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Nuri Sahin: 'Players to blame for Turkey results'

Sahin: 'Players to blame for Turkey results'
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Nuri Sahin says that the players rather than the management are to blame for Turkey's poor run of results during World Cup qualification.

Borussia Dortmund midfielder Nuri Sahin has insisted that Turkey's players should take the blame for their indifferent form during the World Cup qualifiers.

With five matches played, Turkey are nine points behind Group D leaders the Netherlands, while Hungary and Romania are four points better off in joint-second place.

"It's totally our fault. Some of us are performing at our club, but not with the national team. Maybe I am on this list too," Sahin told Milliyet.

"If we can't qualify for World Cup in Brazil, we really need to think about it. Right now, our situation is in the hands of other teams. We should have got better results in our earlier games."

Sahin joined Dortmund on loan from Real Madrid in January.

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Q Germany Germany32107
Q Switzerland Switzerland31205
3 Hungary Hungary31023
4 Scotland flag Scotland30121

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Q Spain Spain33009
Q Italy Italy31114
3 Croatia Croatia30212
4 Albania national flag Albania30121

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Q England flag England31205
Q Denmark Denmark30303
Q Slovenia Slovenia30303
4 Serbia Serbia30212

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Q Austria Austria32016
Q France France31205
Q Netherlands Netherlands31114
4 Poland Poland30121

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Q Belgium Belgium31114
Q Slovakia Slovakia31114
4 Ukraine Ukraine31114

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Q Portugal Portugal32016
Q Turkey Turkey32016
Q Georgia Georgia31114
4 Czech Republic Czech Republic30121


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