
Okan Buruk's Response to Acun Ilıcalı
Galatasaray Technical Director Okan Buruk, famous TV personality and Fenerbahçe Vice President Acun IlıcalıFollowing the statements made by Buruk about him, he took a remarkable step. Buruk unfollowed Ilıcalı on the social media platform Instagram. This situation is considered as a cooling down between the two despite their past friendship.
ACUN ILICALI'S STATEMENTS
Acun Ilıcalı drew attention to some negativities experienced in the world of football in his statements after the match between Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe. Ilıcalı said, “An interesting image emerges in the Galatasaray match. I have friends who support Galatasaray and Beşiktaş, but when it comes to Fenerbahçe, I don’t know anyone. Okan Buruk says to the referee in the 88th minute of the Kasımpaşa match, ‘Coach, if you give this penalty, you will never be able to referee a match here again.’ This situation summarizes the point football has reached in Turkey. This is the summary of Turkish football.” He also criticized the fact that the extra time of the match suddenly decreased to 6 minutes and made the following assessment: “The referee received this threat.”