Galatasaray and Kasımpaşa faced each other in the 7th week of Trendyol Super League. Galatasaray drew 3-3 with Kasımpaşa in the match where they were ahead 3-0. Osimhen (2) and Icardi scored the goals for the yellow-reds. Kasımpaşa’s goals were scored by Fall, Hajradinovic and Da Costa.
At the end of the match, Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk made evaluations.
‘OUR BIGGEST FEAR WAS INJURY’
Emphasizing that they played well in the first half, Buruk said, “One of our biggest fears when we started the match today was injury, this happened to Osimhen. We are playing on Wednesday, our next match is Thursday, they put the match on Saturday for us. Here they squeeze you and injure you, they say you will miss the European match. We had a fear of injury.” We played 4 matches in a row, the match was postponed 3 days later, we scored 3-0, it could have been different if we went in without conceding a goal. Sallai was also injured in the groin. Neither the opponents were effective in the rest of the game. “We couldn’t go and we couldn’t keep the ball. Even though we didn’t give very clear positions, we took the game out of our control.” he said.
‘THEY OFFICIALLY MADE THE OPPONENT PARTNER IN THE MATCH’
Criticizing the penalty decision with harsh words, Buruk said, “I think the penalty given is one of the separate files of this year. The penalties given against Galatasaray… I think it will continue like this. If this position is a penalty, if the player is trying to cover his arm while his back is turned and it comes to his arm, what will this player do? “What the referees say is wrong or what we see is wrong. What can the player do here? If it is a penalty and VAR calls for it, I would not give it to the referee after the match. “He couldn’t say it was an open penalty. He said there was a collision and his arm was open. It’s hard to understand. They actually made the opponent part of the match.”
‘WE WILL LEARN FROM HERE’
Taking responsibility, Buruk said, “I know our own mistakes. We could have played the last part better. This taught us a lesson. My players and I will learn something from this lesson. We will need to understand how valuable the Galatasaray jersey is. I will explain this to my players in a better way. I will also play this match.” “We made moves to win the game again with the moves we made in the first half and made it 3-0. We will learn from here. It is me who made the 11 here, it is my responsibility,” he said.
‘I AM THE MAIN RESPONSIBILITY’
“This loss of points was a big surprise for us,” Buruk said, adding, “There were also situations that we did not care about. We could not play both games when the score was 3-2, and we did not want to play. Galatasaray was in a very high form. We rested some players to prevent the risk of injury. But maybe “We could have thought differently, the real responsibility is mine, but we might have had to finish the game more clearly. We will have a European match. Of course, we always wanted to win and this loss was a big surprise for us.”
‘WE WERE THE EXACT OPPOSITE IN THE SECOND HALF’
Referring to the situation of the strikers, Buruk said, “I think we produced. Our opponent also tried to defend deeper at the beginning of the match. Mauro Icardi’s mobility with 2 strikers was important. With both his goals and Osimhen’s goals, we showed that the system we were playing was correct. We played the game more forward with two strikers, “We took more positions and defended correctly. In the second half, we went backwards, so we will use these two strikers more.”
