Trabzonspor defeated Galatasaray, which it hosted at home, in the 28th week of the Super League, 2-1. After the match, Galatasaray player Günay Güvenç made a statement to the press. Speaking about the reaction of Trabzonspor fans towards Uğurcan Çakır, Güvenç said, “In the week when we experienced intense national emotions, while Uğurcan’s performance was obvious, I condemn what was done against him, his family, his wife and his child. I said in my past interview that football should be seen as football. We sometimes go beyond some things. We break hearts, we make big mistakes with our pulse high. By the way, I do not agree with those who have a high pulse. “One of them makes a mistake, but the second one doesn’t. I have a high heart rate too, I can do it too, I don’t distinguish myself here, but we shouldn’t experience things like this. We always speak on behalf of Turkish football, we say ‘Turks have no friends other than Turks’.”
‘WE WILL NOT FORGET THESE’
Referring to the tension on the field after the final whistle of the match, the 34-year-old experienced goalkeeper said, “I condemn the Galatasaray community to be cursed with music even after the match is over. Since I came to Galatasaray, I have played with Trabzonspor 4-5 times, including the cup final, and we won 3-4 of them. And as the Galatasaray community, we have never done such things. There are tensions from time to time, we have also made mistakes. But after the match, 2 young football players came out and said, “I cannot allow our players, including me, to be cursed at, and I want to prevent this. We will not forget this. Today, Trabzonspor deservedly won,” he said.
‘WE WILL BE CHAMPIONS FOR THE 4TH TIME IN A ROW’
“We will be champions for the 4th time in a row,” said Güvenç, adding:
“We have been champions for 3 years and we have never caused anything like this to anyone. As I said, there may be some problems and we may have done wrong. But we need to overcome some things now, we all need to overcome them. We should not make things seem like they happened. I am involving you here. We make things seem like they happened when they did not happen. We harm each other. Let’s leave football as football, let it be played on the field. Maybe our 4th championship will be heavy for this country for Turkish football. But we are for the 4th time.” “We will be champions one after the other. We will come out stronger from here. But we will not forget. We will give an answer to those who made us experience this, but we will not go off the field. And the Galatasaray community should be sure of this, we see everything. Sometimes our fans think that we do not see it, but we are aware of everything. We are aware of the situation.”
‘IF I THREATENED YOU, I WILL SAY CLEARLY’
Günay Güvenç concluded his words as follows:
“I am speaking with self-control; we will reflect a completely different Galatasaray on the field. Everyone should be sure of this. No one here can do such things to us off the field, treat our players like this, treat our goalkeeper like this, young football players cannot curse us. We will respond to the fact that that music is still playing against us even after the match is over. There is a time for everything. Do not take it as a threat. If I threaten, I will say it with open words. We will respond on the field from now on. We will respond on the field every match.”
