Fenerbahçe's response to Dursun Özbek was swift!

Fenerbahçe Sports Club Board Member Can Gebetaş described the events that occurred after the Galatasaray derby to Haber Global.

Can Gebetaş responded to the remarks made by Galatasaray President Dursun Özbek.

Stating that Fenerbahçe is being marginalized, Can Gebetaş said, "Our Fenerbahçe football team has been subjected to systematic marginalization for the last few years. One must open a special parenthesis for this season in particular. Fenerbahçe is in a great struggle against a privatized football system. The decisions made and not made since the beginning of the season, the efforts to keep us behind in the championship race, or the efforts to keep the opponent in the race by pushing them in some way. These situations are so clear that failing to see them can only be the work of those who interpret events solely through the lens of the teams they support."

"THE DERBY IS A SUMMARY OF THE SEASON"

Criticizing the referee's decisions, Gebetaş said, "Remember the footage leaked from the referee seminar. There are penalty decisions that referees made based on their emotions. Last night, we watched a derby that was a summary of the season worthy of what the Fenerbahçe community and our esteemed president have been saying for exactly one year regarding the injustices we have faced. Referee Arda Kardeşler left our team shorthanded by sending off our player in a position where a very significant portion of the entire authority agreed that it was 'not a foul.' Our team put up an honorable fight for 80 minutes with 10 men. Our players put up a performance worthy of praise, and what could be more natural than wanting this to be appreciated by our esteemed president?"

"THE REASON ALI KOÇ CAME TO THE STADIUM"

Stating that President Ali Koç came to the stadium to congratulate the players, Can Gebetaş said, "This victory is of great importance to us. If you look at the number of victories in history, we are ahead of our opponent with an overwhelming superiority. It is very important to open a special parenthesis for this victory and state its importance in a separate way. This victory is actually a victory won as a result of the struggle against this system. Therefore, our esteemed president was aware of this victory and wanted to congratulate his players."

RESPONSE TO DURSUN ÖZBEK

Responding to what Dursun Özbek said after the derby, Gebetaş commented, "Our president went there alone. Creating an atmosphere as if he had arrived there with 70-80 armed people is extremely shameful and is a manipulation of perception. Our president came to the locker room. At that time, our stands were chanting, 'management, bring the team here.' However, when we brought our team onto the field, our fans had already left. We had the desire to take a victory photo there and return. But when we went out onto the field to take the victory photo, Galatasaray Sports Club executives and officials tried to take our club's flag from our hands. People know very well what a flag means to a club. If there hadn't been an attempt to seize this flag, these disapproved images would never have emerged."

Continuing his words, Can Gebetaş said that Dursun Özbek was narrating a mafia series script and used the following expressions:

"There is no such situation where our president came there with a group of 70-80 people and raided the place. Yesterday they said there were 40-50 people, today they say there are 70-80 people. If we don't respond to these allegations, I suppose they will increase it to 90-100 people tomorrow. This is the same perception manipulation they used during the Covid period, when they said 'they took in 5 thousand fans' for the 200 people we took in at the request of the state for a match played without spectators. This is a smear campaign similar to that. I honestly couldn't tell if he was describing a mafia series script by saying 70-80 people or if he was commenting on issues that I also witnessed there."

News Source: 12punto