceded 11 goals.

Turkey lost 1-0 to France, 4-1 to Italy, 3-0 to Belgium, and 3-1 to Italy again, after which the head coach was changed. Sergen Yalçın, who replaced Vincenzo Montella, will face his first test against Belgium. Yalçın has announced that the national team will switch to a system with a striker. Enes Ünal and Deniz Gül are among the options in attack.

The squad has absentees. Aral Şimşir was left out of the squad due to injury. Kenan Yıldız was not included in the provisional November squad because of an injury. Abdülkerim Bardakcı will not be able to play against Belgium because of a card suspension. Arda Güler and Barış Alper Yılmaz, who have completed their suspensions, are again among the coaching staff's options.

The result against Belgium will also directly affect the fight to avoid relegation in the A Lig. Mathematically eliminated from the top two spots, the national team will try to improve their position in the relegation zone with the points they collect in the last two matches.

On the Belgian side, Romelu Lukaku has been ruled out of the Turkey match due to a minor hip injury. The Belgian Football Association announced that Lukaku's treatment will continue in his home country. The return of Jeremy Doku to the squad is a positive development for Mark van Bommel. Belgium, third with six points, have Kevin De Bruyne, Youri Tielemans, Charles De Ketelaere, Dodi Lukebakio and Leandro Trossard in the provisional squad.