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Geri dönüfl zaman›
Time to comeback
Yıldırım Demirören
Türkiye Futbol Federasyonu Başkanı
President Turkish Football Federation
Çek Cumhuriyeti, futboldaki kadim
dostlar›m›zdan birisi. Bundan tam 89
y›l önce, 25 May›s 1924’te bafllayan
saha içi rekabetimiz, eski ad›
Çekoslovakya olan de¤erli rakibimizle
bugüne dek 8’i resmi, 8’i özel 16
maçta bizleri bir araya getirdi.
Hiç kuflku yok, bu uzun soluklu
birlikteli¤in bizim aç›m›zdan hâlâ
büyük bir keyifle and›¤›m›z
unutulmaz buluflmas›, 2008 Avrupa
fiampiyonas› finallerindeki o müthifl
geri dönüfl maç›m›zd›. 2-0’l›k
yenilgiden 3-2’lik galibiyete
tafl›nd›¤›m›z o karfl›laflma, asl›nda
yaln›z o flampiyonan›n da de¤il, Millî
Tak›m tarihimizin unutulmazlar›
aras›ndayd›.
Benzer bir geri dönüflü, flimdi Dünya
Kupas› elemelerinde yapmak istiyoruz.
‹yi bafllayamad›¤›m›z grubu, ilk iki
s›rada tamamlamay› ve Brezilya’daki
finallere kat›lmay› hedefliyoruz.
Mart ay›nda Andorra ve Macaristan ile
oynayaca¤›m›z grup maçlar›yla
bafllamas›n› arzu etti¤imiz ç›k›fl süreci
öncesi, son provay› bu akflam
yapaca¤›z. Manisa’n›n tarihinde ilk
kez bir millî maça ev sahipli¤i
yapaca¤› y›l›n ilk maç›nda
beklentimiz belli; kazanmak, özgüven
tazelemek ve moral bulmak.
Her defas›nda kendisine çok
güvendi¤imizin ›srarla alt›n› çizdi¤im
Teknik Direktörümüz Abdullah Avc›
yönetimindeki tak›m›m›z›n, sahada
kalitesine yak›fl›r bir mücadele
verece¤ine yürekten inan›yorum.
Çek Cumhuriyeti kafilesine
“hofl geldiniz” diyor, sahadaki
mücadelenin futbolun en büyük
de¤eri Fair Play ruhuyla daha da
anlam kazanaca¤›na inan›yor,
hepinize iyi seyirler diliyorum.
Czech Republic is one of our old
friends in football. 89 years ago, our
rivalry in the pitch began on 25 May
1924 and brought us together with our
precious rival, whose previous name
was Czechoslovakia, in 8 official and
8 friendly, totally 16 matches until
today.
Undoubtedly, the unforgettable
meeting for us against our rival is the
game which we made an awesome
comeback in Euro 2008 finals that we
still memorialize it with a big joy. In
this match; we changed the score from
2-0 to 3-2 and won the game. Not
only for this tournament, this result is
actually one of the unforgettable
moments of our A National Team
history.
Similarly, we want to make a
comeback again in the World Cup
Qualifications. We couldn’t make a
good start in group matches. But; we
are aiming to finish the group in the
first two places and qualify to the
finals which will be held in Brazil.
Tonight, we will have our last rehearsal
before the qualification group matches
against Andorra and Hungary in
March. In those two matches we are
expecting our performance to rise
again. Our expectation in this year’s
first game that Manisa will host A
National Team game firstly in the
history, is clear; to win, restore self-
confidence and find a morale.
I strongly believe that our team will
perform well worthily according to
their quality under the management of
Abdullah Avc›, that I insistently
underline in each time, we trust him a
lot.
I would like to welcome Czech
Republic delegation. I believe this
game will make more sense with the
soul of Fair Play which is the biggest
value of football. I am wishing an
enjoyable game for all of us.