Hamšík directed Trabzon for historical success. Turks love him – PRAVDA.sk

Turkey’s highest football competition still has a clear and undefeated leader after the 10th round. Trabzonspor leads 24 points for seven wins and three draws with a score of 20: 9. Slovak midfielder Marek Hamšík also had a share in Saturday’s victory on the Göztepe lawn (1: 0).

After a one-match silence caused by a muscle injury from the qualifying duel of the World Cup 2022 in Croatia (2: 2), he returned to the team of Abdullah Avci and played the entire match in the reserve formation.

The only and winning goal of the guests in Izmir was scored by the Brazilian Gervinho in the 56th minute. According to the Turkish media, it was already the 22nd match played by Trabzonspor without a loss in the Turkish Süper Lig.

“I prepared individually for three days, I completed the last pre-match training with the team. I am glad that the muscle is OK. I was able to start and I endured the whole match,” said Marek Hamšík on his official website marek-hamsik.sk.

“We are very happy that we won again. It was a very difficult duel, it was played in a big deal. We are happy that we are in first place, we have a four-point lead, we are without a loss and we scored the most goals,” added Hamšík,

The captain of the Slovak national team saw a yellow card in the set time of the first half, when, according to the Turkish media, he should have hit the shoulder of the home tracker Atinc Nukan. The player down Göztepe Irfan Egribayat was awarded a yellow card on the field, and the red card went to the assistant coach.

The main coach of Göztepe is Nestor El Maestro, who three years ago led Spartak Trnava to the championship title in Slovakia. “While Göztepe players started to react irritably to Marek Hamšík, his teammate Berat Özdemir led him from the crime scene to the locker room,” said hurriyet.com.tr.

According to the Fanatik website, Trabzonspor coach originally wanted to use Hamšík for only 35–40 minutes in the second half, but the 34-year-old Slovak asked himself to the top eleven. “I want to play basically, I’m ready for it,” Hamšík told Avci before the match.

The former SSC Napoli star finally completed the entire match, running 12.5 km with a pass success rate of 78 percent and four prevented attacks by the opponent’s players.

“I am happy to work with such a professional. You are an important part of our success, “quotes Abdullah Avci at Hamšík’s fanatik.com.tr portal.