25.02.2025 13:30
Galatasaray's star striker Victor Osimhen stated in a post-match interview after the Fenerbahçe derby that the referee Slavko Vincic displayed a fair management of the game.
After the goalless match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe in the 25th week of the Super League, Galatasaray's star striker Victor Osimhen made statements.
"THE REFEREE MANAGED A FAIR MATCH"
Speaking about the match referee Slavko Vincic, the world-famous footballer said, "The referee managed a fair match, he is a good referee. We have no complaints, he controlled the match well." Galatasaray's head coach Okan Buruk had expressed dissatisfaction with Vincic's decisions and stated that Turkish referees should officiate.
WHAT DID HE SAY ABOUT MOURINHO?
"An important head coach. Our coach is also a very big name. He has a wonderful legacy in Turkish football. I do not speak about the head coaches of other teams."
WHAT DID OKAN BURUK SAY?
Criticizing Vincic's performance, Okan Buruk said, "The stress of this match is very different. The quality of the match was expected to be very high. We saw how poorly a referee who has officiated in the Champions League performed and how shaky he was. I saw him bring the whistle to his mouth three times for no reason. He gave very bad fouls. He stopped the game at very bad moments. He never listened to the fourth official. There was a handball situation in the second half. Mert almost played volleyball there. He says it's a handball, but he doesn't listen to that either. This is a disrespect to Turkish referees. He didn't listen because the fourth official was Turkish. I told him after the match that he performed worse than Turkish referees. A referee who has officiated in Champions League finals was shaky. I couldn't believe how tense he was before the match. If a foreign referee is in this situation, think about how much pressure the players of both teams are under. Winning the match is very important, but we have seen many years where we didn't lose. In matches that ended 0-0 where there were no goals, we have seen that both teams did not make very brave attacks. This year was the same. We can also count last year this way. The referee constantly stopped the match by calling fouls. I am very unhappy with the referee's performance. You elevate the referee and bring him with a very high fee... You say let the match end 0-0 so that nothing happens to me. We would have liked to win, but on the other hand, we increased our 6-point advantage to 7 points. In this sense, we are sad that we couldn't win. Since it was our home ground, we wanted to leave with a victory. We also faced a strong team. Our resilience and fighting spirit were good. We had some difficulties in creating opportunities.
We need to think match by match. We have a cup match on Thursday. Then we have a match with Kasımpaşa on Sunday. We will go out to win our matches again. We will play tough matches. Unfortunately, we are not in Europe. With our squad quality, we will be much stronger. We played without Morata and Ismail Jakobs. We had the chance to play Yunus. This was important for us. Today we had three new players. They started together in the starting eleven for the first time. Considering the team's adaptation process, when the weeks drop to a single match, we will have a better chance to prepare physically and mentally. Right now, we haven't won anything. We have an advantage. When we think and play through the matches one by one, we want to gain this advantage. We want to be champions again." he stated.