While tension reigned in recent hours in Tbilisi, after an extremely tense meeting between Turkey and Georgia, during which Furkan Korkmaz was allegedly attacked on the way to the locker room after his expulsion, it seems that the two teams are gradually regaining their concentration.
Thus, after Ergin Ataman who tempered the threats of withdrawal from the EuroBasket of the vice-president of the Turkish federation, it is this time Tornike Shengelia, in the opposite camp, who chose not to add oil to the fire .
The emblematic captain of Georgia, injured in the right shoulder and forfeited for this European championship, thus published a press release via the Instagram account of the Georgian federation.
” An unfortunate situation has unfolded, abruptly and unpredictably. The way the incident was handled is regrettable, both sides could have avoided these overflows. On the one hand, we could have reacted differently and not let our emotions take over. We should have taken it upon ourselves, and not reacted to the provocations he declared, before assuring that the Turkish camp was not free from all blame either. ” But on the other hand, it would have been preferable that the conflict, when this one started, did not exceed the limits of the ground. It’s not a good idea to tell opposing players, in front of their friends and families, and in front of thousands of fans, to continue the conflict in the tunnel. […] Furthermore, the statements made in the media by the Turkish side painted a very different picture of the situation, which had the effect of creating strong animosity on the part of the Turkish supporters towards us, and our families. Animosity that took the form of aggressive messages, and even death threats concluded the former CSKA Moscow player…
