Fenerbahçe‘s national football player İrfan Can Kahveci was the guest of the ‘Günün Interview’ program broadcast on FB TV. Kahveci, who played an important role in the victories of the National Team with the goals he scored in the matches played against Montenegro and Iceland in the UEFA Nations B League, evaluated both his performance and the international break.
“THE NATIONAL BREAK WAS PRODUCTIVE FOR BOTH THE TEAM AND ME”
İrfan Can Kahveci, who started his speech by evaluating the national break, said, “I can say that the national break was very productive for both the team and me. I mean, it was great for me. It was great to score goals in both matches. As a matter of fact, we have a good generation in the national team. Very good harmony.” “We did well. We are doing well. Hopefully, we will do our best to participate in the World Cup in the future. We played on difficult grounds and had long journeys, but the result was good.”
“WE PLAYED A GOOD GAME, WE WERE VERY GOOD AS A TEAM”
Regarding the match that the National Team played away against Iceland in the Nations League, the national football player said, “Frankly, I can still say that I still have pain in my back. The ground was like stone. It was as if we were playing on stone, it was a difficult ground. Thank God, we survived that match without any injuries. “The result was good. It was difficult for us. We played well, we were very good as a team. We made it 1-1 with the goal I scored, but we fought very well as a team and I am happy about that.”
“The more I score goals, the more I want to score goals.”
The 29-year-old football player said about the match Fenerbahçe will play against Samsunspor in the Super League this weekend, “I had ambition before joining the national team and I needed these goals. I hope I can continue here. The more I score goals, the more my desire to score goals increases.” “I can say that Samsun away game was also difficult because the ground there was not very good. But I hope I can score a goal there too. Last year I made an assist away game, I scored a goal at home, and I hope I can score a goal against Samsun.”
“WE WILL ENTER A DIFFICULT FIXTURE”
Speaking about the difficult fixture process of the yellow-dark blue team, which started with Samsunspor and will continue with Manchester United, İrfan Can said, “We will enter a difficult fixture. There are difficult matches like Samsunspor and then Manchester United. But I can say that our squad quality is sufficient for this. We have very important players. I think this squad will overcome this fixture. Every match is difficult, no match is easy. Sometimes the matches you see as easy on paper can be difficult, and the ones you see as difficult can sometimes end early. That’s why we will work with the same concentration in every match and hopefully get three points from each match. “We aim to return,” he said.
“WE WILL MATCH TO WIN AT OUR OWN HOME, THIS IS IN FENERBAHÇE’S GENES”
Sharing his views on the match they will play against Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League, İrfan Can Kahveci said, “They are an important team. If I am not mistaken, one of their players received a red card. We are playing at home. We will play to win at home, this is in Fenerbahçe’s genes.” Moreover, we go out to win every match at home, no matter who the opponent is! Fenerbahçe has won against very big clubs here, like Chelsea FC. I think we need to catch up with our old genes, because Fenerbahçe is a really big club, we need to show this again. spoke.
“THE PLAYERS WHO JOINED THE NATIONAL TEAM RETURNED WELL FROM THE NATIONAL BREAK”
Explaining the latest situation of the yellow-dark blue football players who went to the national teams, İrfan Can said, “The players who went to the national teams returned well from the international break. I hope it goes well for the team. I can also say the following about Sebastian Szymanski and Dominik Livakovic. I talked to Sebastian about that ‘red card’.” He said, Livakovic said ‘it is not a red card’ – Livakovic’s intervention against Lewandowski in the 76th minute of the Poland-Croatia match – I also think it was not a red card. I think it was a wrong decision there.”
“I CAN SAY THAT THIS INTENSE FIXTURE IS BENEFICIAL FOR FOOTBALL PLAYERS”
Stating that the intensity of fixtures is an advantage for every football player to play, the 29-year-old football player said, “Of course, the fixtures are busy, but we are used to it this way. I probably haven’t had a holiday for a long time. We returned from the national team at the beginning of this year, I had a child, etc. I couldn’t take any leave.” It’s busy, the fixtures have also gotten busy. I hope we can have a break sometime. All in all, I can say that this busy fixture is beneficial for the football players, as the fixtures are very busy. “I can say it is coming,” he said.
Stating that his children Can and Ata brought him luck, İrfan Can Kahveci said, “Everything is fine in the marriage, thank God, the children are growing up. Can has grown up a lot, Ata is still very young, of course. He is also growing up slowly. He hasn’t come to the game yet, he is very young.” “It’s early. I hope I can bring him to the match. I won the trophy in the first match he came to Kadıköy. I hope Ata will have the chance too.”
“Hopefully I WILL DO A HAT-TRICK”
Underlining that he wanted to score a hat-trick in the Europa League as a player who had scored a hat-trick in the UEFA Champions League in the past, the yellow-dark blue football player continued his words as follows:
“I hope it will happen. I’ve been thinking about it for a long time. I scored a hat-trick in the Champions League. I always say to myself, ‘When will you do it again?’ “I try to motivate myself and condition myself, but sometimes it doesn’t work. I hope I can score a hat-trick. It would be a great feeling to score a hat-trick in the future.”
“JOSE MOURINHO CONGRATULATED”
İrfan Can talked about his dialogue with Coach Jose Mourinho after the goals he scored against Montenegro and Iceland: “The coach saw it, congratulated him and said, ‘It was a very nice goal.’ I thanked him. He said, ‘Score it for us too,’ and I said, ‘I hope so.’ ‘ I said, ‘I hope I can start with a goal in Samsun. Samsun had a special place in our country because of our Atatürk. I hope I can score another goal there.’
“WHEN THEY SCREAM ‘İRFAN İRFAN’, MY GOSPELS GET HAPPENED”
Finally, talking about the support and importance of the fans, İrfan Can Kahveci said, “Our fans are always with me. They always offer their support to me. I am very happy and proud of that. There were moments when I had difficult times here, but we all overcame it together. They lifted me up.” “They took me to the next level. I thank them. They are always with me. I get goosebumps when they shout ‘Irfan, Irfan’. I hope I will continue to show my performance worthy of them.”
