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Re: Turkish Super League 2024/25 Season
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Fiatless
on 10/02/2025, 08:13:50 UTC
Quote from: Docnaster on February 09, 2025, 10:59:16 PM

Adana Demirspor players left the pitch in their Turkish Super Lig game at Galatasaray today in protest against a penalty that were awarded to the home team. It was later that the club president issued a statement saying that the players didn't leave the pitch to protest against Galatasaray but against the referee board. The visitors who currently occupy the bottom position in the league went behind when Alvaro Morata scored a penalty in the 12 minute of the game but continued playing until when the club manager signalled to them to leave the pitch.
The ball is now in the court of the Turkish football FA to address the issue and punish any party that deserves to be punished.
The first penalty was not the reason for the walkout. Oğuzhan Çakır gave another penalty when Dries Mertens was thought to be fouled inside the box in the 30th minute. But from replays it was clear that it was not a penalty. Mertens was the one that moved his leg to hit the Adana Demirspor defender. Even the first penalty looks controversial but they wouldn't have abandoned the match.

This situation has done a great harm to the Turkish League because the outside would see it as a rigged league. Thesame thing happened last year when İstanbulspor walkout of the game against Trabzonspor. Officiating has been one of the biggest impediment to the growth of the Turkish League, I just hope it could be fixed permanently.