“The disaster in Bolu affected all of us deeply, one does not know what to say at such moments. I am very sorry and angry because of the deep helplessness we are in, the only thing we can do for now is to hope that such disasters will end.”
Al Shabab, coached by coach Fatih Terim, lost 2-1 to Al Ittihad, which they hosted in the 16th week of the Saudi Arabian Pro League.
Terim’s students in the competition held at the King Abdullah Stadium in Jeddah; He faced Al Ittihad, which has star football players such as Karim Benzema, Fabinho, Steven Bergwijn and N’Golo Kante in its squad.
The home team took the lead 2-0 with the goals scored by Abdulrahman Al Obod in the 32nd minute and Benzema in the 45th minute. Although Al Shabab responded to its opponent with Haroune Camara in the last moments of the first half, they entered the halftime trailing 2-1. When the teams could not change the score in the second 45 minutes, El Ittihad left the field with 3 points.
Fatih Terim suffered his 2nd defeat in his 3rd league match as manager of his team.
El Ittihad, coached by the famous French coach Laurent Blanc, continued its fight for the top with its 14th victory in the league.
– Terim: “The disaster in Bolu deeply affected us all”
Coach Fatih Terim expressed his sadness for the citizens who lost their lives in the hotel fire in Kartalkaya at the press conference held after the match.
Terim stated that they were deeply saddened by the fire in Bolu and said, “The disaster in Bolu affected all of us deeply, one does not know what to say at such moments. I am very sorry and angry because of the deep helplessness we are in, the only thing we can do for now is to stop such disasters from happening.” “I wish God’s mercy to those who lost their lives. My heart goes out to everyone affected by this disaster and I wish patience to those who were injured.” he said.
Emphasizing that it was difficult to play against Al Ittihad in Jeddah, the experienced coach said, “I congratulate our opponent for their victory. I cannot say that we were good until the moment we scored the goal, we played more courageously after the goal. Especially in the first part of the second half. We want to be a team that plays.” We aim to do this by playing our own game, whether we win or lose. Today, we played without Shwirekh, Musab and Carrasco. This was never an excuse for us. It won’t happen, we played with 11 people on the field today and I saw that all the players are trying to do their best. This makes me happy. We will come here again in April, I hope we will have a squad with more options then, as well as our new friends who will join us. “Together with our friends who will return from injury, we will get better over time and increase the duration of our good game.” he said.
Source: AA