Uğurcan Çakır was removed from A Milli Futbol Takımı’s squad for the Fransa maçı, a last-minute change that now sits inside France–Türkiye relations on the eve of the sixth and final match in UEFA Uluslar A Ligi 1. Grup. Berke Özer will start in goal against Fransa.
The match is scheduled for Bordeaux at Matmut Atlantique Stadı and will kick off at 22.45 TSİ. ATV is set to broadcast the game live, while the lineup change shifts the focus from preparation to who will carry the goalkeeping load from the first whistle.
Yalçın’s lineup shift
Yalçın had already signaled that Türkiye would approach the Fransa maçı in a different format than the Belçika maçı. He said, “5-6 farklı oyuncu olabilir,” which pointed to changes beyond a single position and framed the squad as something still being adjusted after the final training session.
Yalçın also said the situations of Ferdi Kadıoğlu and Uğurcan Çakır would be known after that session. The sequence matters because it moved from uncertainty to a concrete call: Uğurcan Çakır was later removed from the squad because of a shoulder injury, and Berke Özer was set to take over in goal.
Bordeaux and Matmut Atlantique Stadı
The timing leaves Türkiye with a narrowed margin for error in the final match of UEFA Uluslar A Ligi 1. Grup. A goalkeeper change on the day of the game does not alter the fixture itself, but it does change the role assigned to Berke Özer, who now carries the start in Bordeaux instead of Uğurcan Çakır.
For supporters following the match through ATV, the practical shift is immediate: the team sheet will look different from the one expected after Yalçın’s earlier comments. The injury ruling out Uğurcan Çakır leaves Türkiye with a different keeper for a match that arrives at the end of the group stage, not in the middle of a rotation.
Türkiye’s final group match
The sixth and final match gives the change added weight because there is no later group game to absorb it. Türkiye reaches Bordeaux with Berke Özer in goal, Uğurcan Çakır out of the squad, and Yalçın’s earlier promise of a different format now visible in the lineup rather than the briefing room.
What remains in front of the reader is simple: Türkiye will face Fransa at Matmut Atlantique Stadı at 22.45 TSİ, with Berke Özer starting and Uğurcan Çakır absent after a shoulder injury. The question for the night is whether the revised setup holds from the first minute in Bordeaux.
