Galatasaray, our representative from the Super League giants, will face the Norwegian team Molde in the first match of the UEFA Champions League play-off round.
Before this critical match, coach Okan Buruk and football player Victor Nelsson made statements in the yellow-red team.
The highlights of Okan Buruk and Nelsson’s statements are as follows:
NELSSON: WE WANT TO STAY IN GROUPS
“The last games are now. After these games, we will enter the Champions League. We are very excited. We will play the first one here and then in Istanbul. Our aim is to stay in the groups. I trust that we will do that too”
OKAN BURUK: WE WILL REVEAL OUR QUALITY
“It is a very important game for both teams. The only goal for both teams is to get into the Champions League. We know how eager our opponent is. There are two games. I know that our opponent is a strong opponent and they are doing well at home, but we also have our own team. We will show our quality. I hope it will be a good match for both teams.”
“TETE MAY BE PERMITTED TO PLAY UNTIL MATCH TIME”
“The process regarding Tete continues. We brought him here, there is a chance that he will be allowed to play until Wednesday evening. If we can get results by the evening game time, maybe. If we don’t, we think he will catch up to the next game. We wanted him to be with the team and get used to the atmosphere.”
“POSTponed MATCHES WAS GRATEFUL”
“It was pleasing for us. We were going to play 3 matches in 6 days. This thought is very important for the 4 Turkish teams at the play-off gate. In this sense, I thank TFF. Many countries do this. They did this in our country. We will have the chance to listen to it again. It is very important to enter the Champions League, it is very important for the teams in the Conference League to stay in the groups. It was a very correct step. In this sense, I thank you.”
RELATED TO ‘WELCOME TO HELL’
“There was the same atmosphere in the old Ali Sami Yen when I was a football player. There is the same atmosphere in the new stadium. Here, of course, it is something used to mean the hell atmosphere in the stadium in football. Our audience is very impressive. Here, the superiority we establish over the opponents is important. It’s an analogy. We’ve seen how effective the Molde fans are in their own stadium from the matches we watched.”