IGalatasaray Medical Park yahlukane izolo nomqeqeshi u-Oktay Mahmuti, kwaye sele iqalile kwangoko ukukhangela umntu oza kungena endaweni yayo.
Iklabhu yase-Istanbul kunye no-Mahmuti-othe ngeli xesha lonyaka wathwala iklabhu ukuya kumdlalo wamagqibela kankqoyi weligi yaseTurkey kunye ne-16 yokugqibela ye-Europleague kwinkangeleko yeklabhu - kuthiwa akakwazanga ukuvumelana ngeemeko zemali. UMahmuti ucele i-1.4 yezigidi zeedola zomvuzo wonyaka, uHürriyet uxele kwiwebhusayithi yakhe izolo.
Umgqatswa ophezulu kwesi sikhundla ngu-Erman Kunter, oqeqeshe i-Cholet Basket yaseFransi ukususela ngo-2006. U-Kunter uqinisekisile kwiveki ephelileyo ukuba ufumene izibonelelo ezivela kumaqela amabini aseTurkey.
Ngeli xesha, umqeqeshi odumileyo uZeljko Obradovic uye warhoxa njengomqeqeshi wePanathinaikos ngoLwesibini, ephelisa ubudlelwane bakhe beminyaka eli-13 nesigebenga samaGrike.
UPanathinaikos ubhengeze ukuba amaqela omabini avumile ukuhamba, ngelixa u-Obradovic ekhuphe ileta evulekileyo kubaxhasi beqela ngewebhusayithi yeklabhu (www.poabc.gr).
“Ukufika kwam ngoJuni 1999 eAthens ukuze ndithelele iPanathinaikos, andizange ndicinge ukuba eli iya kuba liqela lam, intsapho yam, ikhaya lam kangangeminyaka eli-13,” watsho oyena mqeqeshi uphumeleleyo webhola yomnyazi waseYurophu.
“Kule minyaka ili-13, siye saba namaxesha amnandi, imibhiyozo emininzi, kodwa kwaneengxaki. Besisoloko sikunye njengosapho olukhulu nolwenyani … kuye kwafuneka ndithathe isigqibo esinzima kakhulu, sokuba intsebenziswano yayo yonke le minyaka iphelile,” wongeze watsho.
U-Obradovic uphumelele izihloko ze-Euroleague ezintlanu kunye neklabhu, eyokuqala yayikwisizini yakhe yokuqala.
Le ndebe ingaphezulu kwayo nayiphi na enye iklabhu yaseYurophu ephumelele ukusukela ngo-1978 kwaye amabini ngaphezulu kwalo naliphi na elinye iqela kwi-Euroleague Final Four era, eyaqala ngo-1988.
U-Obradovic uphinde wakhokelela uPanathinaikos kwimpumelelo yasekhaya engazange ibonwe ngaphambili, ngokuphumelela izihloko ze-11 zeligi kunye neNdebe yesiGrike amaxesha asixhenxe. Lilonke, baphumelele ukhuphiswano lwesizwe lwama-23 kwiminyaka eli-13.
Nangona bephumelele iNdebe yamaGrike kule sizini, iGreens yanikezela isicoco seligi kwiimbangi zayo i-Olympiakos, kwaye yaphuma kwindebe yaseYurophu kwinqanaba lamanqam.
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