Euro 2024, Vincenzo Montella: “I accept criticism, I am prepared.”

After the heavy defeat, comes an admission of guilt.

Vincenzo Montella takes responsibility for the heavy 0-3 loss his Turkey suffered against Portugal in the match that was worth the summit of Euro 2024 round F. The Campania coach also made some lineup choices he decided to dwell on at the end of his team’s defeat in Dortmund.

"Our match è was good, but in the decisive moments we should have done more" – were the words of Montella, collected by 'TRT Spor' -. In the first twenty minutes we came close to scoring more than Portugal, clear forò that if you build and do not finalize then you risk that matches like these become complicated".

According to Montella, Turkey especially suffered from Portugal’s first lead. "After their 1-0 we lost some of our confidence. In the final forò we tried to score goals, I am really sorry that we did not succeed. However, we know that we can still qualify for the round of 16, and we want to achieve this goal that è is still within our reach", he said.

Impossible then not to dwell on the choice of Bayindir, goalkeeper who è proved to be co-responsible for Portugal’s doubling. "Gunok was injured this morning, but I think I had three very good goalkeepers at my disposal. Bayindir had played great against Germany and Italy, then è clearly if you make a mistake and lose you become enemy number one. And this is especially true for coaches or coaches of a national team. But I am prepared for this, I accept criticism but I always want to analyze it in a lucid way", said Montella.