Salah's hat-trick handed you your first defeat
Trabzonspor 4–0 Galatasaray. Mohamed Salah scored a hat-trick on Saturday, Thomas Reis' first game in charge, and your team's unbeaten start is gone (1)(2)(3)(6). The Turkish press did not hold back: "Salahiyet, acziyet" ran the Hürriyet headline, and the verdict was that Galatasaray surrendered (2).
Buruk was sent off and hit back at the referee
Okan Buruk saw red during the game and did not hide his view afterwards. "Hakem beni isteyerek attı," he said, the referee sent me off on purpose (8). Calls for his resignation followed the result (4).
Saraloğlu says the scoreline changes nothing
İrfan Saraloğlu fronted up post-match for the coaching staff. "3–0 veya 4–0 sonuç ne olursa olsun bizim gücümüzü, hedefimizi etkileyen sonuç değil," he said, no result, 3–0 or 4–0, changes our strength or our target (5)(10). He also owned the collapse: an early goal conceded, a second from an individual error, and a third before half-time (10).
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Yağcıoğlu: the danger bells are ringing
Pundit İlker Yağcıoğlu gave the defeat a brutal reading. "Trabzonspor, Galatasaray'ı sürklase etti," he said, Trabzonspor ran right over Galatasaray (9). His biggest complaint: nobody put a plan in place for Salah (9).
Reis' win sets the standard for Trabzonspor
Thomas Reis praised his players after his debut. "Bütün takım inanılmaz mücadele verdi," he said, the whole team fought unbelievably (12)(13). Club president Ertuğrul Doğan said Trabzonspor will back Reis with transfers in the market (11).
Fan reactions
The mood on the subreddit is grim and the numbers are doing the talking. One thread breaks down a run of 17 matches in which the team scored 29 and conceded 31, with only three clean sheets (link). Others are questioning the squad after the summer window, and there is relief in the news that Victor Osimhen will not be joining up with Nigeria for their upcoming internationals (link).
Read the full match thread here.
