ANKARA, Jul 30 Fenerbahce president Ali Koç said the club will not apologize to Ukraine because of the fans who chanted the name of Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Wednesday, Dynamo beat Fenerbahce in the second leg of the second round of Champions League qualification and advanced to the next stage. The meeting in Istanbul ended in extra time with a score of 2:1 in favor of the guests. In the 57th minute of the match, Dynamo opened the scoring thanks to a goal by Vitaly Buyalsky, who made a provocative gesture towards Fenerbahce fans. In response, the stands began to chant: «Vladimir Putin.» According to media reports, because of this, the head coach of Kiev Mircea Lucescu did not appear at the post-match press conference. The Union of European Football Associations on Thursday announced that it had launched a disciplinary investigation due to the behavior of the fans of the Turkish club. it was reported that after the match with Dynamo Kyiv, Turkish football fans left many comments with Russian flags on the club's Instagram (Meta (Facebook and Instagram social networks) are banned in Russia as extremist activities) of Dynamo Moscow, apparently confusing the social networks of the two clubs.
