Aleksandru Maksym was in the starting line-up in the match “Gaziantep” away from “Karagumruk” (3-3).

Oleksandr MaximPhoto: Seskimphoto / Avalon / Profimedia

Despite leading 2-0 after just 20 minutes, the Romanian international’s squad suffered at the Ataturk Olimpiat Stadium in Istanbul, leaving them with just one point.

Alexander Maksym is in the best form in the championship of Turkey

The 32-year-old Romanian midfielder made a decisive contribution to Gaziantep’s first goal after Ertugrul Ersoy’s finish (min. 13).

Brazilian Figueiredo doubled the lead for the visitors (20th minute), but the hosts restored parity thanks to Ryan Bania’s double (32nd minute and 52nd minute).

The Romanian football player excelled again in the attacking phase in the 65th minute, when he managed to pass Alexander Merkel, who made the score 3:2 in favor of Gaziantep. For Maksym, it was the fifth decisive assist this season, in addition to 3 scored goals.

The final result was determined by the Ivorian Jean Evrard Kouassi, who closed the table with a score of 3-3.

With this result, Gaziantep rose to 10th place and scored 16 points.

It should be noted that Aleksandra Maksima was not called by Edi Yordenescu for friendly matches with Slovenia and Moldova.