Sport three: Christian Atsu, the star of the Hatayspor team, who opened the goal of Kasim Pasha with a shot and gifted three points to his team hours before the 7.8-magnitude earthquake, was under the rubble of the earthquake in Kahrmanmarash region. And the rescue forces were trying to save his life until finally the bitter news of his death was transmitted.
According to the announcement of Atsu's program manager published on Turkish websites, "Christian Atsu's body has been found" and his death has been confirmed. While the media had previously announced that Atsu was rescued from the rubble and was in the hospital, but when Hatai's team members went to the hospital, they found that this news was not true.
His death was a complete tragedy for Turkish football because Atsu decided to leave this country, but Hatay head coach Volkan Demirel convinced him to stay in Turkey and Atsu also announced to Kasim Pasha after scoring that he will not go to France and in This country will remain and maybe this decision made him buried under the rubble of his building hours later and die.
This 31-year-old Ghanaian winger has a history of playing in Porto, Chelsea, Newcastle and Malaga, and in Hatayspor he played only three games and scored one goal, so that his football career ended in the most tragic way possible.
The news of Atsu's death was announced while the number of people killed in the earthquake in Turkey reached nearly 40,000 people, one of whom was Ayub Turk Aslan, the second goalkeeper of Malatya Spor.