Trabzonspor will face TÜMOSAN Konyaspor in the final of the 64th Ziraat Türkiye Kupası at Corendon Airlines Park Antalya Stadı, managers from both sides said at the joint press conference held before the match.
Fatih Tekke, the Trabzonspor technical director, framed the game as more than a trophy: "Açıkçası oyuncularım, ben ve ekibim tüm camia yarın kupayı çok fazla istiyoruz." Tekke said his team would step onto the pitch "with its strongest, most eager and most enthusiastic form," and added he would remember the staff they work with because, in his phrase, "Beni hiç üzmediler. Onlarla gurur duyuyorum."
On the other touchline, TÜMOSAN Konyaspor technical director İlhan Palut struck a cautious tone. "Öncelikle burada final oynayacak olmamızdan dolayı mutluyuz," he said, but warned that "sonucu hiç kimse bilemez." His message to the media and fans was simple: being in the final is an achievement, but the match itself remains unpredictable.
Both sides arrived in Antalya after narrow semifinal victories that set the stage for this final. Trabzonspor reached the decider by beating Gençlerbirliği 2-1 in the tournament's semifinal, while Konyaspor booked their place after defeating Beşiktaş by one goal. Those results, and the managers’ statements, make clear the final will be contested by teams coming off tightly fought wins rather than runaway form.
There is a different kind of attention, too. Stefan Savic — the 35 years old defender who plays for Trabzonspor — became a social media topic before the match when a photo of him with his wife and child circulated on Instagram. Savic, who has 366,000 followers on the platform, left a message beneath the family photo that was shared widely online: "Ailene selamlar kaptan, kupayı bize getir." The post underlined how personal narratives and off-field moments are following the teams into a national cup final.
The context is straightforward: this match decides the champion of the 64. Ziraat Türkiye Kupası, and both teams arrive after semifinal wins over Gençlerbirliği and Beşiktaş respectively. Corendon Airlines Park Antalya Stadı will host the game, and the managers’ words — Tekke’s insistence on winning for the club’s community and Palut’s reminder that outcomes can’t be predicted — frame the stakes.
The tension here is not only tactical. Tekke’s vow to "gift" the cup to the Trabzonspor community and his public praise for the staff sits beside the very public chatter about Savic’s family post. That contrast exposes a seam: a team asking for singular focus while individual players become subjects of social media fascination. It is a small, modern contradiction — teams demand unity and concentration even as personal stories circulate and create separate storylines that can, in the wrong moment, shift attention away from the pitch.
For readers who follow the fixture as "trabzonspor vs konyaspor," the immediate question is concrete: which narrative will dominate on the field — Tekke’s pledge to deliver the cup for a community he says longs for it, or Palut’s admonition that the result is unknowable? The managers offered no tactical spoilers; they offered intent and perspective.
The match itself will answer that. For now, Tekke’s closing line at the press conference — his insistence that the players, staff and club want the cup "very much" — is both promise and pressure. If the final produces a clear winner, it will be because one side turned intent into performance; if it does not, Palut’s warning that "no one can know the result" will feel like the more prescient take.
