Today, on Sunday in Sochi will play Turkey in the UEFA Nations League against Group opponents Russia for the first place. For that, the team needs a victory.

Today will Turkey face Russia on the third day of the UEFA Nations League group match in Sochi. The Russians are currently leading group two of League B with four points, ahead of Turkey with three points and Sweden with two points. If they win, Turkey could take first place. Irfan Can Kahveci, who was eliminated from the squad due to injury, cannot help.

The Turkish national coach Mircea Lucescu hopes that his young team will be able to recall the good performances of recent games and at the same time develop the necessary killer instinct for the opposing goal: "Coaches usually prefer to play their games with experienced players. Only a few want to play with a young team. Then you have to see how the players harmonize with each other. All this takes time. The leagues in Russia and Turkey as well as Cyprus are played with experienced players. These leagues have the highest average age in Europe. Russia is a physically strong team that plays very fast. We are a team that prefers the passing game. Tomorrow we'll see which way of playing is successful. I'm trying to focus on the playing qualities, talent and technique of the Turkish players, because physically we're not at that level. I hope we'll continue to play good football and take our chances before the goal this time," said the 73-year-old yesterday, who replied to a Russian reporter's question as to whether Arda Turan would be in the starting eleven today that he wouldn't reveal his starting formation until the game starts.

Lucescu's Russian coach colleague Stanislav Cherchesov declared at the obligatory press conference in the run-up to the match that they knew exactly how Turkey would play: "There is never going to be any change in Turkey. Only a few players who stand out from the crowd will bring new nuances to the game. They know their strengths and abilities well and that's how they act. But we won't see anything unusual. Guilherme will be in the goal. Whether Dzyuba plays or not will be decided by the last tests of the medical staff. The player has complaints in his leg. But he took part completely in the team training today. I hope he plays tomorrow". However, defender Georgiy Dzhikiya demands a victory: "I feel good. We have to get on the field and win. That's the most important thing. With this in mind, we will go into the game," said the 24-year-old.

The match is today in Sotchi, Russia at 18.00 CET. It will be hard to say how the match will ends, Russia is well-rehearsed team and the Turks are in the phase to form a never and dynamic team with their mistakes, but i hope that Turkey will win 2:1.