Galatasaray Sportif AŞ Deputy Chairman Abdullah Kavukcu made a statement after the Gençlerbirliği match.
“HE COULD HAVE BREAKED HIS LEG”
“Our president made a statement last year. We always speak to protect our rights. Let our fans be sure. There was a speech that İbrahim President made before, referees make mistakes, VAR cannot. I have confidence in İbrahim President, we want the necessary investigations to be carried out. Sallai’s leg could have been broken.”
“WE WANT THE NECESSARY STEPS TO BE TAKEN”
“Again, the same referee made a different decision in the same position. We want to draw his attention. We want the necessary steps to be taken. We do not want to tense the atmosphere. VARs need to look carefully now. Barış has a position. The atmosphere is getting tense during the match. We are making this speech today to draw attention.”
“I TRUST TURKISH REFEREES BUT…”
“We are also playing in the Champions League, the referees are coming. We have not discussed the exit even for a single day. I trust the Turkish referees. I do not want to talk about these in this environment, but we want the referees appointed to the VAR to be more careful. The right referees should be selected for the Fenerbahçe match. We are working hard here. No one should be offended. I think it is enough. Short and clear. I am speaking this to draw attention to İbrahim President’s sentence ‘referees can make mistakes, VAR cannot make mistakes’.”
“WE CANNOT EXPERIENCE TENSION WITH OUR POLICE”
“We do not experience tension with our police. There may be tense conversations during the match, but there are no problems with each other. This is the place where they are most comfortable in Türkiye. There is no disrespect. We talked downstairs, I went upstairs. There is no problem.” he said.