Istanbul: Shoya Nakajima, the international footballer of Japan, joined Turkish club Antalyaspor this season. In the home match against Adana Demirspor in the Turkish League, he came on the field in the 59th minute, happy to have the opportunity to debut for his new club. Excited family members including mother in the gallery to watch the debut.
But, all that happiness ended in just nine seconds. It turned out to be a foul when Shoya miscalculated as he extended his leg to block the ball’s movement to the opponent. The referee immediately took the yellow card and waved.
However, after checking the extent of the foul, the referee toughened his stance. Judged that the tackling was very dangerous, the referee withdrew the yellow card and took out a red card from his pocket. The foul happened within nine seconds of the restart of the game after Shoya entered the field. Will go back later.
Seeing this in the gallery, Shoya’s mother could not stop crying. They had come to witness their son’s debut match and were assigned to watch their son return from the field after being punished by Chukapukard.
28-year-old Shoya joined the Turkish club from Portuguese club FC Porto this season. Shoya’s ‘performance’ was described by media as ‘worst debut ever’. Antilizaspor lost by three uncontested goals in the match.