Clubwhere Miha Zajc plays caused a rarely seen incident: Fenerbahçe started the Super Cup with youth players, who left the field after the first minute of the match.
Photo: Fenerbahče
Galatasaray celebrates! The Super Cup trophy is theirs. All well and good, but… But this was more of a dismal celebration. The trophy was more or less handed to Galatasaray, and that too by their great rival Fenerbahçe. The latter caused a rarely seen incident. Fener started the match with youth players as announced and threatened, who immediately conceded a goal (scored by the Argentine star Mauri Icardi), and then, after a minute of play, they protested by leaving the field.
Galatasaray thus practically won the Super Cup without a fight. It will be interesting to see the consequences of this truly bizarre move for Fenerbahçe. The club faces a two-year ban from participating in the Turkish Cup, according to local media reports.
The club of Slovenian international Miha Zajc protested for several reasons. The yellow-blues requested the federation to postpone the match as they have a European clash with Olympiacos next week. The request fell on deaf ears. Similarly, the Istanbul giants insisted on foreign referees. This request also fell on deaf ears. Additionally, Zajc’s club is very dissatisfied with how the federation handled the recent incident when Trabzonspor fans attacked Fenerbahçe players.
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Author: editorial Football Planet