Flood of love for Merih Demiral in the game with 10 goals
The Turkish fans marked the match of Atalanta, Merih Demiral’s team, who played in the Italian Serie A, against Salernitana on matchday 18 of the league.
The match played at the Gewiss Stadium in Bergamo, home of Atalanta, ended with Atalanta’s advantage. Atalanta, who started the season well but then began to decline, repeated their winning form in recent weeks, scoring 8 goals against Salernitana. The Turkish fans showed their affection for Merih Demiral in the match that ended 8-2.
About 60 Turkish fans, who traveled from Turkey for this match, took their places before the match and supported Merih Demiral. The supporters, who also unfurled Turkish flags and a banner dedicated to Merih at halftime, featured the words “Turkish Wall” and the Turkish flag on the banner.
All the Italian fans immortalized these moments with their phones during the match, which suddenly turned into a stadium in Turkey.
Merih Demiral, who entered the game in the 58th minute of the match, gasped with the Turkish fans at the end of the match. At the end of the game, Merih called all the fans to the side of the field and took a souvenir photo with each of them. The Turkish fans, who displayed their banners and flags at the end of the match, was broadcast live to the whole world by the Italian League station. After the match, Merih shared on his social media account, saying, “Thank you to everyone who traveled thousands of kilometers and warmed me up in the cold weather.”