3-0 against Turkey at Sclessin. That’s historic. I’m weighing my words. I sent the score to “Sunday Devils” before I’d even finished my cone of chips. My brother-in-law gave it a thumbs-up. From him, that’s a standing ovation.
Then I read the press conference of Vincenzo Montella, the Turkish coach. He said the match was “balanced on the whole, even from a statistical point of view”. My temperature dropped at once. Balanced? I checked the score again. Still 3-0.
He gave his numbers. Forty touches for Turkey in our box, no goals. Twenty-six for us in theirs, three goals. So we let them in forty times. Forty. That’s a disgrace. I’m weighing my words. Well, forty times without conceding, that takes some doing. Historic, really. For the defence. Well, not bad.
Montella called 3-0 an “ugly” result. I thought it was very pretty. We just don’t see it the same way, that’s all. I’m not saying this because I’m a supporter. Well, yes.
Twenty-six touches for three goals. That’s a flat-pitch ratio, that is.
He also pointed out that Turkey got back to the World Cup after 24 years under him and was promoted to League A of the Nations League. He says he isn’t worried and stays motivated and focused for the next matches. That, I recognise. It’s exactly what I write in the group after a defeat. Now we take it one game at a time, you know.
It’s true, we checked: RTBF Sport.
