A media day was held in the National Women’s Football Team

ISTANBUL (AA) – The National Women’s Football Team, which will face Northern Ireland in the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup European Qualifiers B League 2nd Group, on Friday, June 5, met with journalists at the media day event. Making a statement to the press at the event held at the Turkish Football Federation Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities, coach Necla Güngör Kıragası said, “You are giving us serious motivation by coming here.” he said.

Stating that they are in a very important period, Kıragası said, “We said at the beginning of the year, ‘This year is the year in which we will show our performance.’ It happened as we said. We are living at a threshold where we compete head to head with the middle and upper class European countries and get the reward, where we have overcome a very important breaking moment for women’s football, and we are very happy.

We bid farewell to the men’s national team from here yesterday. Seeing the departing convoy made us emotional, but at the same time it was a source of motivation. I hope we can go to Brazil in the same way next year. This is the last time for this.” “We will fight until the last minute.” he said. Reminding that they have never lost a match at the Pendik Stadium, where they will face Northern Ireland, Kıragası continued: “We have never lost a match at the Pendik Stadium.

We love it very much, we thank the Pendik management very much. We beat Northern Ireland 1-0 away in the first match. They are a team that is physically superior to us, has players playing abroad, and is in our higher rank. We will go out on the field with the same passion to win. We achieved the environmental factors we wanted. We played there on a field that did not have grass in the winter. Now we are fans.” “We will play in front of him.” Stating that they are working to strengthen the main squad, Necla Güngör Kıragası said, “We are a team that dreams a lot.

We said, ‘We will do the best we can with this squad.’ The next ones will try to surpass what this squad has done. There is a squad that has suffered and is just starting to enjoy women’s football. We are very willing. We believe that we can do it. This is still a transition period for us. I hope luck will be on our side. Even 1 point we get from Northern Ireland will be like guaranteeing the play-offs.” made his assessment.

Stating that they have a very good relationship with their players, Kıragası concluded her words as follows: “I have become more of a mother than a sister now. I am very proud. We have been together with many of my players for a very long time. It has been 16 years in the Federation. Our relationship is very different, there is a great mutual respect between me and my players. As women in such a male-dominated world, they stand on their feet and say ‘I can do this job’.

That’s why I have great respect, but my love is endless. I always say that I have 1 son, but I have many daughters. Mother-daughter or “We continue with the role of sister and sister, and I am very happy about it.” – The national team continued their preparations. The crescent-star team continued their preparations for the Northern Ireland match. The training, held at Hasan Doğan National Teams Camp and Training Facilities under the management of coach Necla Güngör Kıragası, started with warm-up exercises.

It was reported that tactical exercises were carried out in the part of the training, which was closed to the press, where the football players continued their training in two groups, passing and catching the ball.