Created Date: November 10, 2025 07:00
Hürriyet writer Fırat Aydınus evaluated the performance of Çağdaş Altay, the referee of the Kocaelispor-Galatasaray match.
In the 12th week of Trendyol Super League, Galatasaray faced Kocaelispor away. The yellow-reds lost the match with a score of 1-0 after conceding a goal in the first half.
Thus, Okan Buruk’s team lost for the first time in the Super League this season.
Galatasaray entered the break for the national matches in the leadership seat with 29 points as a result of 9 wins, 1 loss and 2 draws.
Hürriyet writer Fırat Aydinus, In today’s column, he examined the decisions of Çağdaş Altay, the match referee of the match played in Kocaeli.
Here is Fırat Aydınus’s evaluation;
Çağdaş Altay, who played his fifth match this season, made mistakes, especially in the yellow cards he gave and did not give. I think there was a certain decline in his physical strength when he played in the Super League match after a long time. Because he had a problem with his foot between the 7th and 9th minutes. He made the problem he had, especially in the hamstring area, very obvious with his body language. I think giving such a photo in such situations could cause harm for him for the rest of the match. As for specific positions in the match…
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Dijksteel’s hug to Davinson Sanchez during the corner kick taken by Galatasaray in the 36th minute was outside the game rules. The referee did not see this position. If he saw it, he should have given a penalty. Football game rules do not accept this type of interference.
OSIMHEN DOES NOT NEED A SECOND YELLOW CARD
In the 41st minute, Osimhen was given a second yellow card. In the position where a dismissal is expected, the position of the defense and the distance of the position from the goal should be taken into consideration. There is a Galatasaray player in a position to block the Kocaelispor player and the distance is far. As a result, it does not require a second yellow card. There was no penalty in the position where Barış Alper was down in the 44th minute, the decision to continue was correct.
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Before Kocaelispor’s goal in the 45th minute, there was no offside or foul. There is no offside from a goal kick. Serdar Dursun’s intervention is not a contact that requires a foul. It was right for the referee to continue the game.
(Image taken from beIN Sports)
THE OFFSIDE LINE WAS DRAWN MANUALLY
Sara was in an offside position when Osimhen scored in the 83rd minute. It is right to cancel the goal because Sara affects the game and the opposing player. It also has a theme. Another issue is the manual drawing of the offside line in the canceled goal. Here, the 3 players are very close to each other and the semi-automatic system cannot be activated because it sees them as a single skeleton. That’s why the drawing was manual..
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