Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk made a statement before the Adana Demirspor match.
Here is the pre-match interview that Okan Buruk, who replaced Victor Nelsson with young defender Metehan Baltacı in the first 11, gave to benIN Sports:
“THERE IS NO VERY VERY GOOD GROUND”
“Galatasaray’s aim is to continue by winning all its matches and collect the highest number of points possible. We did this last year, our aim is to reach these high points again and become the champion again. It is a place where the air temperature and humidity are high. The ground did not look good on TV, it looks a little better from here but it is not a very, very good ground.”
“WE SAW OUR PLAYERS WELL YESTERDAY”
“The performance and desires of my players in yesterday’s training were very positive. There could have been physical and mental fatigue after the last match, but yesterday we saw our players very well both mentally and physically. Hopefully, they will reflect this on the field. I trust my players. We have a good and large squad.”
“WE FOCUSED ON THE FIELD, MANAGEMENT ON TRANSFER”
“This process is a bit difficult, of course the transfer process is very dynamic. Those who come, those who go, those who will go… We want to get through this process as soon as possible. This match is also a great chance for us. By winning this match, we will both enter the national team and pass to a certain point in the transfer period. We will have submitted our European list, we will have completed our transfers. We are focused on the field, our managers are focused on transfers.”
“WE COULDN’T GIVE METEHAN A CHANCE”
“Metehan was actually one of the best players in the camp. We couldn’t give him a chance. After the last match, the traffic of consecutive matches, Victor also had a little pain in his foot in this match, but he was able to play. Metehan’s ability to set up the game with the ball from the back will be an important fact for us. We had problems with this in the last matches.”
