By Richard Beale ……
Esentepe Football Club’s wretched run of bad luck this season continued last Saturday when their influential Senegalese midfield player TİDİANE SANE suffered a serious knee injury against League leaders Yenicamı.
Sane was injured after an innocuous challenge in the 18th minute during Saturday’s match and was carried off on a stretcher to receive treatment. It became apparent that the injury was serious and he would be unable to continue. To rub more salt into Esentepe wounds Yenicamı scored the only goal of the match while Esentepe were down to 10 men.
Sane (33) who has played Super League football in Denmark and Turkey was signed at the start of the season and it became apparent he was a player of immense experience and was an influence to some of the younger players in the team. In a struggling Esentepe team his class stood out and he was the team’s leading goalscorer on 4 goals from 18 appearances.
TİDİANE SANE being helped off the field and in hospital with teammate KAAN.
If, as seems likely, that Esentepe get relegated from the Super League then Sane has probably played his last game for them,
Sane has been diagnosed with a knee tendon problem and underwent an operation in a private Girne Hospital last Tuesday.
We wish him well with his recovery and for all his efforts for the football club this season.
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