The Sanfrecce Hiroshima team, coached in Japan by Michael Skibbe, who once worked as a coach at Galatasaray, continues its pre-season training camp in Belek, Antalya.
Sanfrecce Hiroshima, who entered a 14-day camp at a hotel in Serik district Belek tourism center, played a friendly match with Bulgarian CSKA Sofia. Sanfrecce Hiroshima won the match 1 0. Sanfrecce Hiroshima coach Michael Skibbe, who once coached Galatasaray, made a statement to Demirören News Agency about his team. Skibbe said, “I can speak positively about Japan and my team. The league is at a very good level. Last season we played 2 cup finals, one of which we won, one of which we were eliminated on penalties. We finished the league in a very good place in third place. The league is over in Japan and we will camp here for 14 days for the new season preparations. We will play 4 friendly matches during this period. We will stay in Istanbul for 3 days. We plan to play 1 friendly match there as well. Then we will go back to Tokyo. We have completed our transfer. We have 4 foreign footballers in the team. One of them is a striker who plays for the Cyprus national team. The weight of the team is Japanese,” he said.
“TURKISH LEAGUE IS GOOD AND BALANCED”
Stating that he continues to follow Turkish football and Galatasaray closely, Skibbe said, “They have a very good squad this season. They are at the top of the league. Other teams should not be ignored. Not only Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe, but last year’s champions Trabzonspor and Başakşehir should not be forgotten. I think it is a good level and balanced league.”
“ISTANBUL DERBIES ARE ALWAYS GOOD, I AM HAPPY THAT GALATASARAY WON THE LAST DERBY”
Michael Skibbe stated that derbies in Istanbul are always good, “Because the atmosphere in the stadiums of the big teams, the warm attention of the fans adds another beauty to the match. In my time, we lost to Fenerbahçe in the derby. I was very happy that Galatasaray won the last Fenerbahçe derby. When they win, I am happy too.”
“THE TURKISH NATIONAL TEAM HAS STARTED TO DO GOOD THINGS”
Skibbe added that the Turkish national team has started to do well and continued as follows: “It didn’t participate in the World Cup matches, but it is still making good progress. Hamit Altintop and Kuntz are two people who know both European and German football well. Hamit is a footballer who also knows Turkish football well, I think they made a good choice. I am sure they will do well.”
SERKAN ÇERİ: WE WILL ORGANIZE A MINI CAMP FOR THE JAPANESE TEAM IN ISTANBUL AND SHOW THEM THE HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL SITES OF ISTANBUL
Serkan Çeri, a football tourism operator, said, “We started the camps in December. We will continue to bring teams to our country and continue our camps in February and March. We continue to contribute to Antalya tourism. As tsstour, we will have hosted a total of 65 football teams in Antalya this year. We met this Japanese team 5 years ago. It had come 3 times before. The important thing here is our relations with the club. We ensure that they are satisfied with us in previous camps and that they prefer Turkey. Ka
