Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derby... Sports writer Erkut Tekin: Will both coaches test the models they insist on in this match?

Sports writer Erkut Tekin made statements to 12punto ahead of the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe match. Tekin stated that the outcome of the derby will be decided by whether the managers of both teams choose to implement the models they have been insisting on in this match as well.
Here are Erkut Tekin's statements...

WHOEVER WINS...

“Finally, the knot will be untied in the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe match that we have been on edge about for weeks. And it is such a knot that if Galatasaray wins, they will force their rival to throw in the towel in February, and if Fenerbahçe wins, the league will officially restart with 13 weeks left to go. Moreover, the yellow-navy team will have seized the psychological advantage.
Of course, in a game with three possible outcomes like football, if a draw occurs, the current tense atmosphere will continue until the end of the season.

MOURINHO'S CHOICES

Galatasaray won the derby played in the first half of the season away from home, and with a very good performance at that. However, let's admit that a lot of water has passed under the bridge since that day. While Galatasaray has not been able to satisfy its fans with the football it has been playing for a long time, Fenerbahçe, which is on a roll, has managed to get its fans into a championship mood despite still being 6 points behind.

I think the most important factor here is related to the managers' choices. Jose Mourinho moving away from some of his critical choices at the beginning of the season and turning towards football suitable for Fenerbahçe's identity has allowed the team to regain its winning habit. Okan Buruk, on the other hand, is still searching. And this situation often causes major ups and downs in Galatasaray's quality of play. Still, I think Galatasaray, which has left its last 10 matches against Fenerbahçe with 5 wins and 2 draws, will take the field with the right game plan to keep up the trend in this match as well.

The most critical point here will be whether both coaches will test the three-man defense they insist on in this match. I think whoever tries it will regret it. Because for both teams, a three-man defense has sounded a red alarm in many matches...

THE FOREIGN REFEREE ISSUE

Let's come to the much-discussed foreign referee issue... Undoubtedly, referee Slavko Vincic is a very talented and experienced name. Moreover, he managed the PSV-Juventus match last Wednesday, and then the Bravo-Koper match in his country on Saturday. And he is a referee who is fit enough to take charge of his third match in the last 6 days with today's derby...

But, I have a question for those who see this league as if it consists only of the Galatasaray-Fenerbahçe derby; especially for the TFF. Okay, our referees are bad, the MHK (Central Referee Board) is bad, we couldn't implement the VAR protocol well, we failed, etc. But don't the other teams in the Super Lig have feelings? It's not a problem when we entrust their matches to certain referees, but is it a problem in this match? Especially when Galatasaray's request to 'continue with local referees' is also on the table...

HOW WILL THE TFF SOLVE THE PROBLEM?

Will the TFF solve this problem from now on by assigning local referees to matches played against Anatolian clubs and foreign referees to derbies?
Everyone knows that the ties between the TFF and Galatasaray were broken a long time ago. At this point, the timing of President İbrahim Hacıosmanoğlu's approval of the foreign referee request that Fenerbahçe has been insisting on is remarkable...

I hope that at the end of the 90 minutes this evening, it will be a derby where we only discuss the game. Because we have been longing for that...”

News Source: 12punto