In the Austrian camp, where Galatasaray came to prepare for the new season, they were defeated 2-0 against Austrian team Sturm Graz in the 4th and last friendly match. Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk, who made a statement to the club television after the match, said, “There were heavy trainings in the 10-day camp. We played 4 matches. In general, the preparation matches were better for us until this match. Today, we clearly saw the camp fatigue on the team, our opponent. We saw that we did not concentrate on the match as much and did not give the same reactions as them physically.
Most of the Austrian teams play close to each other. We knew what our opponent was going to play. They don’t have as good quality players as we do, but they played the team game much better than us. They were the side that wanted more, struggled more, stayed more in the game. It was a preparatory camp. Before playing today’s match, we had a long training yesterday, we thought independently of the result. We made a lot of substitutions, too. Here we are trying to make our team the most ready. We’ll be back now, we’ll rest. After that, we will prepare for the Zalgiris match that we will play next week. I don’t like losing, neither my players nor anyone else, but we learn lessons from these matches. We see what we can do against teams playing with different systems. In general, such performances can occur at the end of a 10-day long camp. We’ve had a good camp. We have no injuries. Sergio Oliveira will start with the team in the coming days. After Torreira returns, we’ll test it and see how it goes. Other than that, we don’t have anything important. We gave new players a chance today, we gave a chance to players who played less. It was a good camp. “I just didn’t like the performance of the last game,” he said.
“WE WILL PLAY ON A SYNTHETIC FIELD, IT WILL BE DIFFERENT FOR US”
Evaluating the rival Lithuanian team Zalgiris Vilnius in the UEFA Champions League 2nd Qualifying Round, Buruk said, “I also had the chance to watch before the match. The match was close to each other. Both teams got into position. In the 78th minute, Zalgiris fell behind. Then 2- He managed to turn the match by scoring 1. Both teams are not of our quality. This is an elimination match. Everyone will give their 100%. We will play on a synthetic field. It will be different for us. We will make preparations for this. The first match is away, the second match is on our field, together with our fans. “We will try to use it. Our wish is to win away in the first match. No match is easy. No matter how much staff difference we have before the match, it doesn’t matter. We will try to do our best there,” he said.