Much-discussed penalty decision in Trabzonspor - Kasımpaşa match

Match referee Zorbay Küçük awarded two penalties during the game. In the 38th minute, regarding the penalty won by Kasımpaşa, Küçük initially blew the whistle for a foul following Uğurcan's intervention on the penalty area line, but after receiving a warning from VAR that the incident occurred inside the penalty area, he pointed to the spot.

In the 77th minute, a recommendation to review the incident between Kevin Rodrigues and Enis Destan in the penalty area while the ball was not in play came from VAR.

Zorbay Küçük went to the monitor and awarded a penalty. Kevin Rodrigues was also shown a yellow card.

The penalty won by Trabzonspor was widely discussed on social media.

'COMICAL' REACTION FROM KASIMPAŞA

Kasımpaşa manager Hakan Keleş and players Da Costa and Cafu reacted to the penalty decision.

Da Costa: Today I encountered mistakes I have never faced before. There is slight contact for the penalty. It is very hard to believe how a penalty was given. You are 23 people on the field, and sometimes losing or winning does not depend on the work you do. Everyone needs to make better decisions. We got 1 point. But we deserved more, we could have gotten more. Everyone needs to act more carefully.

Cafu: We did our best. Sometimes they don't let you win. I saw a mistake I have never seen before in my career. There are many things. I think the penalty given has nothing to do with the contact. After seeing these, there was a feeling of shame. We felt very bad. If Turkish football wants to continue to develop, better decisions must be made. I think we didn't get what we deserved because of bad decisions.

Hakan Keleş: A comical penalty! I am very curious, would they call such a penalty for us? With this much pressure, I also sympathize with the referees, but the fouls he gave or didn't give us changed the shape of the match. We fell behind in two minutes. Then we caught the equalizer. We could have won. It was a strange match for us, and we were also saddened by the referee's decisions. From what we watched, it was a simple, comical penalty. It fired up our opponent. We could have won, but not losing is also important.

News Source: 12punto