Article by Aurelian Botezatu – published on Sunday, August 17, 2025, 12:13 / Updated Sunday, 17 August 2025 12:13
The Turkish journalists drew the conclusions after the first two appearances of Valentin Mihăilă in Rizespor's shirt.
Transferred by Rizespor this summer, from Parma, Vali Mihăilă checked 59 minutes in the match lost at home in front of Goztepe (0-3) and 10 minutes on Saturday, traveling with Alanyaspor (0-0).
“Valentin Mihăilă dispels good balls in the opposing corner”
The conclusion of Turkish journalists? The adaptation of the Romanian international to the fibers of football in Turkey is not expected. The biggest reproach: misses a lot.
“Mihăilă hardly adapts to his new team. He plays on the same post as in Parma, last season, but he dispels good balls in the opponent. He is upset,” writes the local daily “Rizedeyiz”.
Valentin Mihăilă, discreetly in the last 10 minutes of the match with Alanyaspor
It is also the reason why, after holding it with Goztepe, coach Ilhan Palut then held on the bench until the 80th minute at 0-0 with Alanyspor. Its numbers, modest:
- a successful pass from two attempts
- 6 touches
- a touch in the opposing corner
- was dispossessed once
- a single sustained duel and the one lost
Mihăilă is the most expensive and important transfer made this summer by Rizespor. The Turks took him with 2 million euros from Parma and offered him a 4-season contract.
Umit akdag, integralist at Alanya against Rizespor
In Alanyaspor – Rizespor (0-0), the Umit Akdag youth international was much better. The basic man in Daniel Pancu's gear at the European Championship this summer, in Slovakia, Akdag was integral to the hosts. His figures:
- 38/48 precise passes
- 64 touches
- a touch in the opposing corner
- 7 passes in the last third
- 3/7 precise long passes
- was dispossessed once
- 2/2 successful tackling
- 7 releases in auto
- committed 2 faults
- 3/6 duels won on the ground
- 5/7 aerial duels won
The stop born in Bucharest, from parents of Turkish ethnicity, still has the opportunity to choose what national will represent in seniors. In an interview with the Sports Gazette, Daniel Pancu was skeptical about the variant for the footballer to wear the shirt of the first representative of Romania.
I have nothing to say about that now. I am with Romania here. I have to make a choice. The U21 has ended. I didn't say I made a choice, I don't know, I didn't think. Currently, I haven't decided. The family lets me decide, but I really don't know, to be honest. I am currently in Turkey, but I do not know if they stay there. To talk to the businessman, now I want a one -week vacation, then we see
Umit Akdag in June after the final tournament in Slovakia
