23.02.2025 18:00
The controversial foreign referee of the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe match, Slavko Vincic, will officiate the major match in Turkey following the Champions League match he refereed between PSV Eindhoven and Juventus, as well as the league match between NK Bravo and FC Koper in his home country. Thus, Vincic will have officiated three matches in five days within the Netherlands-Slovenia-Turkey triangle.
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The foreign referee Slavko Vincic, who will officiate the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe match that will affect the championship race in the Trendyol Super League, will have officiated 3 matches in 5 days across 3 different countries with the big match he will take part in tomorrow. The discussions about Vincic's intense match schedule, which have been debated for days, have reignited.
WHISTLED IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Slavko Vincic, who has been appointed as the foreign referee for the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derby to be played tomorrow in the Super League, is drawing attention with his busy match schedule. The Slovenian referee started his week with the Champions League match between PSV Eindhoven and Juventus, which began on Wednesday, February 19, at 23:00 Turkish time. After his duty in the match that went into extra time and lasted 120 minutes, Vincic returned to his country.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER, HE REFEREED A MATCH IN HIS COUNTRY
Yesterday (February 22, Saturday) at 15:00 Turkish time, Slavko Vincic, who whistled in the Slovenian League match between NK Bravo and FC Koper, issued yellow cards to Poplatnik, Atemona, Stravs, and Jovan from the home team, and to Manseri from the visiting team. According to a report in Sözcü Newspaper, there was no situation that challenged the referees during the match. The players of both teams did not even protest Vincic's decisions.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE BIG DERBY
The 45-year-old referee, expected to arrive in Istanbul today, will officiate the Galatasaray - Fenerbahçe derby, which will be played tomorrow (February 24, Monday) at 20:00 at RAMS Park, and will have officiated 3 matches in 5 days in the Netherlands-Slovenia-Turkey triangle.
GALATASARAY DOES NOT WANT HIM
After Fenerbahçe Vice President Acun Ilıcalı met with Slovenian Aleksander Ceferin, the Galatasaray management, which is dominant in the opinion that Slavko Vincic from the same country was appointed to the match, does not want Vincic due to Ilıcalı's ownership of the Maribor Club in Slovenia. The 45-year-old referee, born in Maribor, also has close ties with UEFA President Alexander Ceferin, who is also Slovenian.
WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE VINCIC PROCESS
Turkish Football Federation President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu invited the presidents of both clubs to meet in Riva before the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derby. The president of the yellow-reds, Dursun Özbek, found this invitation insincere and rejected it. Later, Hacıosmanoğlu, who held a meeting, responded to Özbek's "insincere" remark by announcing that he would officiate the big match with a foreign referee. Following this, Galatasaray released a statement after the name Slavko Vincic came to the forefront, directing 3 questions to the federation. Cimbom also objected to the federation's decision due to Vincic's birth in the city of Slovenia's Maribor, owned by Fenerbahçe Vice President Acun Ilıcalı, and Ilıcalı's close ties with UEFA President Ceferin, who is a citizen of the 45-year-old referee. The TFF rejected the yellow-reds' objection and later announced that the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derby would be officiated by Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic.
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