Demir Grup Sivasspor applied to the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) for the replay of the match, claiming that the goal position disallowed with a booking by the VAR in the match played against Galatasaray was a rule error.
Sivasspor released a statement on the Galatasaray match, which is still the subject of disallowed goal debate. In the statement released by the club, “In the 49th minute of the Demir Grup Sivasspor – Galatasaray A.Ş. Spor Toto Super League match, which started at 17.00 on 29.12.2022 and played at Sivas 4 Eylül Stadium, the goal scored by our team in the 49th minute was mistakenly due to the offside reason. In the goal scored by our team, the match referee Erkan Özdamar correctly decided to score, but on the warning of the VAR referee Özgüç Türkalp, a VAR examination was carried out, and after the The examination lasted five minutes, the offside decision was made incorrectly. The goal is disallowed. The referee’s right decision at the start, the VAR referee’s invitation to the match referee without such authority and the disallowing of the goal following the VAR’s examination shows that it was a rule error, not the fault of the referee. The disallowing of the goal by the referee is required by the International Football Laws of the Game in violation of the rules of the goal and the extrag ioco is The necessary request has been submitted by our club to the Turkish Football Federation and our requests have been submitted by the TFF Board of Directors to decide to replay the match. As the board of directors of Demir Grup Sivasspor, we reiterate that we expect a high-level statement from the Turkish Football Federation on the matter.
