Besiktas Vice-President Emre Kocadag: The hasty decision is not correct :

Besiktaş Vice President Emre Kocadag evaluated the decision taken by the Turkish Football Federation after Gaziantep FK and Hatayspor withdrew from the league.

After the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquake, Besiktaş appealed against the decision taken by the Turkish Football Federation regarding Gaziantep FK and Hatayspor, which were withdrawn from the Super League . Emre Kocadag Vice President of Besiktaş, made comments about the plan. Speaking to A Spor, Emre Kocadag used striking expressions.

Speaking about the decision taken by the Turkish Football Federation, Emre Kocadag said, "If this situation is still being discussed, it means that there are things that do not sit on the conscience of the people, justice has not been fully provided. The discussions are still continuing because there is no regulation that the TFF must comply with in this regard. "

Stating that a just decision was not taken, Besiktas Vice-President said, "The TFF needed to get the opinions of the clubs. Unfortunately, a hasty choice was made by not thoroughly researching foreign precedents.. thinks,” he said.

"UEFA HAS INSTRUCTIONS"

Emre Kocadag, who cited the UEFA directive as an example, said: "UEFA has a lot of directives. Today, when there are clubs that have decided to withdraw from the league, the TFF, which is sensitive about everything, does not act sensitively enough and ignores the UEFA directive."

Expressing that they expect a fair decision to be taken, Emre Kocadag said, "We see that the TFF protects the interests of some clubs while making this decision, and we do not accept this. As Besiktas, we expect a fair decision to be taken. It is true that there may be matches played, but these teams did not arbitrarily withdraw from the league. 

Emre Kocadag, who cited the away games as an example, said, "Is it fair for Besiktas to go to 18 away games and finish the league with 16 away goals? There are championships even with 1 goal, we lived it. On Sunday, we will travel to Fenerbahce. "What's the point of playing a match? If playing away is not an important issue, if this issue does not affect the fate of the league, let's play these matches on a neutral field. For example, one of our opponents has not scored away from Hatay in recent years ," he said.

Stating that the verdict of defeat was wrong, Besiktas Vice-President said, "I can honestly say that it is not possible to do what everyone wants. However, the best thing to do here is to reduce the effect of teams withdrawing from the league to 0. The result we recommend is the most accurate. These teams are arbitrarily removed from the league. They didn't withdraw. If they were, they would have been relegated. The decision to lose is a wrong practice. These teams should be counted as if they never started the league. This is the closest result to the truth," he said.

Emre Kocadag continued as follows:

The decisions taken in an organization like the Euro league are obvious. There are decisions taken in UEFA instructions. Why do we ignore UEFA's instructions, which we see as a guide in every subject? We made a statement last week. "The boatman's fight."

Referring to the income issue, Emre Kocadag said, "We certainly can't have a demand for them to be repurchased at the point of income. We provide a lot of aid to the earthquake area. We certainly can't have a demand for the income of damaged clubs. Besiktas is not a club that covets the income of other clubs."

"The DECISION GIVEN IS NOT CORRECT"

Emre Kocadag, stating that the Turkish Football Federation made a hasty decision, said, "UEFA could leave the decision to the local federation, but if the local federation did not have a directive on this matter, the TFF should have applied to the clubs. We do not find it appropriate to do this and notify the clubs hastily in writing," he said.

Expressing that the Clubs Union Foundation has given its opinion to the Turkish Football Federation, Emre Kocadag said, "As far as I understand, a new letter has been written to the TFF as the Clubs' Union. This issue will not be discussed with the Arbitration Board, but the Clubs' Union has sent a letter to the TFF to reconsider the issue. It has already been announced warmly because the decision was requested to be taken in this way. It is not fair that the teams withdrawn from the league are still affecting the league. The decision taken during the pandemic period was a decision taken by the state authorities . It is not possible for us to have a discourse on the decisions regarding safety or health. Today, if the state said, 'This league is over, we had a big earthquake,' our neck would be thinner than a hair.

Referring to the away numbers again, Emre Kocadag said, "I played away with both opponents and lost points. Galatasaray would play away with both teams in the second half and lose points. This is my opinion. How will they equalize these away numbers and meet Besiktas's expectation of justice?" he said.

Referring to the disclosure of VAR records, Emre Kocadag finally used the following statements:

"What if we had been in a different circumstance?"

Besiktas is never a club that seeks benefits. I wonder how our opponents would answer this question if asked. Our stance never changes. What matters here is what the majority of clubs want. The issue of disclosing VAR records is controversial.Why were the previous ones disclosed, why not the present ones.

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