Fırat Aydınus Evaluates Super Lig Match Officials for Week 8

The referee performances in the Gençlerbirliği-Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe-Alanyaspor matches played in the 8th week of the Trendyol Super Lig were examined by columnist Fırat Aydınus in his column.

The referee decisions in the matches where Galatasaray defeated Gençlerbirliği 1-0 away and Fenerbahçe beat Alanyaspor 3-0 at home during week 8 of the Super Lig were evaluated. Columnist Fırat Aydınus stated regarding the performance of Reşat Onur Coşkunses, the referee of the Gençlerbirliği-Galatasaray match, that the referee had shortcomings stemming from inexperience and that insisting on not showing yellow cards did not constitute good refereeing.

Aydınus expressed that his interpretation of the challenge between Batrakov and Fıratcan in the 67th minute leaned toward a penalty, noting that whichever decision the referee made, VAR could not intervene. Furthermore, he conveyed that the action prior to Galatasaray's goal in the 88th minute was not a foul and could not be evaluated as an attacking start phase.

Addressing the disallowed second goal of İrfan Can in the 47th minute of the Fenerbahçe-Alanyaspor match, Aydınus noted that in Kante's infraction, the referee allowed play to continue by applying an advantage, but the goal came after Alanyaspor players lost the ball. Aydınus stated that VAR referee Sarper Barış Saka applied the wrong protocol by calling the referee to the monitor, and that the clear goal was disallowed on the grounds of a foul at the start of the attack.