Both teams have been on the relegation line for weeks in their leagues and are consuming hope. The happiness of Altay, who ended his 18-year longing for the Super League, turned into sadness this season, by defeating Altınordu 1-0 with a goal from Paixao in the 90th minute in the final match played at Atatürk Olympic Stadium on May 26, 2021. Altay, who decided to continue in the Super League with the coach Mustafa Denizli, who lifted the trophy in the 1st League, and reinforced his staff with 9 foreign and 1 domestic players, could not find what he expected in the new season, which he started with big goals.
At the beginning of the season, Mustafa Denizli’s students, who said, “Our goal is European cups”, won 5 victories in the first 7 weeks and placed 3rd with 15 points, while instilling hope in the community, the black-whites then went into an unstoppable decline. After the 7th week under the leadership of Denizli, Altay, who had 10 losses and 3 draws in 13 matches, said goodbye to the master technical man. While he was an assistant coach, Mert Nobre, who was brought to the coaching position, could not help the wound in the 3 games he took the helm. Black-whites, who had 18 points with 13 defeats and 3 draws in the last 16 matches, regressed to the 19th place, while the fans called for the resignation of the management, which could not lift the transfer ban.
ALTINORDU’S RELEASE WAS SHORT
Altınordu, who said goodbye to a total of 10 names, including top players such as Erhan, Kahraman, Sinan, Oğulcan, Furkan Çil and Metehan, who were in the top 11 in the Play-Off final of the last season, searched the last season with candles even though he reinforced his squad with 5 foreign transfers and young people. In the first 13 weeks, 9 defeats, 1 draw, 3 wins and 10 points, the red-dark blue team anchored in the relegation line, 4 wins and 1 defeat in the last 5 matches of the first half, and came out of the ring of fire with 22 points. Altınordu, who entered halftime with little hope of Play-Off, started having nightmares again in the second half. Losing the last 3 matches and seeing 10 goals in their castle, the red-dark blue team entered the relegation line again. In the interim transfer, the president of Altınordu, Seyit Mehmet Özkan, who first sold Burak İnce and then Enis Destan, received a reaction from the fans on social media.