“The Galatasaray and Fenerbahce derby is the largest sporting event in Türkiye,” says Burak Abatay by BBC Turkish.
“Life stops on Derby nights, even the terrible traffic of Istanbul is relieved. It is a great tension. The game [last night] It was played in this tension.
“There has been great chaos in Turkish football for a long time. The main discussion is usually about the referees.
“Last season, a referee was attacked by a club president in the center of the countryside. And two teams retired from the field last season. Another club did the same this season.
“In the middle of this season, foreign referees began to function as VAR referees in all matches, but this did not reduce the controversy.
“The president of the Turkey Football Federation, Ibrahim HasmanoGlu, declared that the reason that a foreign referee officiated the Derby was” to avoid these discussions and not put the referees in a controversial position. “
Abatay added: “Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk called José Mourinho, the crying” after the game. He also criticized [referee] VINCIC.
“Many soccer analysts say that Turkish football needs more structural changes and long term.”
And the change of claim is required at the Mourinho club, with the vice president of Fenerbahce, Acun Ilicali, states that there is no protocol to select arbitrators in Türkiye, “unlike England.”
“In England, if someone [is] From Newcastle, you can’t be an arbitrator of a Newcastle game, “he told Sky.”[The] The problem in Türkiye is that nobody asks the referees ‘What team supports?’ We do not know, they can be fans of Galatasaray or fans of Fenerbahce. “
UEFA told BBC Sport that “it works with its 55 members of members about arbitration,” but the responsibility falls to individual associations to administer the process for their own officials.
In England, professional referees have to declare which teams support as part of transparency measures, so they avoid games that involve their own team.
