Samsunspor President praises Reis with Tolstoy-like admiration.

SAMSUN (IHA) – Samsunspor Club President Yüksel Yıldırım praised the team’s head coach Thomas Reis with a quote from the world-famous Russian writer Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy.

Despite having a transfer ban for two periods and losing 12 players from the squad at the beginning of the season, Samsunspor continues its fight for the top, being 3 points behind the leader Galatasaray. Addressing the new head coach Thomas Reis, who has ensured that the team aiming to stay in the league in the last weeks of the previous season has entered this season like a storm, President Yüksel Yıldırım shared on his personal social media account a quote from Tolstoy: “All great stories begin in one of two ways: A person goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town,” and added, “Willkommen (welcome), Thomas Reis!”

“Thanks to you, the city is awakening again”

President Yıldırım also included the title “Samsunspor cannot be stopped,” which was initiated by the fans and has been trending in Turkey, saying, “Welcome to Samsun, dear coach, Thomas Reis! We are very happy as a whole city that you are with us and that you have joined the Samsunspor family. Reis, thanks to you, the excitement and love for Samsunspor is waking up a great city again; we are glad to have you, Reis, and Samsunspor.”

So far this season, Samsunspor has achieved 5 wins in 5 away matches and has gathered a total of 25 points with 8 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses in 11 matches. The red and white team scored 22 goals against opponents while conceding 10 goals.