Captain Melih Mahmutoğlu of the National Basketball Team competing in the FIBA 2023 World Cup Qualification Group I made a statement before the matches of Latvia and Serbia.
The experienced player, who started his speech by stating that they had a good preparation period, said, “I can say that the camp that started with Bormio and the friendly matches afterwards went well for us. We have important, valuable and difficult matches ahead of us. It was very productive for the whole team to reconnect and understand better what Ergin brother wanted. Yiğitcan was injured in the last match, but he is in good shape. There isn’t much time left now. The Latvia match will be very tough, then there is the Serbia match. Both will be very difficult matches. But we are strong enough to win both games. Latvia has quality players. But we are strong enough to win. We will play our best and hopefully come back with a win. Then there will be the Serbia challenge on Sunday. We want to win. Our work continues in this direction. We would like to make an invitation to our audience as well. We are a team that always plays much better with our fans, makes much more truth, and fights. We will win by playing well on Sunday as well. These 2 matches will take us to the European Championship with more morale. Here, too, we will leave the group and hopefully make it to the finals in Berlin. There is a team that loves each other. Hopefully, first these 2 matches and then the European Championship will be beneficial,” he said.
