04.03.2025 23:20
Beşiktaş President Serdal Adalı stated in a live broadcast that they submitted a petition to the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) for a foreign referee to officiate the Galatasaray derby. Adalı said, "We want the Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe derbies to be managed by the same referee team if possible, or at least by a referee team of the same quality. We have not received a positive or negative response. We will play the upcoming Galatasaray match with a foreign referee."
Beşiktaş President Serdal Adalı was a guest on the "I Just Spoke" program broadcasted on Ekol TV. Responding to questions from Candaş Tolga Işık, Adalı announced the Beşiktaş match that will be officiated by a foreign referee.
"WE WILL PLAY THE GALATASARAY MATCH WITH A FOREIGN REFEREE"
Serdal Adalı's statements regarding the foreign referee issue are as follows;
- Do you want foreign referees to officiate Beşiktaş's matches?
"In Beşiktaş's matches, especially in derbies, I mentioned recently that a good door has not been opened, I said it on the first day, it's not a pleasant situation. The community that suffers the most from referees is us. I can write a novel about it. We have never lost our trust and belief in Turkish referees. Since a door has been opened, we want the Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe derbies to be officiated, if possible, by the same referee team, or at least by a referee team of the same quality. The morning after I said this, we officially submitted a petition to the TFF. No positive or negative response has come. We will play the upcoming Galatasaray match with a foreign referee.
STRUCTURE STATEMENTS
- Is there a structure in football?
I can't say there is not, but I can't say there is either, there are things going wrong. There is no structure where the deserving wins. There are things going wrong. If there weren't things going wrong, the situation wouldn't be like this. Sometimes it stems from the referees, sometimes from the MHK...
"IT WOULD BE FANTASY"
- Do you want the entire season to be officiated by foreign referees?
It would be fantasy. How will the TFF handle this! "We can't handle it. If the TFF cannot manage this referee issue together with the MHK in the vast Turkey, there is another problem. Moreover, we have quality referees. I said it in 2010 or 2011, they destroyed me. It's been 14-15 years since then. Sometimes our referees are influenced by the big communities, social media, and the media. Sometimes there are very poor officiating. I can talk about my own experience, there have been many matches where our rights, Beşiktaş's rights, have been violated.
"I WISH TURKISH REFEREES OFFICIATED WITHOUT ERRORS"
- You say you trust Turkish referees, but you want foreigners for derbies. Isn't this a contradiction?
I say a door has been opened. I wish Turkish referees officiated without errors..."