Göztepe, which dispersed the dark clouds by beating Uzman.com Antalyaspor 2-0 at home in the Super League, started to make all the calculations to participate in the European cups. The yellow-reds in the 6th place, who reached 51 points with the victory over Antalyaspor and are fighting fiercely for 5th place with RAMS Başakşehir FK, which has the same points, will win the remaining 3 matches and turn their eyes to the Ziraat Turkish Cup. Göztepe, whose bilateral goal difference is equal with Başakşehir, is 9 goals behind the Istanbul representative in general goal difference. Göz-Göz will try to win their matches differently in case of a tie in points and will also wait for Başakşehir to lose points.
Ziraat Turkish Cup will also be the determining factor for Göztepe or Başakşehir to finish 5th and advance to the UEFA Conference League. In the cup in which the semi-finals will be played, one of the top 4 teams, Trabzonspor and Beşiktaş, will have to win the cup. If one of Konyaspor and Gençlerbirliği, which are outside the top 4 in the league, wins the cup, the 5th team will not be able to obtain a European visa. In the semi-finals, Beşiktaş was matched against Konyaspor, while Trabzonspor’s opponent was Gençlerbirliği. Göztepe coach Stanimir Stoilov, who will play against Trabzonspor (D), Gaziantep FK and Samsunspor (D) in the remaining 3 matches, said that they will definitely not give up for Europe. Stating that they hope Trabzonspor or Beşiktaş will win the cup, Stoilov said, “As the Göztepe family, we will unite in the remaining 3 matches. If our unity and solidarity is strong, we can achieve everything.”
