With a huge defeat from Ferencvaros leading to the Conference League, the Turkish club is keeping faith with its ambitious project.
Trabzonspor was willing to accept the appointment of head coach Fatih Tekke, having given in after the disastrous loss of the team with European League qualification. In the playoff-type match, the seven-time champions of Turkey suffered miserable defeats against the Ugric Ferencvaros with a score of 0:4, having lost 0:5 in two matches..
The match in Ugorshchina is not on the plan of the Turkish team even at the very beginning: on the 13th round, the Ukrainian player of Trabzonspor Ruslan Malinovsky took a straight red card. Having lost most of the game from the minority, the guests were unable to cope with the onslaught of their opponents, and in the other half they lost ninety points due to the forfeiture of Sydney Cabral.
After the game, 48-year-old Fatih Tekke, who led the team to third place in Superliz last season, emotionally announced the resignation. Already on Friday, the official statement to the club expressed its gratitude, explaining that the decision was dictated by a strong emotional outpouring of a painful result..
This year Trabzonspor launched a very busy transfer campaign. The team was replenished with the stars of the English Premier League: Liverpool captain Fabinho, goalkeeper Andre Onana (on loan from Manchester United), and the main transfer was the arrival of 34-year-old Mohamed Salah.
The Egyptian, who terminated his contract with Liverpool as the third highest scorer in the history of the club (257 goals in 442 matches), spent 64 minutes on the field, but did not change the situation. Protein publicly spoke out for the team's defense.
" Bad evenings and disappointment are part of football, and I have learned to turn them into motivation and trophies.. Trabzonspor is my club, and I am part of this project body and soul. Nothing can be changed from yesterday. I know that the goals are high, and I strongly believe that we can achieve them. I came here to overcome it for me - it didn’t just go out,” wrote Salah at the Merezhi X.
It is a reminder that Salah has already begun to improve his form, having scored his first two goals for the club in Saturday’s match against Istanbul Basaksehir (2:1).
New path for the Conference League Now the Eurocup season for Trabzonspor will continue in the main stage of the Conference League. The draw has already designated the Turkish grandee's superniks. At home, the Fatiha Tekke team will take over the German Freiburg, the Scottish Harts and the Czech Jablonec.
On the way to Trabzonspor, check out the competition from the Serbian Red Star, the Finnish KuPS and the Bulgarian CSKA (Sofia).