In the 16th week of the Trendyol Super League, leader Galatasaray hosted Trabzonspor at home in the 90+8. He won 4-3 with the goal he scored in the minute. After the match, experienced football commentator Mustafa Çulcu criticized the referee of the derby, Kadir Sağlam, in his article in Sabah newspaper. Here is Çulcu’s article:
“THE YELLOW CARD HE SHOWED OZAN IS ON THE BORDER”
Mustafa Çulcu: “Kadir Sağlam is our FIFA referee at the age of 38. The average yellow card in the Super League is 6.5. In the TFF 1st League, it is 4.5… This season, the two matches he managed ended in a draw, Hatay-Trabzonspor with 10 yellow cards, and Hatay-Beşiktaş with 12 yellow cards. He broke his records. At the very beginning of the match, he gave a foul to Serdar for stepping on Mertens’ foot and warned him verbally in the 16th minute. When he fouled again, this time he showed yellow for foul play. Although Abdülkerim repeated similar foul play and prevented a promising attack with a foul on Banza, he completed the first half without receiving a yellow card, and his foul against Yunus was not accepted within the limits of fair play. The yellow card he showed to Ozan for a forcing foul is borderline. However, Yunus’ elbow-arm action against Cham is also borderline, but it is a big deal that he did not show a yellow card. mistake.
“MUSLERA-BANZA SHOULD HAVE GIVEN A PENALTY”
Mustafa Çulcu: “The foul committed by Banza-Sara in the ball fight in the midfield before Galatasaray’s second goal is not a foul. However, we cannot connect the goal with this foul. Only VAR can detect the ball’s contact with the line before Trabzonspor’s 3rd goal. VAR did not detect it. When he said, the goal was valid. Galatasaray waited for a penalty in the 60th minute, the referee first gave an out in the Malheiro-Mertens position, then the correct VAR. With his intervention, a penalty was awarded. Mertens puts himself between the ball and Malheiro. Malheiro, who is behind, will not foul. In the 87th minute, when Muslera is late to get the ball, Banza heads the ball. The referee should have given a penalty to Muslera-Banza. Maybe there will be people who will say that this contact is simple, but Banza is the one playing with the ball, Muslera is the one who was late and touched the opponent with his hands. How is it different from a penalty awarded due to Malheiro-Mertens contact? “There was a yellow line for Mendy in the last minutes, there was a player from Trabzonspor in the group, there would be no obvious chance to score.”