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29th Sep 2015

Turkish referee interrupts manager’s interview to apologise for mistake (Video)

Good on him...

Nooruddean Choudry

Well this certainly makes a refreshing change.

On Monday, KasımpaÅŸa and Rizespor played out a 1-1 draw in Turkey’s Süper Lig. KasımpaÅŸa took the lead, with Rizespor equalising via a contentious penalty.

Referee Deniz Çoban mistakenly awarded the spot-kick following a blatant dive by the away side’s Kweuke…

https://twitter.com/Football4Trolls/status/648609894011006976

But rather than taking a vow of silence following the game, Çoban interrupted KasımpaÅŸa manager Rıza Çalımbay’s post-match interview to apologise for his decision live on air…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbwoEC3UODI

According to Turkish Football, a rough translation of the exchange is as follows:

Çoban: “I apologise to you [Çalımbay], to the KasımpaÅŸa team to the Rizespor team and to the Turkish Football Federation as well as the refereeing committee and have to consider my future after this.” 

Çalımbay: “We all make mistakes but the fact that you had the courage to come here and admit this deserves a lot of respect. Do not talk about leaving the profession the game needs more people like you.”

Can you imagine a similar chat between Mike Dean and Arsene Wenger? No, us neither.