Per 1 Head in the Goal
“I was on the ground, and my palms were burning as if I were holding pieces of hot coals. I had saved the shot that came to my right side with a reflex I still don’t understand. At that moment, Lefter’s voice was heard: ‘That’s it, we’ve found him! Sunay will take over in goal.’” Sunay Akın is only 10 years old when he saves Lefter’s shot.
After taking off his goalkeeper sweater and putting the ball in his hand, he begins to collect stories about goalkeepers. Who all enter these stories… Our Nobel laureate scientist Aziz Sancar; the Berlin tiger Turgay Şener and the famous Russian goalkeeper Lev Yashin who participated in his testimonial match; Şenol Güneş, who went out to training with the miner gloves sent from Zonguldak by coal miners; Sabri Dino, the nephew of Abidin Dino, who opened the door to Yaşar Kemal’s first house in Istanbul; the groom Yılmaz Vural, who blocked the shot taken by the bride at the wedding invitation; one of our most colorful goalkeepers Varol Ürkmez and Baba Hakkı, who extended his hand to him, the goalkeeper in Nâzım Hikmet’s poem; Albert Camus; Pavarotti and many more wear this jersey. They all carry the number 1 on their backs…
Per 1 Head in the Goal
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