Salah set Trabzon on fire: Two goals, first win and an "explosion" of 18,000 spectators"
Salah scored his two first goals in Turkey with his new club, Trabzonspor.
Trabzonspor was waiting for a big star. But he didn't take long to prove to them that he could become something much more: the man around whom their entire football season would revolve. Mohamed Salah put on the Trabzonspor jersey carrying with him the glow of a great career and already began to transform the excitement into goals, points and an unprecedented mobilization in the stands.
Against Basaksehir, the Egyptian was the figure who dominated the match. Trabzonspor prevailed 2-1, celebrating their first victory in the new championship, with Salah scoring both goals.
It wasn't until the 8th minute that the first explosion came. The 34-year-old striker found his way to the net and opened his account with his new team. For a few moments, VAR held the stands in suspense, before validating the goal and releasing the excitement.
Basaksehir were in no mood to give up. In the 19th minute, Somurodov, from the penalty spot, brought the game back into balance. But this was Salah's night.
Three minutes into the second half, "Pharaoh" struck again. In the 48th minute, he scored his second personal goal, making it 2-1 and giving Trabzonspor its first three points in the second matchday.
18,000 season tickets sold
However, his impact is not limited to the four lines of the pitch.
The arrival of the Egyptian has caused a real stir in Trabzon. In just three days, 18,000 season tickets were sold, a number that captures the magnitude of the anticipation better than any description. The city wants to see the man who has been a star at the top level of European football for years.
In fact, according to the president of Trabzonspor, if sales reach 25,000, the revenue from season tickets will be enough to cover the cost of the major transfer investment.
With annual salaries reaching 17 million euros and an agreement that guarantees him a percentage of the sales of his jersey, Salah is a huge financial bet.
Except that in Trabzon, the bet is already starting to look like a win. Because Salah didn't just bring his name. He brought goals, expectation, a commercial explosion and, above all, the feeling that something big is being born on the shores of the Black Sea.
Manos Staramopoulos
Journalist and Analyst of International Football and Affairs
Chief Editor English Zone of Discoveryfootball.com
Athens (Greece).
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