Stefan Kuntz hid his disappointment after the missed World Cup ticket. With a serious expression, the football national coach of Turkey talked about the deficits of his team at the 1: 3 (0: 2) defeat in Portugal. "You have to be convinced of your match plan and your strength from the beginning and not only after a few minutes," said the former U21 coach. "We have to be patient with our players." That's why the 59-year-old also built his captain Burak Yilmaz immediately after the final whistle. The striker had shot a penalty in the 85th minute and thus forgive the huge chance to compensate. "I told Burak: You should be proud, because you are the captain of this team," said the European champion of 1996. Without Yilmaz, his team would not have made his team in the playoffs.