Beşiktaş Club requested that the VAR records of the position between Cenk Tosun and Derrick Köhn in the Galatasaray derby played in the 28th week of the Super League be disclosed.
The statement made by the black-whites included the following statements:
In recent weeks, the Turkish Football Federation took a step towards easing public conscience and transparency by making the right decision to publish VAR records.
As you may remember, there were heated discussions about the decisions made on the field in the Sivasspor-Galatasaray and Gaziantep FK-Beşiktaş matches played last season, and TFF published the VAR records of those two matches even though it was not a legal obligation.
The position between Cenk Tosun and Derrick Köhn in the Beşiktaş-Galatasaray match played this week was the subject of debate, and the public wondered why VAR did not call the referee.
In line with the latest decision to share VAR records with the public, positions “not called by VAR” are not published. However, in such positions, public conscience is looking for the answer to ‘why the referee was not invited’ by VAR, rather than ‘why he was invited’.
In line with the principle of ensuring transparency and reassuring the public conscience given by TFF, we think that the publication of the VAR conversations between Cenk Tosun and Derrick Köhn on the position will be beneficial for Turkish football to achieve a healthy structure and we request the publication of the VAR conversations regarding the relevant position.
Regards.
Besiktas JK