04.10.2025 09:02
Hesap.com Antalyaspor lost 5-2 to Çaykur Rizespor in the 8th week of the Süper Lig. Emre Belözoğlu, who stated that he would meet with the president after the match, said, "We will talk with our president. I need to act together with them to do what is necessary." In response to these remarks, president Rıza Perçin intervened and announced that they would continue with Emre Belözoğlu.
In the 8th week of the Super League, after losing 5-2 to Çaykur Rizespor, the president of Hesap.com Antalyaspor, Rıza Perçin, went to the fans in the stands with the players to promise that they would fight harder after the fans reacted to the players and the technical team. In a subsequent statement, Perçin complained about referee mistakes and said they would continue with Emre Belözoğlu, who was rumored to resign.
THEY LOST 5-2, FANS WENT CRAZY After Antalyaspor lost 5-2 at home to Çaykur Rizespor in the 8th week of the Super League, the fans reacted to the players and the technical team. After the match, the fans called the players and president Rıza Perçin to the stands. The players, who went to the locker room, returned to the field after a while to talk to the fans. President Rıza Perçin, who went to the fans, said in his conversation with them that the current position of the team is good compared to where they took it from, and that the fans should support the team. The fans, on the other hand, said that while the team could lose, they wanted them to fight. In response, the players promised the fans.
Following the developments, after it was reported that Emre Belözoğlu had decided to resign, Hesap.com Antalyaspor Club President Rıza Perçin and the board of directors held a meeting with Belözoğlu and the players. After the meeting, the president and the board of directors made statements to the press in front of the stadium.
"WE DON'T NEED SUPPORT BUT DON'T BE A HINDRANCE" Reacting to the referee's decisions, Rıza Perçin said, "The referee friends used all their discretion in favor of Rizespor. We have been suffering for 2 weeks. You know the penalty from last week's Fenerbahçe match. Today, the city of Antalya was chopped up here. We trust Turkish referees, but they should be a little more careful. This city has come from very bad times. We have been going through very bad times for 3 months. We took a team from a very bad place. We say enough already. We don't need support, but they shouldn't be a hindrance. Some of our friends shouldn't overshadow the match," he said.
"WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR COACH" Stating that the team played poorly in the match, Perçin said, "Our player friends, our coach, everyone is in a very bad situation. Our coach came to a decision-making stage with the heat of the moment. As the board of directors, we also held a meeting with our coach. Our player friends expressed their trust in our coach. We will continue with our coach. The Antalya community knows very well what situations we went through when we took this team from the bottom. There will be no change in the squad right now. We will start to rise again after the national break. There is nothing bad to say about our current situation. We are at 10 points, if we hadn't conceded goals in stoppage time, we would be talking about different things here. We really played poorly. We apologize to the entire city of Antalya, our fans, and everyone," he said.
"EMRE COACH IS A VALUE OF TURKISH FOOTBALL" Speaking about the fans' reactions, Perçin said, "Some of our fans need to think about where we came from, where we were 3 months ago, how many people were in this team, and how many files there were. Such situations can happen even in Turkey's biggest teams. Should we immediately send our coach away, should we immediately punish the player? Emre coach is a value of Turkish football. Last week we were saying that Fenerbahçe wants Emre coach, Galatasaray wants him. Would they want a bad coach? We are currently working with such a coach. The coach reacted a bit to the fans' reaction and was sad. He even spoke to his players as if he were saying goodbye. Therefore, our city needs to support our coach and our team. Where we came from is clear, otherwise, it will also be clear where we are going. Our coach will stay with us," he stated.
"IT WILL BE A TURNING POINT" Stating that they believe they will succeed, Perçin said, "Today is completely written by our player friends, our technical team, and us. This match is the first match we lost in terms of gameplay. We also went to the fans. Our player friends promised them as well. Everyone's head will be held high, we have to. The coach is not satisfied with this performance. Emre coach, as you know from his playing days, is a coach who can give sudden reactions. We told him that we are by his side. Our players did not allow our coach to leave. I believe this will be a turning point. We conceded goals due to individual mistakes. After going 2-0 down, even the best team in the world finds it hard to recover. We performed poorly, and that's why we apologize to the city on behalf of our team," he concluded.