Fenerbahce abandons Türkiye Super Cup match just 1 minute after kick-off

Protest to the Turkiye Football Association... “For truth, not victory.”

Fenerbahce, a prestigious team that has been in conflict with the Turkic Football Association on a daily basis, expressed its protest to the association by giving up the Super Cup match just one minute after kick-off.

Fenerbahce conceded a goal in just one minute of the 2023-2024 Türkiye Super Cup final against Galatasaray held at the GAP Stadium in Türkiye Šanlurfa on the 8th (Korean time).

As players from both teams gathered in the center circle to resume the game, Fenerbahce players suddenly began leaving the ground. 바카라사이트

About four minutes after kickoff, the referee finally confirmed Fenerbahce's intention to abandon the game, and the delighted Galatasaray players and coaching staff gathered together and cheered.

The Türkiye Super Cup is a competition in which the champions of last season's regular league, Süper Lig, and Türkiye Cup champions decide the winner in a single match.

Fenerbahce, the team that won last season's cup competition, made a roster of all players under the age of 19 and sent them to the ground, and gave up the game altogether after conceding goals in the early stages.

After the game, Fenerbahce said through its social network service, "Today we went on the field not to win, but to protect the truth."

Local media believe that Fenerbahce, which had deepened its emotional rift with the Turkiye Football Association after a series of frictions, expressed its anger in an extreme manner.

Fenerbahce is dissatisfied with the fact that the match venue was chosen to be more than 1,000 km away from Istanbul, the common home of both teams.

Originally, this season's Super Cup was supposed to be held at Al-Awal Park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at the end of last year.

However, just before kickoff, the game was suddenly postponed.

It is reported that the Saudi side raised an issue when players from both teams tried to wear T-shirts that covered Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, revered as the father of the country.

The Saudi side appears to have accepted this as a violation of FIFA regulations, which strictly prohibit political and religious activities in the stadium.

In addition, Fenerbahce, ahead of the first leg of the UEFA Europa League quarterfinals against Olympiacos (Greece) on the 12th, requested to postpone the Super Cup schedule, but this was also not accepted.

Fenerbahce had a conflict with the Turkye Football Association not only over the schedule and location of this game, but also over recent violence in the league.

In the 30th round of the Süper Lig held at Papara Park in Trafbon on the 18th of last month, Fenerbahce beat the home team Trabzonspor 3-2.

However, after the final whistle sounded, some home fans suddenly ran onto the ground and hit Fenerbahce players.

Bright Osai Samuel, Missy Batshuayi and others counterattacked with fists and kicks.

Not only the players and fans, but also security guards and officials from each team came out to stop them, and a group of excited fans from the stands ran back onto the ground, causing chaos in an instant.

Fenerbahce took this issue so seriously that they even considered the extreme measure of 'withdrawing from the league' but instead protested when two players who responded to the fans' assault were suspended.

According to AFP, Fenerbahce President Yildirim Ali Kok sent a 'warning message' to the association at a press conference before the game, saying, "The time has come to redefine Turkic football."