Childhood photos of Arda Güler: The excitement of the match of ‘Ikibucuk’s’

Photos of Fenerbahçe’s Arda Güler while he was playing ball in Gençlerbirliği youth team became a trending topic.

DUVAR – Photos of Fenerbahçe’s 18-year-old young star Arda Güler, while playing for Gençlerbirliği U-13 team, taken by Anadolu Agency, went viral on social media.

It was reported that number 10, whose name was transferred to the big teams of Europe during the transfer period and it is not yet clear whether he will stay in Fenerbahçe next season, would play as a ball boy in a match of Gençlerbirliği in 2018.

In the news made by Halil Sağırkaya and Musa Samur from Anadolu Agency, photographs of Arda Güler were taken in training, facilities, stadium and at home.

In the news titled “The match excitement of ‘two and a half'”, it was also explained why ball boys are called “two and a half”.

A section from the news is as follows:

“For the children who learn football in the infrastructure of professional football teams, being a ball boy, which the old people call ‘two and a half’, means ‘very big’.

Regarding the reasons for using the term ‘two and a half’, there are those who say ‘The daily wage they received was 2.5 liras’, ‘They were wearing tracksuits that said Spor Toto, the column of the Spor Toto game of chance was 2.5 liras’ or ‘because they collected the 2.5 liras thrown on the field during the matches’ And those who make the comparisons.

13-year-old Arda Güler, who worked as a ball collector in the Gençlerbirliği-Trabzonspor match in the 21st week of the Spor Toto Super League, described the excitement he experienced as ‘It was very nice’.

Arda expressed his excitement as he walked onto the field with the players: ‘I was very excited. “My heart pounded, I heard your voice,” he says.

He also says that after the penalty given in favor of Trabzonspor in the match, he warned Gençlerbirliği goalkeeper Hopf by saying ‘Right side’ and that the red-black goalkeeper did not allow a goal from the kick to his right side.

Arda puts himself in the shoes of the players during the match and imagines himself on the field, ‘If I had taken the penalty, I would have scored. “After the match, I asked for jerseys from 4 players, but I was not successful,” he adds.

Stating that Alex De Souza, who plays for Fenerbahçe, and İrfan Can Kahveci, who grew up in Gençlerbirliği infrastructure, are his idols, Arda had the pleasure of meeting Stefane Sessegnon, the Beninese football player of the capital team, to whom he said, ‘I always watch him now’ and learned the secrets of being ‘number 10’ from the experienced player.

Other photos in the news are as follows: