Istanbul giants Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe’s much-anticipated Turkish Super Cup closing, scheduled to be held on the Al-Awwal Stadium in Saudi Arabia on Friday, was postponed after an alleged disagreement with Saudi authorities.
Saudi authorities allegedly didn’t permit the show of posters and t-shirts with the image of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, and a banner with Atatürk’s well-known quote “Peace at Home, Peace in the World” and the Turkish nationwide anthem to be performed, experiences mentioned.
Turkish Super Cup closing groups Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray didn’t go to the stadium and had been instructed to remain of their lodges because the Turkish soccer physique officers mentioned the problem.
In a press release, the Turkish Football Federation mentioned that the match, earlier scheduled to be performed on Friday on the Al-Awwal Stadium in Riyadh, “was postponed due to some problems in the organization with the joint decision of the clubs” and the Turkish soccer physique.
The governing physique of Turkish soccer thanked the Saudi Football Federation and related establishments for his or her efforts within the group of the Super Cup.
Both groups determined to not present up within the closing recreation after negotiations between the Turkish Football Federation, Fenerbahce, Galatasaray and Saudi officers failed.
As the defending champions of the Turkish Super Lig, the Lions purpose to conclude the 12 months on a excessive word by vanquishing the Yellow Canaries, the Turkish Cup holders.
The longtime adversaries had been supposed to satisfy for the second time in simply 5 days, following their bland goalless encounter at Ülker Stadium on Sunday within the Süper Lig.
The Turkish Football Federation (TFF) introduced Friday that the Turkish Super Cup closing would start within the presence of our nationwide flag.
“The Super Cup match will start in the presence of our Turkish flag, 100th Anniversary Celebration events, a moment of silence for our martyrs and our National Anthem to be read by the artist Norm Ender. Please do not pay attention to the disinformation on this subject,” the official TFF assertion learn.
Galatasaray, the defending Turkish Super Lig champions, will tackle Fenerbahce, the winners of the Turkish Cup final season, within the annual Super Cup match at Riyadh’s Al-Awwal Park (King Saud University Stadium) on Friday night.
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