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Updated Monday, April 8, 2024-08:02

  • Türkiye Pitched battle between Trabzonspor fans and Fenerbahçe players after celebrating their 2-3 victory

Fenerbahçe

took its under-19 team onto the field this Sunday to play the final of the

Turkish Super Cup

against

Galatasaray , in protest against what

it

considers permanent mistreatment by the referees and the

Turkish Federation ( TFF)

, and the players have left the field after one minute of play.

The vice president of the club, which is second in the

Turkish Super League

after Galatasaray, had already announced this measure earlier this week and announced that the players would leave the field before the end of the 90 minutes, which would mean that the team would automatically lose. by 0 to 3 and his rival would take the title.

The match began at 8:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. GMT) and after only 50 seconds Galatasaray scored a goal through Argentine

Mauro Icardi

.

Immediately, the Fenerbahçe players left the field of play and the referee picked up the ball and also left the field, ending the game.

Galatasaray Istanbul won the Turkish Super League in the 2022-2023 season and Fenerbahçe won the Cup.

Galatasaray players celebrate the Super Cup title.Huseyin YavuzAP

After concluding the match, the Galatasaray players remained on the field and divided into two teams to continue playing in front of the public in the stadium, which was already only a quarter of the capacity full with supporters of the League champion.

The Turkish media had already reported that Fenerbahçe's first team had not even traveled to

Sanliurfa

, where the final was being played. In fact, Fenerbahçe did not participate in yesterday's press conference, which is usual before matches.

The Turkish club has thus protested against what it considers permanent mistreatment by the TFF and the referees.

In addition, he wants to denounce the Federation's rejection of his request that the final be postponed in order to have more time to prepare for

next Thursday's UEFA

Conference League match.

This week, the TFF imposed a sanction of six home games without spectators, in addition to financial fines, on

Trabzonspor

, for the aggression of numerous fans against the Fenerbahçe players after the match on March 17.

Fenerbahçe denounced that this attack was a planned attempt to sabotage their success in the Super League, in which they are second, two points behind Galatasaray.

The Super Cup was going to be held on December 29 in

Riyadh,

the capital of Saudi Arabia, but it was suspended when the players were not authorized to go out on the field wearing t-shirts with the face of

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

, the founder of modern Turkey, with the message "Peace at home, Peace in the World."