Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho was booked by a referee that he had referred to as a “top level” after his team rejected a goal in the first half of the Istanbul derby on Monday.
Slovener referee Slavko Vincic, who served the last season Champions League Finale turned to the technical areas in the 34th minute to warn Mourinho and Galatasaray boss Okan Buruk.
While the exact type of crimes of the coaches was not clear, the Super League leader Galatasaray had previously lodged a penalty when the striker of Napoli, Victor Osimhen, was previously accused of “diving too much” by Mourinho – went into the box.
Osimhen had contested a cross with the defenders Milan Skriniar and Yusuf Akcicek, and the 2023 series A player of the year was booked four minutes later for a challenge for goalkeeper Irfan Can Egribayat.
Galatasaray against Fenerbahce referee
Vincic denied the second -placed Fenerbahce in the 14th minute after the striker Oydın stormed from the penalty area.
The 45-year-old referee decided that a visit to the wing player Sebastian Szymanski goalkeeper Fernando Muslera entered the box as a cross between Filip Kostic.
Mourinho spoke in front of one of the most atmospheric games in world football between two violent competitors and said that he was “happy” with Vincic’s appointment and called him a “referee at the highest level”.
Mourinho has been a frequent critic of the referee in Turkiye since his appointment by Fenerbahce in June in June that Vincics was “important for credibility”.
“Although sometimes it doesn’t look that way, I am a person who wants a fair game,” emphasized the Portuguese. “We want to win, you want to win. I hope it will be a big game. “
Galatasaray against Fenerbahce latest
No side had an attempt at the finish in the first half of being competitive in the first half, with Galatasaray having 59% of the property, but Fenerbahce produced four of the five efforts between the teams.
Fenerbahce started the evening without another team realistically in the title fight in the title fight six points behind their opponents With a one-gate superiority.
Galatasaray were unbeaten in their previous 24 league games this season, while Fenerbahce had lost twice, including A 3-1 defeat at home In the game on September 21.
