Members of the Lawyer Fenerbahce Association (HUFEDER), who came to the Ankara Courthouse, filed a criminal complaint against referee Ali Şansalan. Making a statement after the denunciation, HUFEDER Secretary General Ali Alper Alpoğlu invited the whole public to react to the referee's errors allegedly experienced in the match. Alpoğlu stated that Fenerbahçe has been victimized off the field since July 3, and that a criminal complaint had been filed against Şansalan before.