Sergen Yalçın, head coach of Beşiktaş, stated that in Saturday night’s Istanbul derby against Galatasaray, Victor Osimhen ought to have been sent off.
The defending champions defeated the Black Eagles 1-0, snapping the Eagles’ four-game winning streak. Both teams were unable to overcome Osimhen’s first-half goal.
In the sixth minute, the Nigerian national team player was sent off after a collision with Ersin Destanoğlu, the goalie for the host team.
After purposefully kicking the ball away after the game had over, the 27-year-old narrowly escaped receiving a second yellow card.
Yalçın was dissatisfied with both the referee’s choice to ignore the event and the lack of intervention from the Video Assistant Referee, VAR.
“You step in, even though the main referee isn’t looking.” That’s the reason he’s seated there. It was the 20th minute; Sane ought to have been sent off. Definitely, Osimhen ought to have received a second yellow card and been sent off. “Then how exactly are we going to play this game?”
Beşiktaş fielded Super Eagles captain Wilfred Ndidi for the closely contested match.