‘Match postponed until Palestine is free’: unique football ending in Türkiye

Summary

• KONYA: A friendly football match between Turkish club Konyaspor and the Palestine national team ended in an extraordinary symbolic gesture, with the referee blowing the final whistle at 89 minutes and 59 seconds rather than allowing the game to reach the full 90 minutes.
• Immediately after the whistle, a message appeared on the stadium’s giant screen declaring that the match had been “postponed until Palestine is free.” The symbolic gesture was part of a wider Palestine Day programme held in Konya, with the match played under the message “Our home is your home”.
• Instead of completing the final second, the referee ended the contest at 89:59, followed by the stadium announcement about postponing the match until Palestine is free.

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KONYA: A friendly football match between Turkish club Konyaspor and the Palestine national team ended in an extraordinary symbolic gesture, with the referee blowing the final whistle at 89 minutes and 59 seconds rather than allowing the game to reach the full 90 minutes.