By: EFE Updated May , 14: 54 pm EDT
The Trabzonspor has been declared the winner of the Turkish Super League when drawing at home at two goals against Antalya and add a point that makes it mathematically impossible for Fenerbahce, their closest rival, to beat them in the three remaining games.
The league title achieved this Saturday is the first for the club from Trabzon, a Turkish coastal city on the Black Sea, from the season 1983-1984.
The local team had to suffer to win the title, in a tense match in which the players came to blows on occasion and the public invaded the field even before the final whistle, mistakenly thinking that the match had already ended.
The match was a roller coaster, in which Trabzonspor finished the first half winning by one to nil, an advantage that became a tie as soon as the second half began.
The locals went ahead again in the minute 60, but Antalya managed 2-2 only 10 minutes from the end, prolonging the agony of the finally lightweight champion.
This is the seventh league of the club, which places it as the fourth with the most titles in Turkey, behind Fenerbahçe, Galatasaray and Besiktas.
Trabzonspor became champion of the Turkish Super League 🇹🇷 after 38 years.
The tranquility of the coach, the euphoria of the people. Soccer.pic.twitter.com/Xotjixfx3S
— Pablo Giralt (@giraltpablo) May 1, 2021
The proclamation of champion was enthusiastically received by the tens of thousands of people who gathered to follow the game through giant screens placed in squares throughout the city. from where fireworks were launched.
For days the city has been decorated with the team’s Barça colors and prepared for a big party that also scares the authorities for the love of firearms the people of Trabzon and their custom of celebrating by shooting into the air.
Given this fear, the Turkish government and the club started the campaign “Don’t shoot joy” a week ago to avoid shooting during the festivities.
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