15.02.2025 16:00
Fenerbahçe President Ali Koç spoke about the controversial Galatasaray-Adana Demirspor match. Koç stated, "Instead of discussing the fraudulent, thieving players, the focus has shifted to the Fenerbahçe-Galatasaray issue. We have orchestrated this. So if we did it, then write this: Mertens will be at Fenerbahçe next year," responding to claims regarding the blue and yellow team.
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Fenerbahçe President Ali Koç made striking statements at the High Advisory Board's February Ordinary Meeting. Koç referred to the match that was interrupted due to the withdrawal of the Adana representative, which was later officially recorded as a 3-0 victory for the yellow-red team.
"I HAVEN'T SEEN A COMMUNICATION STRUCTURE AS PREPARED AS YOURS"
Ali Koç said, "There is an interrupted match with Adana Demirspor, which does not concern us at all. One of our executives tweeted that Fenerbahçe was prepared, and so on. That night, from the coach to the players to the executives, they are saying the same lines and making militant media members say this. What happened if Hulusi Bey tweeted? You tweeted while our matches were being played, and you tweeted right after the matches ended! I haven't seen a communication structure as prepared as yours." he stated.
"HYPOCRITE, THIEVING PLAYERS..."
Speaking about Mertens, the president said, "They turned the situation around, what did they do? They are so magnificent at changing the agenda... Instead of talking about hypocrite, thieving players, the issue turned into Fenerbahçe-Galatasaray. We have orchestrated this. Unfortunately, the public is not awake. The other day or yesterday, they asked a question in a competition about the last deceased Soviet leader. The contestant couldn't answer. They asked the audience, and 56% of the audience said Queen Elizabeth. With such a society, these things hold. We are fighting to ensure that it doesn't hold."
"MERTENS WILL BE AT FENERBAHÇE NEXT YEAR"
"So did we do it? Then write this. Mertens will be at Fenerbahçe next year! Write it down. For this to happen... I’m not even talking about us orchestrating Adana Demirspor in 15 minutes, now I’m asking, isn’t Mertens, who committed a foul to get a penalty, also part of this? It means Mertens is also part of the orchestration, and he will be at Fenerbahçe next year. Write this down, media members. They have gotten so used to feeding the public such absurd things that they continue." he expressed.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Galatasaray faced Adana Demirspor in the 23rd week of the Super League at RAMS Park. The yellow-reds won a penalty in the 11th minute when Mertens fell in the penalty area. Although the visiting team protested this penalty intensely, the decision was not changed. In the 12th minute, Alvaro Morata, who took the penalty, scored to put his team ahead 1-0. While the match continued with the home team's superiority, in the 30th minute, Yusuf Barasi fell to the ground due to injury without the ball. During this time, a discussion took place between the Adana Demirspor players and head coach Mustafa Alper Avcı. After this discussion, in the 34th minute, captain Semih Güler called out to his teammates, "We are withdrawing from the field," and they headed towards the corridor. Later, the referee quartet also went to the dressing room. Approximately 25 minutes later, an announcement was made in the stadium stating that the Galatasaray-Adana Demirspor match was suspended by referee Oğuzhan Çakır. Later, the PFDK declared Adana Demirspor, which withdrew from the field against Galatasaray, to have lost 3-0 by default and imposed a 3-point deduction penalty.
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