Galatasaray, UEFA Europa League Play-Off tour of the rematch match Az Alkmaar hosted. As the fight ended with 2-2 equality, the yellow-reds farewell to Europe.
Okan Buruk after the match, made remarkable statements.
Here are those statements …
“Our goal was to enter the mood of the match with early goals and to reduce the opponent to difficult situations. We wanted to enter the tour. Early goal could not find.
“For no danger of disability …”
We got Davinson to protect it in the next match. He played very much. I got it out to avoid the danger of injury.
“He made a very successful match”
The second half was the first ball that came to our pen while trying to go to the goal, as we wanted more. We went to 2-2, but we gave a lot of positions. Günay’s rescues were. He made a very successful match.
“We will prepare for derby”
We will prepare for the derby. There are 4 today. We will not travel, we will play in our own field. We have players who want to be alive, waiting for the derby. We are 6 points ahead in the league. We want to continue our advantage. We upset our fans today, but we have a chance to make them happy.
“Our unlucky in both games …”
In the field, I think in two matches, the narrowing of our staff, injuries, penalties, players we can not write … In both matches, unlucky staff shortage. It made us hold on to the tour. The European adventure, which started very well, ended today. The side we are happy with, the lack of disability. We played two matches 3 days apart. Our opponent was more alive than us. League matches were postponed by the federation. There was a danger of disability. We took off Torreira, there was a fear of disability. When we think about when we’re going to get Osimhen, how long to stay in the field, because the other striker is crippled morate, we took out in 80. We didn’t have a night we wanted. We were more hopeful. If we found the first goal, we could have been in the match. We can count a few good names in performance. In general, we have been below our own quality.
“F. Garden match, the most important match of the season”
When I looked back, behind the hut, 5-6 players were waiting for that match. They are with us, our width of our staff, the player structure that can play such matches will be an advantage for us. It will be on our own field. There are 4 days in between. The rest time is sufficient. We don’t travel. The rest time is sufficient. There will be tactical work with players who do not play. There will be tactical work on Sunday. We have players who want to be alive, waiting. Players playing two matches in a row will be physically and mentally ready. We are 6 points ahead in the league. The match we will play in the home field is the most important match of this season.
“There were players who did not want to stay”
The transfer period was one of the factors that forced us. The player said, ‘I don’t want to play with you anymore’, you can’t keep him. There were players who wanted to keep in the squad and did not want to stay. I don’t want to give their names now. Sometimes everything doesn’t go the way you want. This will be a lesson for us. Both as staff structure and transfers.
“We play 1 match in 3 days”
We are planning to do extra work. There are those who say ‘does not load well’. We play 1 match in 3 days. Not everyone should know the science, but it is necessary to evaluate the events correctly. Didn’t we understand our running distance low? We ran 109 km. I don’t think we’re physically behind. Some players have low performance. This has nothing to do with running. I think our ball losses come to the fore in the change of our game and to give a position to our competitors.
“We could go to more rotation”
One of the things I could criticize for myself is that we could go to more rotation. Here it was the desire to lose points in the race in the league. We wanted to do in Kasımpaşa match, there was 3-3.
“Landing are there are landing”
There are ups and downs. Not only in Galatasaray. This can be all over the world. Last night we watched Manchester City. You know we gave an example at the beginning of the season. They haven’t been able to recover since that. They lost the League and the Champions League. Very important teams, technical men can experience it.
“We will keep our morale high”
I look at it well. At the beginning of the season, ‘Galatasaray will enter 6 points ahead this week and you will play with Fenerbahce on your own field’ I would accept a great thing. We will keep our morale high. We will prepare the derby in the best way.
Foreign referee statement
“We all knew that the future of the foreign referee and which referee would be. Almost all of Turkey knew. It was predetermined. There are too many question marks, they need to be resolved. Our club made the necessary applications. What will happen, how we will see.”
“We will pay attention to provocations”
We should stay calm like the first match. I will prepare my players in the best way. I want it to be a clean and incidentless derby. Before the match, there will be a lot of provocation in the game. We will pay attention to these.