Gökdeniz Karadeniz | FC Rubin Kazan of Russia

[h@msi61]

Congratulations Sergio! We are so happy for Tekke & Zenit.... It was very nice to see Tekke on the starting line and watch him 90 minutes....

[sergio_zenit]

Thank you for congratulations, I hope you someday experience that we feel these days. The city completely gone mad, it is simply unbelieveable! Tekke helped us very much in the final he won many air duels against tall defenders of Rangers and took participation in organizing both goals. Will he bring UEFA cup in his city of birth? Will Fatih Terim include him in your national team?

And another good news about Karadeniz, he scored another goal yesterday: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5fvrl_1_sport . But Rubin conceded goal in injury time and match against Shinnik (Yaroslavl) ended with draw 1-1.

[Uğurtan]

Thank you Sergio..

[unique]

Thank you for congratulations, I hope you someday experience that we feel these days. The city completely gone mad, it is simply unbelieveable! Tekke helped us very much in the final he won many air duels against tall defenders of Rangers and took participation in organizing both goals. Will he bring UEFA cup in his city of birth? Will Fatih Terim include him in your national team?

And another good news about Karadeniz, he scored another goal yesterday: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5fvrl_1_sport . But Rubin conceded goal in injury time and match against Shinnik (Yaroslavl) ended with draw 1-1.

Congratulations for your big Cup success. Fatih Terim didn't choose Tekke for the European Championship. They can't get on well; so I don't think that Tekke will be able to wear the national shirt during Terim's reign.

[sergio_zenit]

Euro 2008

Congratulations with first glory on Euro. I watched broadcast live, and can say it was really breathtaking game, one of the best on this tournament. Fantastic comeback from very hard situation after you conceded the first goal and awful weather conditions were against your technically skilled players too, but you proved that you're real men and powerful football nation. Good luck in next decisive game.

[6Şafak Aydın1]

thanks sergio. Yes we won but we had much luck. What about Pogrebnyak and Russia ?

Good luck to you and Russia anyway.

[sergio_zenit]

thanks sergio. Yes we won but we had much luck. What about Pogrebnyak and Russia ?

Selam, Safakno61. You deserved that victory because your players fighted till the very last seconds. Now about my National Team. Pogrebnyak is unfortunately received an injury in the last friendly against Serbia and because of that he can't help us. And our main creative force - Andrey Arshavin - disqualified for the first two group matches (he was sent off during last qualification game against Andorra). I don't bear any high expectations from my team but think we still can make it to quarterfinals.

May be you already know, Tekke decided to stay with us. If we sign Gökhan Zan in this tranfer window I think he'll be even more happy.

[TSKara61]

Sergio. Do not sign Gokhan Zan. He is really a terrible defender . I hope Russian team goes to quarterfinals. I really like Bilalyetidnov and Pavluchyenko against Spain. I think you can win both games.

[6Şafak Aydın1]

Sergio can you tell us about what Russians/ Russian media think about Tekke and Gökdeniz at the moment in short ? How is the popularity of these both ?

[Hasan61]

May be you already know, Tekke decided to stay with us. If we sign Gökhan Zan in this tranfer window I think he'll be even more happy.

gökhan zan is not very well player
he is being injury a lot of time

[sergio_zenit]

Sergio can you tell us about what Russians/ Russian media think about Tekke and Gökdeniz at the moment in short ? How is the popularity of these both ?

Selam. I was overloaded with work past days that delay happened because of that. At this moment they write only about our National Team but I searched for past publications. Unfortunately coach of Rubin Kurban Berdiev don't like journalists, don't gives interviews and prefers to fence his players too. He managed Gençlerbirliği in 1993-1994 season so may be you remember his style of work. But I found some interviews of Karadeniz and translated important and interesting parts for you: 14.03.2008 (soon after he was transfered to Rubin): «It was possible for me to choose one of European clubs but finally choosen Rubin because I wanted that my previous team earns as much money as possible from this transfer». 15.04.2008 (after Rubin victory over FC Zenit): «I'm lucky, my abilities and style of play were unknown for Russian defenders and that helped me. I still need to adapt to new football culture, in Russia football is very different. I hope that as time passes I'll be playing at even higher level.». Journalist: Tatarstan is a Muslim region and Tartars - nation which similar to Turks. Was it one of reasons because you choosed Rubin? Karadeniz: Sure. It is very comfortable for me to live with coreligionists. Tartars are our brothers and there lives many Turks in Kazan too (note: nearly 5000 only in housebuilding business). Now you understand why I have choosen Kazan? But I had other variants too: in Spain, in England. Journalist: Is it true that Trabzonspor fans not wanted your leaving despite that every year you had good offers? Karadeniz: Yes, almost every year I had offers, some of them were from big clubs but fans pressure was too high. I was their idol and honor of the club. Because of that Trabzonspor management couldn't release me. In every football country exists similar problems with fans. The same was with me. It was hard for me to convince fans and club management that my transfer will be very beneficial for club in terms of money and that I myself do step ahead after change of environment. Journalist: When Fatih Tekke arrived in Russia he promised to score a bunch of goals but that didn't happen... Karadeniz: Do you know that in one of seasons in Trabzonspor Tekke scored 34 goals and 17 of them were from my assists? Consequently he miss player in Zenit which can provide him with good passes or they simply wrongly use him. A little later I translate some interesting articles about Fatih Tekke, stay tuned Today you have decisive match against Croatia I'll be definitely watching this game and hope you'll win it. You miss some key players: Volkan (he resembles to me Iker Casillas), Servet and Aurelio but you have fantastic team spirit and many fans in Turkey and all around the world. I found out that Aurelio was your former player and want to know your position towards him after he joined Fenerbahçe? (I heard they are your fierce rivals is it true?)

[sergio_zenit]

Congratulations

Congratulations friends! You have unique team with never-say-die spirit. Third comeback in row. Go Ay-Yıldızlılar, Go Türkiye!

[unique]

Congratulations friends! You have unique team with never-say-die spirit. Third comeback in row. Go Ay-Yıldızlılar, Go Türkiye!

Thanks. Today, I hope Russia will defeat Holland even if it is a hard work.

[h@msi61]

Thanks Sergio.I hope we'll play the final with Russia. Go Russia, go Arshavin...

[subay]

Respect to Russia. Almost perfect football, and really nice to watch the Russian team, hat off. Now it's time for us to kick out Germany and meet you in the finals hopefully