2016 was supposed to signal Turkey’s long-awaited
return to football’s world stage. Turkey is a country of football-mad fanatics
with a population of over 80 million, a country with an extraordinary passion
for both their domestic and national teams. Turkey Vs Italy
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This was a country that produced a side that shocked
the world in 2002 when it finished third at the World Cup in South Korea and
Japan. They then won hearts and minds six years later by repeating the trick at
the 2008 European Championships.
By the time the European Championships take place in
2021 it will be just the fourth tournament Turkey have competed in during the
previous 20 years. If 2002 and 2008 were the pinnacle of Turkish football, 2016
was the relative abyss, considering all those tournaments they missed out on
qualifying for.
After losing 1-0 to Croatia in the opening game four
years ago Turkey couldn’t get the results they needed to even go through as one
of the best third-placed teams in the group stage.
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Next year though, next year could be different. For
whatever reason Turkey appear poised on the cusp of another golden generation,
a group who can follow in the footsteps of the 2002 team.
The headline act, of course is Cengiz Under. The
baby-faced trickster who has taken Serie A by storm. He is a wizard; the sort
of player fans loves to dub something like “the Turkish Messi” which is to do
his own talents a huge disservice.
He came through at the fascinating
Altinordu before spending just a season in the Turkish top-flight prior to
his move to Italy. Both his fearless style and the path he has taken can
explain his role as a standard-bearer for this new generation, namely that so
many of these young Turkish stars appear to be unafraid to fly the nest earlier
than ever before.
There are the exceptions of course, such as central
midfielders Ozan Tufan and Dorukhan Tokoz, but it seems as if the ‘Big Five’
European leagues have decided that Turkish is back in vogue.
There’s another at Roma with Under, Centre-back Mert
Cetin, whilst Lille have two hugely exciting young talents in right-back Zeki
Celik and attacking midfielder Yusuf Yazici.
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