Fenerbahce club president on Saturday insisted that club He won’t apologize anymore fans They chanted the name of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a match against dynamo Kyiv.
Pictures on social media Show clip of Crowded Fenerbahce Stadium sings Putin’s name in Reply to Dynamo first goal against Istanbul side in Champions League qualifying match on Wednesday.
The Ukrainian envoy to Turkey expressed his “sadness”. over The chants and Fenerbahce said it at first fans” behavior did not ‘represent the position and values of our club. “
but the club’s boss Ali Koj hit out In Ukrainian officials.
“We will not apologize to Ukraine,” he said. “that it up To the Ukrainian and foreign ambassadors the official spokesperson for the apology us After their inappropriate comments.
“I think it was an inappropriate and unnecessary hymn, a far cry from that. how we view ourselves club. But what can we do? They shut their mouths?
Fenerbahce fans sang the name of Putin after Vitaliy Boyalsky goal for dynamo in The Ukrainians won 2-1 in extra time, which beat the Turks side out of Champions League.
Our armed forces defeated Putin 2-1 on Turkish soil. We recommend Turkish fans to be on win side tweeted his spokesperson for Ukrainian Foreign Ministry after game.
angry roman dynamo coach Mircea Lucescu refused to attend the mandatory post-match Press Conference in Protest.
On Thursday, UEFA announced He was opening an investigation into “alleged misconduct”. of Fenerbahce supporters.
Putin questioned the right of the Ukrainian nation to exist, calling its leaders “Nazis” who You must take it off.
The five-month war claimed thousands of lives of live and featured Rocket and missile attacks relentlessly against Ukrainian cities that kill civilians daily.
Turkey tried to remain neutral in conflict though membership in NATO led by the United States defense alliance.
