Abdülkerim Bardakcı, who started his speech by stating that he achieved his goal, said, “I would like to thank the entire Galatasaray community. I won the championship in my first season, it was my biggest goal and I reached my goal.”
“I ALWAYS TRIED TO GIVE MY BEST INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE”
Speaking before the Fenerbahçe derby, which was open to the fans, Abdülkerim said, “I always tried to give my best individual performance because I focused only on football. I think I contributed to my team this year. Thank God we reached the happy ending. We will try to go even further next year.”
“MARCAO IS A FOOTBALL PLAYER I LIKE TOO”
The 28-year-old football player said about Marcao, who left the team at the beginning of the season, “Marcao is a football player I like too. But if I could make the big Galatasaray fans forget, I’m happy.”
“BREAKING MOMENT WAS ALANYASPOR MATCH”
Regarding the breaking point of the season, Abdülkerim Bardakcı said, “Of course, I started the season with some bad luck. But Galatasaray fans stood behind me. It gave me that self-confidence, it made me feel. For me, the breaking match was our home match in Alanya. We were playing very good football, we went ahead 2-0. Then, for some reason, the match ended in a draw. But the reaction we showed there was very good. After that, we already gained a great momentum, we reached the happy ending,” he said.
“My dream is to be in the top 11 in the champions league”
The successful defender said that his next dream with the Galatasaray jersey is “to be in the top 11, if God willing, if we can go to the Champions League”.
“THE MOST IMPORTANT SEASON IS NOT TO BE ELECTED, IT WAS FEW GOALS”
Reminding him of being the best defender of the season, Abdülkerim concluded his words by saying, “We got on very well with Nelson. We were both able to adapt to a unit. The important thing for us was not to be selected as the defender of the season, but to concede a few goals. And we achieved this goal.”