The Turkish Football Federation’s Professional Football Disciplinary Committee (PFDK) handed down vital penalties to Fenerbahçe following their Turkish Cup quarterfinal derby loss to Galatasaray.
The sanctions embrace three-match bans for coach Jose Mourinho, and gamers Fred and Mert Hakan Yandaş, in addition to hefty fines.
In its ruling, the PFDK cited Mourinho’s “unsporting conduct” following a post-match altercation with a Galatasaray group member.
As a end result, Mourinho faces a three-match ban from the dressing room and the bench, together with a TL 292,500 ($7,700) high-quality.
The committee’s determination got here after reviewing related circumstances, with three members voting for a five-match ban however in the end, the choice was reached by majority.
Fred was penalized for insulting the match referee, receiving a three-match suspension and a high-quality of TL 58,500.
Meanwhile, Mert Hakan Yandaş was punished for unsporting habits in the direction of an opposing participant, receiving a one-match ban and the identical high-quality as Fred.
The membership’s sporting director, Mario Branco, additionally discovered himself in sizzling water, fined TL 117,000 for breaching rules.
Coaches Salvatore Foti and Sandro Zufic had been handed four-match bans for his or her respective offenses: Foti for insulting an opposing participant, and Zufic for bodily interference with the referee, in addition to fines of TL117,000 and TL 78,000, respectively.
In addition to those particular person penalties, Fenerbahçe as a membership was hit with a complete high-quality of TL 900,750 for numerous infractions.
Despite the extreme sanctions, Mourinho, Fred, and Yandaş shall be eligible to play in Fenerbahçe’s Süper Lig match in opposition to Trabzonspor on Friday, as their punishments shall be served throughout cup matches.
Meanwhile, the PFDK has but to announce its verdict on Galatasaray’s Barış Alper Yılmaz and Kerem Demirbay, who had been additionally referred to disciplinary motion after the match.
Source: www.dailysabah.com