Date: 16-8-2007 Wrote by: EP's reporter in Turkey Ali Avci
Fan favourite Ayman Abdelaziz made
a press confrence in which he defended himself, his
football and showed the event with Balili on the screen
under huge media and fan attention.
Ayman spoke saying: "My position
was a normal foul which is within football's rules.
I have got not a problem with Pini Balili."
The Egyptian showed his foul on a big screen (pictured)
and commented: "As you see, I wanted to win the
ball and had no ideas of injuring the opponent.
"I've lived in Turkey for seven years and Balili
has been here for five years and we have not been involved
in a foul incident until now. If I had a plan to injure
him, I could have done it in the past."
Balili stated to the press that Ayman called him and
apologised. Press members asked this to Ayman and the
Egyptian denied it. Ayman said: "I didn't apologise.
I only called him to ask about his health and his foot.
He also asked me whether I have an injury or not. That
was all."
The Trabzon midfielder commented about his style too.
"My football style is tough. I am a challenger.
I played hard as I always play. This is my football
and I'll never change it."
He ended his meeting by saying: "I dont think that the
events will affect my club. We don't have pressure on us.
We wanted to win the Sivas match and we had no tension. We
want to win all the matches in order to be champions. We played
to win and we won. It was 1-0 in 90th minute and I believe
that the FA must judge three points to us."
Ayman warned media not to mix politics in football.
Meanwhile, the Israeli player of Sivas, Pini Balili, also
made a statement on the club's official website and warned
Israeli media to be calm. Balili said that Israeli media exaggerated
the foul of the Egyptian too much and showed the match as
an Israel-Arab war of revenge. "I warned television channels
not to increase the tension and to be calm. It was a foul
and I am not happy to receive calls asking about political
issues in my football."
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