Brother Hakan on Nati-Zoff: “Expect more support for Murat”

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Even more than a week after Granit “A Granit Xhaka with 116 caps can say what he thinks,” says Alex Frei in an interview with Sonntagsblick. Yakin’s brother Hakan replies: “To all the coaches who are now saying Granit can do that: what if one of your players criticizes your training in the media?”

Hakan Yakin was a guest on “Blick-Kick” on Monday. And said what Brother Murat in the Nati circle did not want to say, but what is clear: “Yes, of course the criticism upsets him!” The fact that Murat did not publicly shoot back after Xhaka’s scolding was in his nature: “He reacted as I know him: cool and relaxed.”

However, Hakan Yakin has little pleasure in Xhaka’s behavior: “Just like me, he is a player who says what he thinks. But he showed little tact at that moment and should have pronounced the words better internally. Instead of doing nothing, he was able to go to one of Muri’s many staff members in the week before the Kosovo match and give his opinion. Or work extra shifts with one of the assistant coaches if he thinks he needs it.”

SFV under criticism – Hakan calls for more support

About the training of Murat Yakin, who Hakan experienced himself as a player in Lucerne, when his brother was also his coach, he says: “Everything has its place. Murat has little time at Nati to impress his plans on the players. And let’s be honest: is it really the training’s fault if you defend like the national team in Kosovo did in the 95th minute and conceded 2-2?”

In addition to Xhaka, things are also not going well with the Swiss Football Association. Hakan Yakin makes it clear: “If the coach is attacked by a player, I expect clear words from the sports director, in this case from Nati director Pierluigi Tami. That he makes it clear what the hierarchy is like. I expected more support. And that Tami speaks out accordingly to the players who criticize.”

Source : Blick