Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derby ended goalless: Critical notes from the match

The match was officiated by Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic, and a foreign referee officiated the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe rivalry for the first time in 55 years. The Slovenian referee showed his yellow card 6 times during the match.

Galatasaray hosted Fenerbahçe at home in the 25th week of the Trendyol Super League. The derby played at RAMS Park ended in a goalless draw.

The first half of the match was pretty quiet. There weren't many scoring opportunities and the first half ended 0-0.

There were no goals in the second half of the match and the match ended 0-0.

THE GAP HAS NOT CHANGED AT THE SUMMIT

Following this result, Galatasaray increased its points in the league to 64, while Fenerbahçe increased its points to 58. The 6-point difference between the two teams remained unchanged.

In the next week of the Super League, Galatasaray will be visiting Kasımpaşa, while Fenerbahçe will face Antalyaspor at home.

FOREIGN REFEREES BLOW THE WHISTLE IN THE DERBY AFTER 55 YEARS

A foreign referee officiated in the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe rivalry after 55 years.

Foreign referees have officiated 17 derbies between the two teams since 1959, when professional leagues began. The last derby was hosted by Fenerbahçe on April 26, 1970. 55 years after that derby, the teams played under the management of a foreign referee.

The Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic blew the whistle for the match. Vincic was assisted by Tomaz Klancnik and Andraz Kovacic, while Kadir Sağlam served as the fourth official.

The match saw 3 players receive yellow cards. Vincic, Osimhen, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Mario Lemina, Yunus Akgün, Fred and Çağlar Söyüncü were shown yellow cards.

TENSE MOMENTS IN THE DERBY

There were tense moments in the 33rd minute of the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derby.

Victor Osimhen fell to the ground in a one-on-one fight with Yusuf Akçiçek. Osimhen and the Galatasaray bench waited for a penalty.

Referee Vincic listened to VAR for a while and then asked for the game to continue. During this time, Osimhen and Fenerbahçe substitutes' Mert Hakan got into a verbal fight. Osimhen made a hush sign to Mert Hakan.

After the substitutes' benches got involved in the argument, both teams' administrative managers received yellow cards.

FENERBAHÇE'S GOAL WAS PREVENTED BY A FOUL

Fenerbahçe took the lead against Galatasaray in the 12th minute of the match, but the goal was disallowed due to a foul before the position.

Szymanski moved after Kostic's cross from the left wing and collided with Muslera.

While Muslera was on the ground, Oğuz Aydın sent the ball into the empty net, but referee Slavko Vincic disallowed the goal.

Vincic, who stated that Szymanski's move was a foul after the position, received approval from VAR and the foul decision remained.

MOURINHO'S DECISION ON ÇAĞLAR SÖYÜNCÜ

Fenerbahçe's coach Jose Mourinho, who is visiting Galatasaray in the derby of the 25th week of the Trendyol Super League, made 2 changes in the squad compared to the first 11 of the last match they played against Anderlecht in the UEFA Europa League.

The experienced coach benched Bright Osayi-Samuel and Sofyan Amrabat, who were in the first 11 in the Anderlecht match.

The Portuguese coach put Oğuz Aydın and Çağlar Söyüncü in the first 11 instead of these names in the Galatasaray derby.

Fenerbahce started the derby with Irfan Can Eğribayat, Milan Skriniar, Çağlar Söyüncü, Yusuf Akçiçek, Oğuz Aydın, Fred Rodrigues, Sebastian Szymanski, Filip Kostic, Dusan Tadic, Edin Dzeko and Youssef En-Nesyri.

In the yellow-navy team, Dominik Livakovic, Ertuğrul Çetin, Alexander Djiku, Mert Müldür, Bright Osayi-Samuel, Mert Hakan Yandaş, İrfan Can Kahveci, Sofyan Amrabat, Anderson Talisca and Cenk Tosun were substitutes for the match.

4 CHANGES FROM OKAN BURUK

Hosting Fenerbahçe in the derby of the 25th week of the Trendyol Super League, Galatasaray coach Okan Buruk made 4 changes in the first 11 compared to the last match they played.

The yellow-red team took to the derby played at RAMS Park with Fernando Muslera, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Davinson Sanchez, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Eren Elmalı, Mario Lemina, Lucas Torreira, Rolanda Sallai, Gabriel Sara, Barış Alper Yılmaz and Victor Osimhen.

Galatasaray's substitute bench included Günay Güvenç, Kerem Demirbay, Dries Mertens, Yunus Akgün, Berkan Kutlu, Ahmed Kutucu, Kaan Ayhan, Elias Jelert, Carlos Cuesta and Yusuf Demir.

Okan Buruk benched Günay Güvenç, Cuesta, Jelert and Mertens, who were in the first 11 in the UEFA Europa League last 16 play-off round match against Dutch representative AZ Alkmaar last week.

The experienced coach gave the jersey to Muslera, Frankowski, Eren Elmalı and Lemina instead of these players.

PLAYED TO A SOLD OUT BOX

The red-yellow fans have sold out of all the tickets on sale for the derby.

Approximately 50 thousand red-yellow and 2,500 yellow-dark blue fans watched the match, which was played in front of full stands at RAMS Park.

REACTION FROM THE STANDS TO MERT HAKAN

Galatasaray fans reacted to Fenerbahçe's team captain Mert Hakan Yandaş.

When the yellow-navy team came onto the field, the Galatasaray stands chanted against Mert Hakan.

FENERBAHÇE 4 MISSING

Fenerbahçe could not use 4 of its players in the tough away game against Galatasaray.

In addition to İsmail Yüksek and Diego Carlos, who are still injured, Allan Saint-Maximin was not included in the squad for the tough match due to the foreign quota.

Apart from these names, Levent Mercan was also not included in the squad by the decision of the technical staff.

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