Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk made the following statements before the match:
Today is the 86th anniversary of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk’s death. We remember him with love, respect and longing. We wanted to commemorate our Ata by wearing these t-shirts today.
Mauro’s injury made us very sad, there are many cruciate ligament injuries in European football. Mauro also ruptured his cruciate ligaments, most likely out of this season. We lost a player whose captaincy and leadership were very important. We were used to the children gathering around him during the ceremony before the matches. From my point of view, Mauro’s injury after the match in which we established the 3-4-1-2 system… It was said that Osimhen and Icardi could not work at the same time, but they both played very well in the Tottenham match.
‘FLASH TEAM OF THE LEAGUE’
We will use our other players. We will use Batshuayi, Yunus, Mertens, Sallai. I see this match as a continuation of the Tottenham match. If we are on the field with the same concentration, we can win. Samsunspor is the flash team of the league, a very difficult match awaits us. There are 3 points between us, we want to increase it.
We want to show the same tempo and desire as in the Tottenham match. I do not expect a mental decline in my players after stepping on this field. It is clear what they will play, they played with the same order in more or less every match. I think we will be close to winning when we show our own quality.
Belgium
