Çaykur Rizespor lost 1-0 to Gaziantep FK, which they hosted in the 15th week of the Trendyol Super League. With this result, Gaziantep FK increased its points to 18, while Çaykur Rizespor remained at 19 points. Making evaluations after the match, Çaykur Rizespor Coach İlhan Palut said that they were sorry for being defeated. Making evaluations about the match, Palut said, “We were doing well in the last period of the league and we came here with a good rhythm. We were here with the aim of leaving this match with a good result and a good fight. We started the match with one of the worst possible scenarios. We were already playing enthusiastically inside, fighting well. We fell behind 1-0 with a very simple corner goal against a team that was winning. We conceded the goal by leaving the opponent player empty at the front post in the corner and this demoralized us and we tried to recover after that. We worked hard and the Gaziantep team mostly accepted the game in their own half. While we generally dominated the game, we were behind especially in the first half. When you look at the second half, we tried to force the game a little more, but our number of clear positions was extremely low. When we look at the overall match, we did not have a negative game to lose. Unfortunately, our performance today was not enough for us to return from here with a point. I congratulate the Gaziantep team, it will be a short week for us. We will start working as of tomorrow. Yes we are sorry. But we need to make up for it. We shouldn’t have a breakdown. “That’s why we will continue to prepare for Saturday’s match in the most serious way.”