Aziz Yıldırım, the president of Fenerbahçe, who lost 2-1 to Beşiktaş in the Super League, made a statement after the derby.
Here are Aziz Yıldırım's words;
We played badly, we didn't play well. We congratulate Beşiktaş for this, but again, 2 penalties were not awarded!
2 PENALTY NOT GIVEN
We haven't made any comments for four weeks, until this evening. 2 penalties were not given in the Gençlerbirliği match, we lost, we said yes, we did not speak out. Referee mistakes again in the Konya match. Then the action against Vedat in Samsun. There was no penalty given there either, but we won. We said these would be fixed. Here again referee mistakes.
THESE ARE ALL TALENTED
We played badly, we didn't play well. Congratulations to Beşiktaş. There were two penalties again, but they were not given. In the 5th minute, Oğuz and his defenders are fighting, he takes the ball in front of him with his hand, does not give the penalty, says continue. Then look at Kerem's position, he tries to trip him up but still doesn't let go. If we give these, Beşiktaş can still score. That is a separate issue. We didn't play well, we accept it, okay, but the referee must play what he sees. VAR is also sleeping. A stranger was coming. Foreigners who are of no use are not the solution. If someone doesn't set up these referees, they are like toys, they are all incompetent.
NO ONE CAN STOP ME
If I start talking, no one can stop me! You cannot continue to referee a referee who was beaten by a president! Turkish football is not going anywhere. I have expressed this elsewhere today. So what will we do! They will punish us, I am not afraid of punishment. Rude!
DO NOT PLAY THIS WAY
We apologize from our side as well. I'm sorry. The team didn't play well, but they got what they deserved. He chops it finely. I was the president for 20 years, I am the person who has been following for 40 years. The referee is in the midfield, they drop our player, he doesn't see that he will give a foul, there are 3 players in front of him. He does not see the position from them. There is no intervention from VAR in penalties. At least intervene and say come and have a look. That doesn't exist either. He literally tripped Kerem. Football cannot be played this way in Türkiye, it is difficult, I mean difficult.
TO THE REFEREE WHO WAS BEAT...
This is what happens when you make the referee who was beaten referee! He's chopping it finely! Solution? The federation president and management will think about it, not us. If we say the solution, it will go to very different points, which are not the words I will say tonight.
THEY SHOULD POSTPONE THE LEAGUES FOR 1 YEAR
If I start talking, no one can stop me, let them know. I am not saying that the referee made a mistake. Whatever MHK is, it will find a solution to these. If necessary, they should postpone the Turkish Leagues for 1 year and train referees.
A SHAME FOR TURKISH FOOTBALL
Talent is innate, but talent cannot be achieved through training. You cannot continue to referee a person or a referee who has been beaten by a president. He is already psychologically devastated. Today's events happened because he didn't know what to do. What a shame, what a shame for Turkish football.
I'LL START TALKING ANOTHER KIND
Fenerbahçe lost today, will win tomorrow. All teams have been complaining about this referee for 4 weeks. A solution needs to be found for this. It's not like we brought foreign VAR referees, then you will bring all of them foreigners. I don't know the solution, they will know it themselves. There is no need for our request. TFF will see where the incident is going and take whatever precautions it takes. I don't know. I'll start talking differently after a few weeks.
