Istanbul giants Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe’s much-anticipated Turkish Super Cup remaining, scheduled to be held on the Al-Awwal Stadium in Saudi Arabia on Friday, was canceled after an alleged disagreement with Saudi authorities.
Saudi authorities allegedly didn’t enable 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, stories mentioned.
Turkish Super Cup remaining groups Fenerbahçe and Galatasaray didn’t go to the stadium and had been advised to remain of their lodges because the Turkish soccer physique officers mentioned the difficulty.
As the defending champions of the Turkish Super Lig, the Lions intention to conclude the yr on a excessive observe by vanquishing the Yellow Canaries, the Turkish Cup holders.
The longtime adversaries had been supposed to fulfill 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 remaining 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.
Source: www.dailysabah.com