What started with a hug for the Sivassport coach, Riza Çalimbay, before the kick-off, ended with Jorge Jesus, Fenerbahçe coach, throwing himself into the referee, in a press conference, after the goalless draw in the first leg of Turkish Cup semi-finals.
The Portuguese coach rightly complained about a penalty that went unmarked for bringing down goalkeeper Yildirim on Joshua King, in the 90+3 minute. And that could give an advantage to the Istanbul team, which receives Sivassport to decide the tie between the 23rd and 25th of this month.
Four days after beating Sivasspor for the championship (3-1), Fenerbahçe returned to the opponent’s ground to discuss qualifying for the Cup final. And, after greeting the opposing coach, Jesus was even forced to change clothes. By order of the refereeing team, he had to change his blue sleeveless jacket for a yellow shirt so as not to be mistaken, on the sideline, for a Fenerbahçe player.
After the kick-off, Fenerbahçe were the better team and built enough opportunities to return home with a triumph – João Pedro narrowly missed a cross from Luan Peres (3′), Ferdi fired into the area for a good save by Yildirim (8 ), Kahveci with a header forced the opponent’s goalkeeper to make another great save (11), the same Kahveci shot dangerously beside the left post (45+2), Hakan Yandas threatened from outside the area (60). And it was already in compensation that Joshua King, launched by Kadioglu, was knocked down by Yildirim.
“Before talking about the game, technically and tactically, I want to talk about what VAR is all over the world. I understand that the referee couldn’t have seen the move, he was behind the ball, Joshua King, and didn’t see how the goalkeeper took the penalty. Now the VAR? Does VAR not see that it is a penalty? I don’t usually talk about referees, but today [ontem] it’s impossible to remain silent, because I don’t understand how 3/4 referees, in a privileged situation, don’t see it. I’ve seen it three or four times and the VAR can’t see it? Why? Because he doesn’t want to!”, shot Jesus.
′′ The game was well played. We were the only team with scoring opportunities, our opponent shot once. We were very strong defensively. Now, we are going to play the second game with our fans helping, always with a lot of respect for the opponent», he added about the match, also revealing that striker Enner Valencia will return in the next game, Sunday, away, against Giresunspor.
Basaksehir and Ankaraguçu play the first leg of the other semi-final today.
2023-05-03 23:10:17
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