I think they only play this match to get their selfconfidence up. It could be to prepare for the match against China, but I heard China plays differently than Hong Kong and that China is much stronger.
I will dissapointet if we win by margin less than 3 goals.
Do you think Turkey will play with their best 11 or do you think some players will be saved?
We DO have our own national team! We DO have our own league! :dazed:
We were the best in Asia... about 20-30 years ago... The problem is that we are NOW among the worst teams in Asia! :crybaby:
Honestly it would be a very easy game for Turkey. My national team only win against some teams like Indonesia and Macau. :mute: :tongue:
I also wonder if Turkey would play the best 11. It's a tournament and we have also invited the national teams of Scotland and South Africa. If they don't play the best 11 in the first game, they'll probably play the best 11 in the next game because it's the last game they have (if I remember correctly) before they fly to South Korea/Japan.
BTW, they really have to take good care of themselves during the tournament. The weather here is very bad in these few days (raining cats and dogs); and the Hong Kong stadium isn't in a very good condition. Let's hope that they wouldn't get injured just before the cup...
P.S. Today the Turkish national team refused to let any journalists to get into the training ground to do interviews and such, as the Hong Kong FA failed to organise a training session for them in the Hong Kong Stadium. Well, again, it's because of the heavy rain, according to the source I have.
I also wonder if Turkey would play the best 11. It's a tournament and we have also invited the national teams of Scotland and South Africa. If they don't play the best 11 in the first game, they'll probably play the best 11 in the next game because it's the last game they have (if I remember correctly) before they fly to South Korea/Japan.
The match ended Turkey 2 Hong Kong 0 on goals from Hasan Sas and Hakan Sükür on penalty.
It was a terrible match. Our players were walking and didnt seem like they wanted to play. The whole team was substituted in the halftime.
The best players in the first half was Emre and Hasan Sas the worst was Sükür.
The best player in the second half was Ergün, Ünsal was decent and the rest were crap.
International Friendly Report: Turkey Claim Easy Win Over Hong Kong XI
Hong Kong - Turkey | News Archive
Comfortable win for Turkey (Allsport)
05/20/2002. Turkey have beaten a Hong Kong league XI 2-0 in a World Cup warm up match that was more of a training exercise than a competitive fixture for the Turks.
The first half was dominated by Turkey and Hong Kong didn't have a a shot on target in the opening 45 minutes.
The first goal came from a Hakan Sukur penalty after 22 minutes after Hasan was brought down in the area. The second goal came in the last minute of the first half from Hasan after he linked up well with Hakan.
Senol Gunes, who will announce the 23-player World Cup squad tomorrow morning, introduced a new line-up after the break. Turkey continued to dominate, but Arif and Ilhan
missed golden chances to increase the lead.
Zafer did have shots to save in the second half, but he wasn't seriously tested at any time by Hong Kong.
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but unfortunately, shanie...we lost this game..
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