In the 20th week of Trendyol Super League, Fenerbahçe defeated Adana Demirspor 4-0 away. After the match, Sabah Newspaper writer Mustafa Çulcu evaluated the match. Here is that article…
MUSTAFA ÇULCU – THE FIRST CANCELLATION PROTOCOL WAS VIOLATED
“His biggest rival in the championship, Galatasaray, left two points away two days ago, had the opportunity to narrow the gap in points and his target, Fenerbahçe, starts the match like this against Adana Demirspor, whose average age is 23.52 and has only two wins in the league? Is this a Mourinho brake? Lyon during the week break Is it the thought of the match? The game mentality changed with the moves of Osayi and Çağlar in the 2nd half, we started to watch Fenerbahçe taking the lead. The goals increased Fenerbahçe’s ambition. With the opponent missing one goal, they increased the tempo of the game and the goals came. In the first half, during the air ball move taken by Fenerbahçe, Tolga from Adana Demirspor hugs Dzeko and brings him down like a wrestler. This position is a clear penalty. But it boiled down to bad luck, brother Halil Umut Meler. Players who match in a standing ball game are warned once, and if there is still contact and jostling in the second game, a card is issued. Similarly, there is no verbal warning three times. VAR intervention is faulty in the goal scored by Fenerbahçe in the 52nd minute, which was canceled due to foul by OFR. VAR should not have intervened, the referee’s decision and the goal should have been valid on the field. The sour look on our elite referee’s face as he returned from OFR was a clear indication that the VAR protocol principles had been violated. Before Fenerbahçe’s goal in the 64th minute, Tolga hits the ball, and En-Nesyri hits Tolga, a clear foul. It is correct to cancel the goal from OFR with VAR intervention. Yusuf Barasi steps on Mert Müldür’s foot in the 56th minute. The direct red card for this serious, brutal and crippling foul is correct. The correct red card and the different score saved Halil Umut Meler from under the guillotine. But his form was not as high as in UEFA.”