In the Ziraat Turkish Cup quarter-final match, Galatasaray lost to VavaCars Fatih Karagümrük at home with a score of 2-0 and bid farewell to the tournament.
After this match, Okan Buruk of the yellow-reds made a statement.
HERE ARE OKAN BURUK’S WORDS:
It’s sad to say goodbye in both lanes. It’s a tough fixture, we have a lot of matches in a row. Our opponent played very well today, we need to give Karagümrük credit. They did better quality work than us. We started to produce more in the second half, we could have achieved a draw, but we could not find the score at 1-1. The match ended after 2-0. Galatasaray team and its players will compete in the derby 3 days later. We need to maintain our stability in the league.
We have the power and quality to do better. My expectation from my players is that they can do better. Every player gets a chance, they need to make better use of it. We wanted to win the cup, we are sorry we lost. Our goal is to win the league.
My players should also think about it, we played many players and gave them a chance. Today, we need to see what we cannot do from our own perspective and fix it. Beşiktaş won both its league match and its cup match, we can say that it is in a good situation. Our goal is to win, of course, but this is a derby match. All teams are favorites in the derby. We should not evaluate anyone differently by looking at the current standings.
Serge Aurier and Hakim Ziyech have not started team training yet. We will decide on that tomorrow. Maybe we will decide whether or not we will include Aurier in the squad, especially for the Beşiktaş match, after the training. Things will get easier when we have a full staff. We have no alternative in some positions. Kaan also plays the matches injured. He has difficulty in consecutive matches. That’s why we want Serge to return.