The good news, released on Tuesday by the vice-president of the Hataysor club (Turkish L1), was unfortunately false. Ghanaian international Christian Atsu is still missing on Wednesday, two days after the terrible earthquake that devastated southeastern Turkey and Syria – including the city of Antakya where Hatayspor plays – and left at least 11,200 dead.
Mustafa Özat, who announced the rescue of the 31-year-old winger, has recanted, as reported the daily Hurriyet “I had received information that Christian Atsu had been pulled from the rubble. However, the information received so far is that Atsu and [le directeur sportif] Taner Savut are under the rubble. »
Was there an identification error? In any case, Hatayspor doctor Gürbey Kahveci indicated that officials had gone to the hospital where the former Porto, Chelsea and Newcastle player was supposed to have been taken, but that he was not there. .
Hatayspor coach’s plea
The coach Volkan Demirel added, “There is no news from Atsu and Taner Savut yet. Before asking the media: “Please don’t write that he survived without being sure. People have families, hopes. Sorrows and pain increase. »