A group of fans welcomed the black-and-white team, which arrived at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport on a private plane departing from London, with cheers and flowers.
At the airport exit, Beşiktaş President Hasan Arat, Beşiktaş Basketball Chief Executive Officer Özkan Arseven, Beşiktaş BOA Head Coach Aziz Akkaya and team captain Elif Bayram made statements to the press.
Returning from London to Istanbul with the black-and-white team, President Arat stated that he was proud of the entire team and said, “Beşiktaş has written history in women’s sports. It has received its most important medal. We are proud of our own children. Our captain, coach and manager are from our organization. Beşiktaş , did very special things. I would also like to thank TRT. They also saw the troubles we went through. As Beşiktaş and Turkey, we are proud. They represented the star and crescent on our coat of arms very well. I congratulate the Islamic World and all our citizens living inside and outside Turkey. Next year “We will get the cup. This is not over.” he said.
Akkaya: I thank TRT
Head coach Aziz Akkaya also stated that his players competed very well and said, “There is a bittersweet joy. It is also a great pride to play in the final. I think we represented our country well. It is a great pride to be in the final and represent Beşiktaş in the best way. I congratulate my players. Very much.” They fought well. I also thank our administrators and our president. I also thank TRT. All of Turkey and Europe saw this fight. They broadcast this fight. We wanted to win the cup. It is also an honor to play in the final. We will continue on our way. There is no turning back from here. Final Playing will not be enough for us. We want to be champions from now on. Everyone believes. We believe too.” he said.
Team captain Elif Bayram also said in her statement: “I am proud to be the captain of this team. We deserve the cup. We would have liked to win it, but we came second. We will lift this cup somehow. I thank everyone for this season.” made his assessment.
Özkan Arseven: We lost to the British lobby
Beşiktaş Basketball Chief Executive Officer Özkan Arseven stated that they wanted to come to Istanbul with the cup, but they were sorry that they could not achieve this, and said:
“We wanted to come with the cup, but it didn’t happen. There are various reasons for this. Our fans welcomed us with flowers. There is a very nice atmosphere. We are proud of our players and our fans, we came 2nd. This is a first in Beşiktaş history. Our goal was to win the cup. There were referee mistakes. There were whistles blown against Beşiktaş from the first to the last second of the match. Nogic was kicked out in the third period, Li and Krivacevic were kicked out in the 4th period, our coach was kicked out. Who will we fight against? We fought against ourselves there. We always tried to stay in the game. To win. We were there. As a club with the Turkish flag on our coat of arms, we were very lonely. We sent letters to the federation and our federation president. We said don’t leave us alone. There were FIBA officials. The FIBA President and FIBA Vice President were there. We also have a representative in FIBA. Mr. Hüseyin. This match would have been different if he had not left us alone there. We lost there to the English lobby or the Eurocup, Euroleague lobby. We cannot accept this. We would expect an answer from the federation. I believe that we will be successful in this cup next year by building a better team and making better lobbies. “We will be successful both in the league and in Europe next year.”
2024-04-11 19:14:36
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