Beşiktaş applies to TFF for a foreign referee!

Creation Date: February 25, 2025 20:47

It was claimed that he applied to the TFF to assign a foreign referee for the derbies against Beşiktaş , Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray .

Slavko Vincic, who refereed the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derby played yesterday, became the first foreign referee to blow the whistle in Turkey after 55 years.

Following the derby that ended in a goalless draw, Trabzonspor club shared a post requesting Vincic for the matches they will play against Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray.

SERDAL ADALI HAD STATED BEFORE THE DERBY

Beşiktaş President Serdal Adalı made the following statement regarding Vincic 's announcement: "Our federation president made a statement, I haven't had the time to fully review it. Although we have been very upset about the referee issue, we stated that we trust Turkish referees. With this latest decision, regarding the assignment of a foreign referee to the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe match, we also want the same referee for both the matches we will play with Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe. The federation should take the necessary initiatives now. Since such a path has been opened, we also want to see the same referee for the matches we will play with Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe. However, let me say that a good door has not been opened."

SOLSKJAER SAYS 'I HAVE GOOD THOUGHTS ABOUT THE REFEREES'

The Black and Whites' technical director Ole Gunnar Solskjaer had said after the match in which they defeated Antalyaspor 2-1, "My focus is only on my own team, our own values. How can we improve ourselves? How can we be better every day, day by day? I am dealing with this. This is my focus. Because we are a little bit far from the top, in the rankings. In terms of experience, I have considered the referees to be very good experience in the process I have had here so far. I have good thoughts about them."

BEŞİKTAŞ REQUESTS FOR A FOREIGN REFEREES

Following these events, the black and white club took action.

According to the news in HT Spor; Beşiktaş applied to the TFF to appoint a foreign referee for the derby matches they will play against Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray.