Trabzonspor was the guest of Samsunspor in the Ziraat Turkish Cup quarter-final match. The claret-blue team advanced to the semi-finals by eliminating Samsunspor 3-1 on penalties.
After the match, Trabzonspor Coach Fatih Tekke made a statement.
HERE ARE THOSE EXPLANATIONS
Fatih Tekke: “Passing the tour was very valuable to me. We said it would be very difficult. I can clearly say that Samsunspor played better than us, especially in the first half. We were better in the second half. We had to catch up with the score after the opponent was down to 10 men. We played an extra 30 minutes. We took a lot of damage. It was a very valuable tour for us. Onana’s contribution is very big, we need to open a separate parenthesis for him. As a game, we have negative things to do in the first half, positive things to do and negative things to do in the other minutes. We will continue. “We will look at the situation of the players who received damage.”
“Türkiye DOES NOT HAVE THE TWO BEST SQUADS”
Tekke: “We are trying to win every match. Who would have thought that Galatasaray would be eliminated by Gençlerbirliği? The teams are competing very well. The teams are hungry for the cup because Türkiye does not have two of the best squads. We have won something very important here. We have guaranteed 4 in the league, if we guarantee and win 3, everything will be better for us. Then we will continue to go one higher, then the next one until the end.”