Göztepe goalkeeper Luka Gugeshashvili hits back: “What you did was not supporting the team”

Luka Gugeshashvili did not return for the second half after Göztepe fans booed him during a 4-2 home defeat by Gaziantep FK in the fourth week of the Trendyol Süper Lig.

The Georgian goalkeeper conceded four goals in the opening half. Supporters whistled whenever he touched the ball, and Arda Özçimen replaced him at the start of the second half.

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What you did today was not supporting the team.

After the match, Gugeshashvili responded in a statement posted on social media. “I am always a footballer who fights on the pitch until the final whistle,” he wrote. “Sometimes things go the way we want, and sometimes they do not. Football has good days and bad days.”

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I am always a footballer who fights on the pitch until the final whistle.

He said nobody could question his effort, character or commitment to the club. “What you did today was not supporting the team,” Gugeshashvili wrote, while expressing respect and affection for fans who genuinely love Göztepe and support it under any circumstances.

The goalkeeper added that he had proudly represented and defended Göztepe since joining the club, in Georgia, Turkey, at home, on the streets and on the pitch. He ended by addressing people who criticize him from behind a keyboard, writing, “Life is long, the world is small. One day we will meet, on the street or somewhere else.”

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Life is long, the world is small. One day we will meet, on the street or somewhere else.