In the 28th week of Trendyol Super League, Gaziantep FK lost 1-0 away to Bitexen Antalyaspor. Speaking at the press conference held after the match, Gaziantep FK Coach Marius Şumudica started his speech by saying, “Today is my birthday, I am not even lucky on my birthday. I don’t know when I will be lucky.” Making evaluations about the match, Şumudica said, “We turned to a 4-man in the match. Today, we actually turned to a 4-man system. We started playing with a 4-man system. We wanted to control the game a little more. We wanted to control the midfield a little more, but this did not give us results. We were playing with a 5-man before. As you know, we lost only to Galatasaray in the 5-a-side system in the last 3 months. And that was with a goal in the last minutes. And as long as we played with this system, we won the matches against İstanbulspor, Alanyaspor and Karagümrük. We got points from Sivas and Pendik. This “We closed the matches with points. Since we returned to the foursome today, Antalya had a little more opportunity than us. I can say that they got into a little more position,” he said.
“MAXIM’S POSITION WAS A PENALTY”
Stating that he did not want to talk much about the referees, Şumudica said, “Maxim’s position was a penalty. When VAR calls the referee, it means there is a position, a penalty position, he needs to look at it. But I would also like to point out that the Antalya community was angry or upset with the federation or the referees.” “Of course, whoever makes a fuss about the referees on television, I can say that the referees can show a little more tolerance towards that side. I don’t want to talk much about this issue, but the result is already obvious,” he said.