{"id":900635,"date":"2026-04-21T14:18:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/trabzonspor-coach-laments-poor-officiating-over-dubious-fouls-on-super-eagles-star\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T14:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T19:18:33","slug":"trabzonspor-coach-laments-poor-officiating-over-dubious-fouls-on-super-eagles-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/21\/trabzonspor-coach-laments-poor-officiating-over-dubious-fouls-on-super-eagles-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Trabzonspor coach laments poor officiating over dubious fouls on Super Eagles star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Trabzonspor head coach Fatih Tekke has called out the poor officiating on display in his side&#8217;s 1-1 draw against Basaksehir, with a<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/category\/super-eagles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong> Super Eagles<\/strong><\/a><strong> star constantly on the receiving end, Soccernet.ng reports.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Claret Blues were two points off league leaders Galatasaray a few weeks ago, but they&#8217;ve fallen off the cliff since then, dropping four points in their last two games.<\/p>\n<p>Trabzonspor are now third, six points behind Galatasaray with four league games left to play. They also stand a chance of missing out on the Europa League spots as they&#8217;re two points behind Fenerbahce.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/thumbor\/YZScAD0pAoxGHh_txzjjPStS14E=\/1024x679\/smart\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.soccernet.ng%2Fmain%2F2025%2F11%2Fimago1066456256.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Paul Onuachu during theTrendyol Turkish Super League match between Fenerbahce and Trabzonspor at Chobani Stadium in Istanbul\"  ><figcaption>Paul Onuachu during the match between Fenerbahce and Trabzonspor. Copyright: ImagoxSeskimphoto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Get Our Sports News First \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VagMHLcA89MZvw0Btc21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Join Our WhatsApp Channel Now!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Soccer Trazonspor coach blames officiating for poor Onuachu outing<\/h2>\n<p>Onuachu played all 90 minutes at Papara Park on Sunday, but was able to muster just one attempt on target; the coach faulted Referee Alper Akarsu for allowing Basaksehir players to get away with multiple fouls on the Nigerian.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere are two positions, I just watched. Can a penalty be given? It&#8217;s debatable. There have been interesting decisions. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur opponent did a good job, and my players fought well. We had imprisoned and crippled players,\u201d Fatih Tekke said in quotes revealed by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yenimesaj.com.tr\/fatih-tekke-zaten-hakemlerden-herkes-sikayetci-H1604436.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yeni Mesaj<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4042\" height=\"2976\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/thumbor\/QoNdiR7vXhb0RsXhi_OIsRsK7jo=\/4042x2976\/smart\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.soccernet.ng%2Fmain%2F2026%2F04%2Fimago1069564176.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Coach Nuri Sahin of  Basaksehir and Coach Fatih Tekke of Trabzonspor\"><figcaption>Coach Nuri Sahin of  Basaksehir and Coach Fatih Tekke of Trabzonspor. Copyright: Imago<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere were obvious fouls on Onuachu. In several of these positions, the opponent won the attack, meanwhile our players were getting fouled. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;m uncomfortable with these things. There&#8217;s a ball from the corner and Augusto&#8217;s position. There&#8217;s no standard in the officiating. Everyone complains about the referees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe could have played better, we could have performed better. It&#8217;s important for my players to show the strength to stay in this race. I&#8217;m grateful to them,\u201d the 48-year-old concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2076\" height=\"1384\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/thumbor\/hJL-CaMsnSjYvQLkrOKPGNm2Cto=\/2076x1384\/smart\/https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.soccernet.ng%2Fmain%2F2026%2F04%2Fimago1062070022.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Rolland Sallai L of Galatasaray and Anthony Nwakaeme R of Trabzonspor\"><figcaption>Rolland Sallai L of Galatasaray and Anthony Nwakaeme R of Trabzonspor. Copyright: ImagoxSeskimphoto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite the dip in form, Paul Onuachu is still the leading goalscorer in the Turkish Super Lig with 22 goals.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2026\/04\/trabzonspor-coach-super-eagles.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Adefolahan Guerreiro<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Trabzonspor head coach Fatih Tekke has called out the poor officiating on display in his side&#8217;s 1-1 draw against Basaksehir, with a Super Eagles star constantly on the receiving end, Soccernet.ng reports. The Claret Blues were two points off league leaders Galatasaray a few weeks ago, but they&#8217;ve fallen off the cliff since then, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":900636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3563,2005,128136],"tags":[7346,128135],"class_list":{"0":"post-900635","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-coach","8":"category-soccer","9":"category-trabzonspor","10":"tag-coach","11":"tag-trabzonspor"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=900635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/900636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=900635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=900635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=900635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}