Referee reaction from Çağdaş Atan!

Başakşehir manager Çağdaş Atan spoke after their cup defeat to Trabzonspor.

Çağdaş Atan said, "I cannot say that we were able to do what we wanted. I did not see the heavy rotation we made reflected well on the pitch. We gave the ball to the opponent too quickly. We conceded chances in the first half, but we conceded the goal just as we were about to make a move. After that, we returned to our normal game. If we had played with our full squad, we could have caused difficulties for Trabzonspor. We also had many injured players. We had thought about leaving here without losing any more players to injury. The cup is important, but the league is also very important for us. We can catch the path to Europe again from there. Honestly, today we experienced the disadvantage of missing players. The other players also needed to stay loyal to the game we wanted, but we didn't see that very much. In the second half, we started to threaten the opponent, but we couldn't succeed. I congratulate Trabzonspor and wish them success in the semi-finals."

Evaluating the yellow card he received after the match, Çağdaş Atan said, "I just wanted to move the players away. I would like to put on the table how VAR referee Alper Ulusoy did not see the elbow thrown at Emirhan in the first half! There are also Anatolian teams in this league, and referees need to manage matches accordingly."