Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk made a statement to GS TV during the patrol of the UEFA Super Cup, which they won by defeating the Spanish team Real Madrid 2-1 on August 25, 2000. Describing the memories he lived in when they won the UEFA Cup and the Super Cup, Buruk said, “When I go back to the past, the best year of my life was 2000. We both experienced the pleasures that are hard to take in life as players and we made people experience it. We made this not only for Galatasaray fans, but also for the whole of Turkey. There was a synergy in the country. There was a team that went to the cup step by step. Finally, we became a team that won the UEFA Cup. The rest of it goes to the Super Cup. We had the Super Cup Final we deserved there three months later. Stepping into the final of the UEFA Cup It was very pleasing to step up and beat Arsenal there. It was something that had never happened in Turkey. Experiencing and keeping this alive created a self-confidence in all fields, not just in the field of sports, that Turkish people can succeed. I think the UEFA Cup was very important. The fruit of it was the Super Cup. The joy of bringing another trophy to the country, experiencing that excitement and making people live is also great. was different. You play Arsenal in one and Real Madrid in the other. Two teams with the best squads in the world. Maybe you can’t imagine beating both teams in the current environment. Playing the final with Real Madrid, Manchester City and Liverpool sounds like a dream right now, but it wasn’t a dream for us. It was real and one of the things we did. “I still carry his pride and happiness on me,” he said.