Galatasaray Opened the Super League Season with Victory
The last champion of the Super League, Galatasaray, opened the new season at home and faced Hataspor. The red-yellow team made their fans happy by winning the game 2-1 with a goal scored by Michy Batshuayi in the last minute. This critical goal by the Belgian footballer also brought about discussions about offside.
Former referees who produce programs for broadcasters Bulent Yildirim, Sea ShepherdAnd Bahattin Duran, stated that the goal that brought victory to Galatasaray was offside. These statements had a wide impact in the football community.
Speaking on a program on Ekol TV, the former referee and football commentator Erman Toroglu, made a striking claim on this issue. Toroğlu, MHK President Ferhat GundogduHe stated that there was a problem between the referees and Toroğlu’s words were as follows:
- “The fight inside is huge. This position has nothing to do with offside. What offside. The ball comes to a Galatasaray player, the Galatasaray player heads it to the right open. The right opener sends it to the left inside. The player inside the left scores, Batshuayi scores.”
- “When the first cross was made, Batshuayi was offside but he didn’t make a move or intervene on the ball. He comes and intervenes on the ball, pushes his teammate, that’s it. That’s the whole story.”
- “Most of these are referees who come with reinforcements. Most of these are guys who appear on TV with this or that guy. I’m saying this clearly.”
- “They use their phones to say, do this, say that. There is a fight between the two teams, there is a blood feud. This position has nothing to do with offside. I will cut up the referee who gives him offside.”
This victory for Galatasaray is of great importance for both the team’s morale and its fans. However, it seems that the offside debate will remain on the agenda of football fans throughout the season.
