Galatasaray coach Okan Buruk, who defeated Beşiktaş 2-1 in the derby match played in the 13th week of Spor Toto Super League, made statements at the press conference held after the match.
Reminding that he played his first derby match as a coach in Galatasaray, Okan Buruk said, “My first derby match in football was against Beşiktaş. Before the match, we thought about the opponent, if they started with Redmond, they would use the right side effectively, and they would come from the left with Cenk. First 11 We saw that they would start on the right with Cenk when we saw “. After 2-1, they played more long balls until they turned 4-4-2, and from time to time they got the upper hand. Especially after 2-1 we found a lot of chances. The score is better. It should have been different. After leading 2-1 in the second half, we showed our true character. An important win for us. It was just a win, but it is important for us to beat a team like Beşiktaş. Thank you to our fans for their support. We need to score more goals. Today too We have 2 balls returning from the post, we have missed positions. We can finish the matches earlier. A very difficult match is waiting for us next week. When you look at it in general, we have played such a tough fixture and won the pu “Even if the moment is not the way we want, we saw that we can do something going forward,” he said.
“IT WAS A VERY IMPORTANT WIN”
Buruk said, “We are a team that works well and has good characters as well as good players.”
“There are a lot of people who try to show us differently from the outside. Galatasaray team is a good group with its discipline, teammates and unity. I am very happy to work with them. I said that we should put our minds and intelligence on the field. We managed to finish the match more accurately. Match 2-1 “We finished the match today, we couldn’t do that in the Alanya match. The fact of being a team always goes up. As we win, the players hug each other more. Today was a very important victory in this sense. We will do our best to score 3 points in the Başakşehir match.”
“WE ARE PLAYING A GAME BEHIND A GREAT TEAM”
Underlining that they played a game befitting a great team, Okan Buruk said, “We saw this in the Alanya match. There was everything that would make people very happy for 30 minutes. A referee’s mistake made us lose two points here. Besides, we should always demonstrate this quality. We won 0, we shot 35 shots, people are unhappy. We probably need to shoot 100 shots or something. They say the opponent was 10 people. It doesn’t happen when we have 10 people left. The big team presses ahead, has the ball, attacks, the opponent increases in the penalty area. The numbers we displayed at the moment show this. You experience this injustice when you can’t throw the ball in. We saw our 10th or 11th posts today. Galatasaray team plays well. We played the hardest fixture. It must be the strangest fixture. The numbers the Galatasaray team reached are the correct numbers, time “The game shines from time to time, it decreases from time to time. We have to spread it to 90 minutes, we are aware of this,” he said.
“GAMERS ARE NOT MACHINES, NOT ROBOT”
Speaking about the news about the team’s permissions, Buruk said, “We are making a program. After 12-13 days of work, some of the players who played received treatment at the facility, some took leave, and those who did not play trained. This was reflected differently outside. Players are not machines, they are not robots. “Of course, they will take leave. We know when we will let them. These players are players who have played in the best teams in the world. We know how well they are doing for themselves. Maybe they will ask for 3 days off, sometimes you will give them 3 days. Sometimes, if the teachers analyze correctly, it’s the job of both sides.” “It’s very easy. Icardi was also on the team’s defense apart from the goals he scored. He went to the goalkeeper, went to the center back. He did a great job in that sense, I congratulate him again,” he said.
“BASIS IS A PHYSICALLY STRONG PLAYER WHO WANTS THE FORM, WORKS”
Referring to Barış Alper Yılmaz playing in the starting 11, Okan Buruk said:
“There is always a criticism. Why is it called Barış when Kerem plays, why Yunus when he plays Yunus and why is it called Barış when he plays Barış. Whoever does not play, there is criticism. Barış is a working, physically strong player who wants a jersey. Sometimes you start with one player and continue with the other. After Kerem enters, there is always criticism. “Then he did very well. That was important to us. Sergio and Lucas were behind in the press. We wanted one of them to go to the press for Josef. You can’t set the pressure exactly. The pressure we wanted didn’t come out exactly, but we shared better in the second half.”
Stating that he was very pleased with Rashica’s performance, Buruk said, “He came here by playing few matches, but he is increasing his performance, he played very well today. He is a player who will suit Galatasaray as a personality. Our management will do what is necessary in the future. We are very happy to have him in our team.” .
“BASAKSEHIR MATCH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US”
Stating that Başakşehir is very valuable to him, Okan Buruk said, “I took part there in the last years of my football career. We also won the championship as a coach, played Europe. It is important to me. But the most important thing is the success of Galatasaray. As a game, Başakşehir is the toughest league in the league. “A team that has the ball in particular, does not give it to its opponents, does not rush to attack. With this understanding of the game, we see great difficulties against its opponents, and tactically, Emre coach handles the rotation very well. It will be a difficult match. Our goal is in the 3rd.” “It was 3rd place. We will do our best to do that. We need to win the World Cup. We are going through a very difficult fixture. We will enter a part of the fixture where it comes to our own court a little bit more. That’s why this match is very important for us,” he said.
“WISH WE GAVE EUROPE”
Emphasizing that not being in Europe is a disadvantage for them, Buruk said, “My biggest problem is -May God give everyone such problems- we play only one game a week, we have a large squad. At the beginning of the season, we were saying that we will not play in Europe, is it a chance. But now we look at it. I wish we played Europe. I would happily keep all my players in. We are not considering transfers for the moment. Post-election, my start, transfers, we got 5 players on the last day. We got together very late. We need to get something from the players we have. We are not considering transfers to any region at the moment. Of course, we will see in January,” he said.
“FIXTURE WILL BECOME ADVANTAGE AFTER THE WORLD CUP”
Stating that they have been struggling in a difficult fixture since the beginning of the season, Okan Buruk ended his words by using the following expressions:
“It will become an advantage. When you think that we play the opposite of the fixture on our own field, we will become advantageous. Every match is difficult. Every match has a different story. Everyone is dealing with each other. There is no big difference between the teams. I think the points we have collected so far are below our quality. Trabzonspor and We missed two 3 points in Adana Demirspor matches. We were exposed to referee mistakes. There are referee mistakes we have experienced until now, there are mistakes we have made. Okan has mistakes as well. We could have been in a better score, but on the other hand, we are a newly established team, we have changed completely. “A team that finished in 13th place. It was a little difficult to move on the same path again in this squad, but we could have done better. We were below our quality in terms of points. I can say that we have great hopes for the future.”