What is Turkey’s Super League famous for? With referee discussions and referee decisions.
In the hope that this will put an end to these discussions, foreign referees have started to be assigned to the VAR room starting this week. The first match was Hatayspor-Galatasaray match and Belgian referee Jan Boterberg was sitting in the VAR room.
But a situation that took place in the 33rd minute of the match was recorded as an example of how the old debate will never end, regardless of whether it was domestic or foreign.
In the 33rd minute of the match, Yunus Akgün shot over the arc, but Guy-Marcelin Kilama in defense received the ball.
While the yellow-red players appealed for a penalty, the referee of the match, Cihan Aydın, continued the game.
Referee Cihan Aydın stated that he talked to Jan Boterberg, who was in VAR, and that there was no penalty in the position.
-But the opposite situation also occurred. This time, in the 52nd minute, Mertens fell to the ground in his fight with Cemali. Although referee Aydin continued the game at first, he watched the position on the monitor after the warning from VAR and awarded a penalty.
Okan Buruk: Local or foreign does not matter
After the match, Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk said that the position in the 33rd minute was “a penalty everywhere in the world”.
Buruk said, “There was a penalty position in the first half, where the opponent played with his hand. Wherever you go in the world, this position is a penalty. They are no different from Turkish referees. “Just as we criticize Turkish referees, foreign VAR referees will also receive their share of criticism,” he said.
What did the referee commentators say?
Of course, there was also a celebration for the referee commentators after the match. According to Fırat Aydınus, who was broadcast on TV8.5, the position was not a penalty, but according to Mustafa Çulcu, who was broadcast on aSpor, it was a penalty.
