Japanese international Nakajima last played in the Portuguese league for FC Porto. At the beginning of September, he signed a two-year contract with Antalyaspor, and on September 11 he already got a taste of the Turkish top flight for himself when he played 9 minutes at Kayserispor.
He couldn’t wait for his debut on the home field, he invited part of his family to the auditorium, who wanted to carefully document his big moment on their mobile phones. It came in the 60th minute at 1-0 to visiting Adana Demirspor and after one sent off on both sides. Nakajima ran onto the field.
The worst debut in history?
Shoya Nakajima comes on and then gets sent off 20 seconds later ????
Check out his family’s reaction in the stands ????pic.twitter.com/YgMZI8oUT4
— Football Transfers (@Transfersdotcom) September 18, 2022
The game started and the Japanese started after the right full-back Jonas Svensson, whom he sent to the ground quite hard. Bek began writhing on the turf in pain and referee Ali Palabiyik immediately drew a yellow card. However, this was met with misunderstanding by the players and the coaching staff of the guests.
???? Sad Story! Shoya Nakajima moved to the Antalyaspor team and in his first match with the team decided to bring his family with him, Nakajima participated in the 58th minute amid the joy of the family, but he sent off a minute after he subbed on and the joy turns to sadness #ucl pic.twitter.com/in0zaEmSVA
— AiScore (@aiscoreofficial) September 18, 2022
Palabiyik was advised to review the situation with the help of the video referee. He had the same opinion as the visiting team, so the original verdict was changed from a yellow to a red card. The Japanese Nakajima was packing in the locker room. The disappointment on his family’s faces was palpable.
Antalyaspor finished at nine o’clock. Demirspor added two more goals to celebrate a 3-0 win that secured them joint top spot in the Superliga table, which they share with Galatasaray.
