Galatasaray will host Dynamo Kiev in the 7th week of the UEFA Europa League. Before this match, the coach of the yellow-red team, Okan Buruk, made statements.
Buruk said, “If you are playing in the European Cup, you should know that no match is easy here. We need to care about our opponent.” he said.
HERE ARE BURUK’S WORDS:
“Today, we were shaken by a great disaster. We feel the pain of the people we lost. I hope this number does not increase, I hope something like this will not happen again. I hope this will be a serious lesson.”
“AN OPPONENT WHO DISSOLVES QUICKLY WHEN SCORED A GOAL”
European cup, if you play in this cup you know that no match is easy. We should pay great attention to the opponent without looking too much at the past matches. Leader of the Ukrainian League, they did not lose a match. A dangerous team. We have to do much better team defense. A team that is effective in attack. They have players who are good at finishing. There are effective players on the wings. The pros are their impact on offense. But they are a team that disintegrates quickly after conceding goals in Europe. Game speed is very important. We need to dominate our opponent. We must play simply, quickly and vertically. We must play actively. When you do these, the results will come. I believe and trust my players. Hopefully it will be a good match for us.
“BERKAN’S PRESSURE IS IMPORTANT”
We have the starting formation. We have formations that we can change in the game. We will start with the 4-man defense. Line-ups may change sometimes. He played Berkan for 90 minutes a match ago, and he played well after moving to the back. Berkan’s pressure in front is important. We will use it in printing. I am also pleased with Kerem’s performance, but we will start with Berkan. Kerem was also effective last week. We will use both. We have options. We can also change the formation, but this is our start.
“SALLAI IS NOT HERE TODAY BUT…”
We also have good players in the club. We have players who will contribute to us. We must also increase their performance. I hope we can do this well today. There is an important match for us at the weekend. Sallai is not here today, but he is one of the players who will be with us at the weekend. But our first job is to win today’s match.