Turkish netizens were unhappy with the work of Russian football referee Sergei Karasev in the Champions League group stage fourth round match between Sporting Portugal and Besiktas Turkey. Comments from disgruntled fans are available at Twitter.
The meeting between the teams ended with a score of 4: 0 in favor of the Portuguese team. Turkish fans believed that Karasev was to blame for the defeat. They did not like the fact that the referee awarded a penalty to Besiktas, as well as the fact that he showed two yellow cards to midfielder Joseph Souza.
In the comments, users called Karasev an enemy of Turkish football. “Karasev, what a mentally retarded judge you are”, “This son of a bitch Karasev showed a card for perfect interception of the ball”, “Fuck you, Karasev. Shame, “they wrote.
After four matches, “Besiktas” closes the group C standings without gaining a single point. Dutch Ajax is in the lead with 12 points. Sporting is third with six points, behind Borussia Dortmund in terms of additional performance.
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