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Sinan Bolat Reveals Turkey's Cunning Game Plan After Defeating Belgium
Guus Hiddink's men sought to capitalise on the disciplinary weakness of the Belgian defence...
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Sep 7, 2010 11:00:00 PM
By Gary Niblock
Sinan Bolat may well have watched on in disbelief as he saw fellow goalkeeper Onur Civrak struggle for both of Belgium's goals, however Turkey's substitute shot stopper, who plays in Belgium for Standard Liege, was pleased that his side came away with all three points.
"We conceded two sloppy goals from set-pieces," he told Sporza. "Otherwise, there was little actual football being played and few chances created. It was a very scrappy match though our goals did come from some good attacking play."
Bolat then went on to reveal how the Turkish side looked to get under the skin of the Belgian defenders as they tried to exploit their weaknesses.
"We knew that the Belgian defenders were prone to picking up bookings and indeed they had two defenders booked in the first half in [Vincent] Kompany and [Daniel] Van Buyten. In the second half, we tried to put pressure on them in the hope one of them would pick up a second [yellow].
Turkey have made a perfect start to the qualifiers, preceding tonight's 3-2 win against Belgium with a 3-0 victory in Kazakhstan on Friday evening.
"We conceded two sloppy goals from set-pieces," he told Sporza. "Otherwise, there was little actual football being played and few chances created. It was a very scrappy match though our goals did come from some good attacking play."
Bolat then went on to reveal how the Turkish side looked to get under the skin of the Belgian defenders as they tried to exploit their weaknesses.
"We knew that the Belgian defenders were prone to picking up bookings and indeed they had two defenders booked in the first half in [Vincent] Kompany and [Daniel] Van Buyten. In the second half, we tried to put pressure on them in the hope one of them would pick up a second [yellow].
Turkey have made a perfect start to the qualifiers, preceding tonight's 3-2 win against Belgium with a 3-0 victory in Kazakhstan on Friday evening.
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