Galatasaray's goal celebration in the Amed SF match became the subject of controversy: What does the rule book say? Should all 7 players be shown yellow cards? Trio made the point!

Galatasaray entered the national break as the leader by defeating Amed Sportive Activities, which it hosted last night, 4-3 in the 11th week of the Super League.

GOAL CELEBRATION BECAME A SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION

After the first goal of the match, scored by the yellow-reds with Rafael Leao, Galatasaray players celebrated the goal by covering their faces with their jerseys, referring to the action of their teammate Ismail Jakobs, who pulled his sweater over his head to avoid being seen leaving a nightclub after the Champions League victory over Stuttgart during the week.

While this joy brought yellow card discussions on social media, former referees Bülent Yıldırım and Ayrılık Demirel put an end to the discussions in the 'Trio' program broadcast on the broadcaster Bein Sports.

BÜLENT YILDIRIM "THERE ARE 7 PLAYERS ELIGIBLE FOR SANCTION"

“Now the rulebook says, “When a goal is scored, a player may celebrate, but the celebration must not be excessive; Choreographic celebrations should not be encouraged. In the following cases, the player must be cautioned even if the goal is disallowed: If he covers his head or face with a mask or similar object, if he takes off his jersey or covers his head with his jersey". Here, let's evaluate what the players did after the goal, because there is a choreographic action.

There is an exaggerated goal celebration. 7 players are participating in this joy. You have just read it, what does it say on page 123 of the Football Game Rules Book, under the title of Goal Celebration, sir? What is the advice to the referee? 'Choreographic celebrations should not be encouraged.' Is this a choreographic celebration here? Yes. The message given here does not concern the referee. And the phrase is very clear, 'if he takes off his jersey or covers his head with his jersey'. It doesn't matter if it is closed from the front or from the back. 'The relevant player will receive a yellow card,' he says. "In this case, there are seven clearly sanctioned players."

"According to the book referee, 7 YELLOW CARDS SHOULD BE SHOWED, BUT THERE IS NO SUCH A WORLD!"

"Now, sir, what does football expect? We have a distinction between book refereeing and administrative refereeing. If you do book refereeing, you say, 'Line up 7 players, brother, pat, pat, pat, yellow for all of them'. There is no such thing. Do you know why there is no such thing? Let's say there was a mass objection, let's say 8 players from a team ran and expected a penalty from the referee, who does the referee show a yellow card? The one who initiates an incident, the most aggressive one if there are two. Just because all eight objected, all eight do not receive cards. In terms of the spirit and interpretation of the rules of the football game. example 'What does football expect?' When we start from the principle, there is a sanction expected here for the exaggerated goal celebration, sir. The referee must definitely show a yellow card. He cannot remain indifferent to this. He also knows that the book says so. The manager might show his identity and start this choreography here, in this case Jakobs, if he can't catch it, Leao. A card should have been shown here, I think the referee missed it. However, as the football public expects, there is no such thing as straight-forward refereeing. Yellow cards to all 7 players would be an act that goes against the normal flow of life and the normal logic of football. The administrator would apply the sanction here, choose 1, maximum 2, depending on the situation, the initiator or the most aggressive, show the yellow card and the issue could be closed. Unfortunately, the referee did not show it. "He shouldn't have remained indifferent."

Seçim DEMİREL: "IT IS NOT TRUE THAT ALL PLAYERS SHOULD BE SHOWED YELLOW CARDS"

"Why are yellow cards shown to players in such situations? If there is exaggerated joy, that is, if it involves provocation, if a commercial advertisement is shown, if there is a religious expression, or for reasons such as waste of time, a yellow card is expected. Here it only fits the 'exaggerated joy' clause. If the referee had lined up all of them as expected and given a yellow card, it would have been a very bad image, it would have been criticized a lot. Maybe 1 or 2 players could have been shown a yellow card. It is not true that all players should be shown a yellow card."