Monday, September 6, 2021 at 8:09 PM• Rian Rosendaal • Last update: 20:37

Louis van Gaal briefly shed light on Monday afternoon about the expected position of Turkey, Tuesday evening’s opponent. The national coach of the Dutch thinks that only two players are currently active in the Turkish league, at Fenerbahçe and Besiktas. Turkish national coach Senol Günes was confronted with Van Gaal’s prediction at the press meeting on Tuesday evening.

“Van Gaal said that two players from the Turkish league will be in the starting line-up tomorrow (Tuesday, ed.) and that those players are active at Besiktas and Fenerbahçe,” Gunes is presented by a journalist from Turkey. It immediately tempts the the Dutch opponent’s choice lord to ask a question. “Did he mention their names too?” The names of the players in question were not put forward by Van Gaal, so that Günes does not want to say much further about the disclosure of his Dutch colleague. “I don’t know who will play yet either.”

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“But it is not the case that Van Gaal’s words have no meaning. I hope that we will also see his line-up”, Günes continues with his preview of the match with the the Dutch. The Turkish national coach has high hopes for the next opponent on the way to the World Cup in Qatar. “The Netherlands have made changes to the defense compared to the first game, because Virgil van Dijk was still absent. However, their way of playing is still the same. It is a mobile team that can put pressure on you and has a lot of quality in attacking.” Van Gaal is a good teacher,” the national coach of the Dutch receives as a compliment.

Van Gaal did not want to say on Monday afternoon how he will cope with the loss of Cody Gakpo, who had a base place twice in a row. “The bad thing is that I don’t want to let the coach of Turkey get any wiser. He is already very good and has let his team play in a very disciplined way. That is really good to let Turks play in a game discipline. Turkey has smart players and also alone “But players who play at top clubs. They only have two players who play in Turkey, at least in the team we expect. They also play at Fenerbahçe and Besiktas, which are top clubs.”