"Ibrahim Hacıosmanoğlu's venomous words towards Okan Buruk"

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İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu, President of the Turkish Football Federation, answered questions from Candaş Tolga Işık on the program "I Just Spoke" aired on Ekol TV. Hacıosmanoğlu made statements that will be widely discussed regarding Galatasaray's head coach Okan Buruk, who harshly criticized the TFF and the referee of the match after the Kasımpaşa game.

"I WATCH THE REFEREE, NOT THE MATCH"

İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu's statements are as follows;

• Do you think there has been fair management in the first 8 weeks?

"I do not evaluate. I am constantly in communication with club presidents. I watch the referees, not the match. Our wish is to reduce these mistakes to zero. You cannot change black to white all of a sudden. We need to make the change very well. We have young, bright referees. We will complete their shortcomings. I asked Ceferin and requested one of the best coaches. He kindly sent a Portuguese referee. He will stay here for 2 years. Hopefully, we will reap the benefits of this.

"A DELIBERATE ACTION IN VAR INTERFERES WITH OUR PERSONALITY"

Most commentators do not make fair comments despite knowing the rules. It is seen that commentators who made the same comment a year ago made different comments. Comments are made according to color, in other words. We talked with our presidents for nearly 3 hours. There were mistakes in the past, but they were deliberate mistakes. When we look at the 8 weeks of this season, we see that 80% of those who made mistakes are our young referees. We need to minimize these mistakes in VAR. When we see a deliberate action in VAR, it interferes with our personality. The cost of playing with our personality will be heavy.

I CONGRATULATED THE REFEREE OF THE TRABZONSPOR-BEŞİKTAŞ MATCH

After the Trabzonspor-Beşiktaş match, Ertuğrul Doğan said, 'One Beşiktaş jersey was missing.' I also called the referee after the match and congratulated him. Those who correct their mistakes will continue with us.

WILL A FOREIGN REFEREE COME?

• Will a foreign referee come to the Super League?

We have bright young referees. It is not correct to compare foreign referees with technical directors and players. We will solve this with local referees."

OKAN BURUK'S WORDS

In a match, the referee friend did not write down the words that were said in the report. According to the regulations, if the observer, representative, and referee do not write it down, you cannot impose a penalty. I am talking about Okan's position. We told the friends that this regulation will change. Those who do not write down, who do not act on what they see and hear, will not walk with us. Whoever says something will face the consequences. Even if it is not written in the report, we will impose penalties based on the footage. The friend who did not write it in the report will also face the consequences. The word Okan used there was 'The referee who gives this penalty cannot manage a match here again...' Now you will not think that way. The biggest penalty; let's see when that referee will come to a Galatasaray match. Then you will see. In my opinion, that is the biggest penalty. I told our referee friends that the words and insults directed at you are not directed at you, they are directed at us. We will stand by them, we will support them. We will continue with our referee friends who correct their mistakes, and we will not walk with those who do not correct them. No one with malicious intent can act where we are.

WHAT HAPPENED?

In the 82nd minute of the match where Galatasaray and Kasımpaşa drew 3-3 in the 7th week of the Trendyol Super League; images of Galatasaray's head coach Okan Buruk threatening the referee after Kasımpaşa won a penalty emerged. After the VAR decision, it was seen that Buruk told the fourth referee, "The referee who gives this penalty cannot manage a match here again." After the match, the experienced coach, who was referred to the PFDK for "threatening," was fined 117,000 TL by the board for unsportsmanlike conduct.