Samsunspor: 'We could have taken points if VAR had intervened'

News Summary

Following the defeat against Fenerbahçe, Samsunspor Football Director Fuat Çapa said, "If the foul on Yalçın had been spotted by VAR and recommended for a referee review, we could have been in a position to get more points from the match. But our squad is inexperienced, we accept that."

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Samsunspor Football Director Fuat Çapa made statements to members of the press following their home defeat against Fenerbahçe in Matchday 3 of the Süper Lig. Expressing sadness over the defeat against Fenerbahçe and stating that they will do their best to address their shortcomings, Fuat Çapa said, "Yes, we lost today, but there are many lessons to be learned. We learned a lot today. I am sure that the more we reduce these mistakes in the coming weeks, the more promising it will be for our future. We will all enjoy watching the development of our young players at the end of the season."

Assessing the match, Fuat Çapa stated: "We started the match a bit unluckily. Conceding a goal in the 3rd minute and then losing Fatih to injury was naturally a disappointing start for us. We might have had a single moment to turn the match around, which was VAR failing to intervene and call the referee to review the incident involving Yalçın. That was perhaps one of the turning points of the match. Looking at the game overall, we had more possession, but Fenerbahçe was the side doing the right things. Especially their transitions after winning the ball put us in difficult situations from time to time. We had a few chances we could have converted. Saikouba's strike, Tahsin not being able to quite make full contact with the ball... In these kinds of matches, you don't get many scoring opportunities anyway. You need to convert the one or two chances you get. Starting the match unluckily, the early goal conceded, Fatih's injury, and if the foul on Yalçın had been spotted by VAR and recommended for review, we could have been candidates to pick up points in this match. But our squad is inexperienced, we acknowledge this. We had said this at the beginning of the season as well. At times, this team will make us dream of playing in Europe this season. Other times, it will be a season where we question how such mistakes could happen. We need to rectify this as quickly as possible and improve our collective play, because we are working with a lot of young players."

Congratulating Fenerbahçe on their successful performance and stating that they must learn the necessary lessons, Çapa said, "Our injured players have started returning one by one. Starting next week, a few of them will certainly get more playing time. We have players who have resumed team training, but due to being out injured for a long time, they couldn't get much playing time today. The others will wait for the next match. Of course, we must draw the necessary lessons from this match. Our coaching staff is working very selflessly on this, and the players are trying to implement it with great dedication. We need to monitor Marius's condition day by day. Hopefully, from next week on, he will join team training and get minutes in the Kocaeli match. But as I said, these are injuries we have to monitor daily. Exactly when our medical team passes him to the performance team, and the performance team integrates him into the squad, that's when things become clear. Sometimes we see people asking, understandably: 'Why isn't he getting minutes or playing after joining one or two team sessions after a long injury layoff?' Naturally, you cannot compensate for how long a player has been sidelined during an injury period with just one or two training sessions to help them readapt."

Key Information

• Clubs involved: Fenerbahçe, Samsunspor
• News type: Football
• Certainty: The source did not provide a statement regarding the official status of the development.

Source

This news article was compiled with information from Sözcü (published: 31 August 2026 15:34).

Original article: Sözcü