Çaykur Rizespor continued the preparations for the away game against Pendikspor on Saturday, 29 April at 19.00, during the 35th week of Spor Toto 1st League under the management of Coach Bülent Korkmaz at Mehmet Cengiz Facilities. Before the training session, experienced football player of the green-blue team, Alper Potuk, made a statement to the press.
Pointing out the importance of Pendikspor’s away game on Saturday, Potuk said, “We are now on the last straight. Matches without compensation. Everything is in our hands. We are playing with Pendikspor, our opponent this week, which is the biggest step of the championship. I hope we win and get 3 points, 99 percent champion. We are inside. We will go to the championship round with our fans. I think 1 point will make us champions. Good performances have emerged in the last weeks. The important thing is the success of Rizespor here. Last year, I was in the team when the team was falling. That’s why my personal target is Rizespor. I hope we will continue in the same way and tour with our fans after a game or two. We have been trying to establish a family atmosphere since the beginning of the season. We have really shown this in the last weeks. We became a very nice family before and after training. Everyone gets along very well with each other. This is the reason for the success. Bülent told us that there is no trophy in his individual speeches, in his coaching career, both in team performance and in competitor analysis. Hopefully we will have a first this year,” he said.