Fenerbahçe Vice President Acun Ilıcalı made a statement after the Trabzonspor – Fenerbahçe match.
Speaking about the referee performance, Ilıcalı said, “The tension in Turkish Football needs to decrease. We are all children of the same country. There should be competition with each other, but there is no point in having hostility and grudges. All my manager friends and my president agree. We want the tension to decrease and peace to come. Let the competition be deadly, but remain on the field. Unfortunately, in our country, “Recently, football has not been confined to the field. Today, there has been a new referee disgrace.” he said.
“THEY DID NOT LET OUR YOUNG BROTHER MANAGE THE MATCH”
Referring to VAR decisions, Ilıcalı said: “I am not in a position to explain the positions one by one. I said I have no faith left. What happened is a complete disgrace. There are scandalous decisions made against us and in our favor. Our young referee friend tried to manage the match, but they did not let him manage it. They said, ‘You are too young, you have no idea about operations, just stop.’ “They showed how to kill the match with the warnings from VAR. Football was killed by the referee. All the disgraces came out of VAR.” He said his words.
“TRABZONSPOR’S POSITION IS A GOAL FOR US”
Ilıcalı said that Trabzonspor’s goal was not given in the first half of the match. “The decisions made by the referee were interfered with. The hands were not seen. Trabzonspor’s position, which in our opinion was a goal, was not given. We do not want privilege, we want justice. Trabzonspor should not be defeated, but we should not be given an execution decision at half-time just because they did. An operation should not be carried out to find out how we can make up for it in the second half. “ he said.
“BUY IT FOR YOU”
Referring to the “structure” in Turkish football, Ilıcalı said: “We call it structure, with a touch of humour. They reveal themselves. I laugh now. They come up with something on their own and say ‘here you go, there you go’. This is the state of Turkish football with these referees. You have seen what the structure is, here is the structure for you.” he said.
Evaluating the comment that “Atilla Karaoğlan was in VAR in Samsun, there is still today”, Ilıcalı said, “The Arda Brothers massacred football while we were away at Galatasaray. Then they massacred the Beşiktaş match. Atilla Karaoğlan massacred them here and there. If anyone wants to support these referees, do so. Unfortunately, we have not received the reactions we wanted from our MHK President so far. He follows these issues. He sees the events. We are waiting for the decisions of the TFF, we trust, something will definitely happen. Theater every day, every week… There is nothing like this anywhere in the world, it is a disgrace every week… We don’t want privilege, we want justice. Don’t give it to our advantage, don’t do injustice to us. “Don’t give 1 wrongly and give 3 to the other party, you’ll be funny.” He said his words.
Evaluating the statements of Mourinho, Dzeko and Amrabat, Acun Ilıcalı said, “The words of our coach, Amrabat and Dzeko summarize the situation. There is no need to talk much. As foreigners in Turkey, they said what was necessary.” he said.
“WE ARE ON THE DIFFICULT SIDE OF THE FIXTURE”
Finally, Ilıcalı said that the club will do what is necessary regarding the relevant issues. “Our fans could not be here, but they sent their hearts. We feel their support for us every minute. When the management, the fans and the players come together… I was in the locker room before the match. They vowed to win. We have a very, very high quality group of players. They promised to win the match. “We are happy and proud. We are on the difficult side of the fixture. We want to continue and experience happiness. We are a big community and I hope everyone will see how big we are.” he said.
