Two-capped Tremendous Eagles midfielder Ibrahim Olawoyin has hit out on the officiating after receiving a controversial purple card in Rizespor’s 3-2 loss to Fenerbahçe, Soccernet.ng stories.
The exit of Olawoyin within the first half of the conflict on the Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium proved decisive within the final result of the match.
Rizespor had taken a cushty 2-0 lead earlier than a controversial penalty name by VAR in opposition to Olawoyin shifted the momentum in favour of Jose Mourinho’s facet.
The Nigerian was adjudged to have dedicated a foul contained in the field, which led to a penalty transformed by Edin Džeko.
To make issues worse, Olawoyin was proven a second yellow card, which lowered İlhan Palut’s males to 10. With that benefit, Fenerbahçe accomplished the comeback, with Džeko equalising within the 79th minute earlier than Youssef En-Nesyri sealed the win.
Within the sport, former Manchester United participant, Sofyan Amrabat, had earlier pushed a participant just like that of the Nigerian, however no choice was made.
Reacting to the choice shared by lemarcaspors, Olawoyin expressed his frustration as he questioned the referee’s consistency in making use of the foundations.
“The purple card was a really humorous card. I fell on the primary card, but it surely was not a misleading transfer. The second yellow card was not a penalty. You give a penalty and a purple card, so why don’t you take a look at [Sofyan] Amrabat’s transfer then?” Olawoyin stated.
Ibrahim Olawoyin: “Kırmızı kart çok komik bir karttı. İlk kartta düştüm ama aldatmaya yönelik hareket değildi. İkinci sarı kartta pozisyon penaltı değildi. Penaltı ve kırmızı kart veriyorsunuz peki neden o zaman Amrabat’ın hareketine bakmıyorsunuz?”
pic.twitter.com/Rj73unWAB6— Le Marca Sports activities (@lemarcaspors) February 2, 2025
Galatasaray had earlier condemned the Turkish Soccer Federation over comparable calls for taking part in a key function in seeing Fenerbahce shut the hole with them on the high of the desk.
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