VAR referee for Galatasaray-Konyaspor match announced
Konyaspor and Galatasaray face off today at 20:30 in Konya in the Turkish Cup semi-finals. Polish referee Piotr Lasyk has been announced as the VAR for the match.
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Galatasaray and Konyaspor will face off today in the Turkish Cup semi-finals in Konya. The match, which will be held at the Konya Metropolitan Stadium, will start at 20:30. Referee Abdullah Buğra Taşkınsoy will officiate the match. According to the statement made by the Central Referee Board (MHK), Polish referee Piotr Lasyk will serve as the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) for the match.
Deniz Caner Özarlal will accompany Lasyk as the Assistant Video Assistant Referee (AVAR).
4 ABSENCES FOR GALATASARAY
Four players from the yellow-red team will not be able to play in tomorrow's match for various reasons.
In addition to the injured Kaan Ayhan and Elias Jelert, Barış Alper Yılmaz and Kerem Demirbay, who each received a one-match suspension after the quarter-final derby against Fenerbahçe, will also be unable to take the field against Konyaspor.
4TH MEETING THIS SEASON
The two teams will face each other for the 4th time this season.
The yellow-red team defeated their opponent, whom they faced twice in the Super League, 2-1 away and 1-0 at home. The match in the Turkish Cup group stage ended in a 0-0 draw.
The yellow-red team, which was in Group C in the Turkish Cup, recorded 1 win and 2 draws in their 3 matches. Galatasaray, which collected five points, became a quarter-finalist by finishing in second place ahead of Başakşehir, which had the same points and goal difference, because they received fewer cards. Galatasaray advanced to the semi-finals by defeating Fenerbahçe, whom they matched with in the quarter-finals, 2-1.
The Konya representative, which finished Group C, where Galatasaray was located, as the leader with 2 wins and 1 draw, passed the 2nd League team İskenderunspor 3-0 in the quarter-finals.
The side that wins the semi-final match, which will be played as a single leg, will advance to the final. If there is no winner in the 90-minute portion of the match, two 15-minute extra time periods will be played. If the tie is still not broken, a penalty shootout will determine who advances.
The winning team will face the winner of the Trabzonspor-Göztepe match in the final.