Our Coach Okan Buruk: “We need to do better, we will do better”

Galatasaray Football A Team Coach Okan Buruk made a statement to Galatasaray TV YouTube channel after the 1-1 draw with AZ Alkmaar in the 5th match of the UEFA Europa League regular season.

Our teacher’s evaluations are as follows:

WE CONTINUE ON YOUR WAY WITHOUT LOSING IN THE EUROPEAN LEAGUE

“We started the match badly. Conceding an early goal always lowers the morale of the team. Conceding the goal in the beginning brought us down a bit. We played a first half in which our self-confidence was lower. Even though we had the ball, we lost a lot of balls despite the opponent not having much pressure. Our opponent was actually expecting this. They were already effective at our goal with their transition attacks. They are a team that is good at this. We have clear positions here. We also had one or two positions. We finished the first half 1-1 with the goal we scored at the last minute. The second half changed completely. We scored a goal and we moved Metehan to the right side. We centered Davinson. Davinson played much better in the second half. We showed that we had more possession of the ball and that we were the team that managed the game. We have entered into positions here and we also have clear positions. We have a ball returning from the post. Could a penalty be awarded for a goal that was not counted at the last minute? It looked like a penalty on the edge of the field, but the referee didn’t see it. Generally speaking, the first half game was not as we wanted, but we played better in the second half. We could have won the match, we were ahead of our opponent in many things, but as I said, we are leaving here without winning. If we win the next match away, maybe this one point will be of great importance to us. It is important not to lose. We continue on our way without losing in the Europa League, we continue losing in the league. We need to do better, and we will do better. “The goal we conceded at the beginning of the match lowered our morale a bit.”

YOU HAVE TO BE FAIR IF YOU WANT US TO CONTINUE IN EUROPE!

“We are all surprised by the fixture. Three teams play matches on the same day. Only Galatasaray is playing three days later. I wonder why Galatasaray is the only one playing three days later in the fixture organized by the Turkish Football Federation. We also applied, we did it to play on Monday. No, we said let’s play on Tuesday, after all, this is a national issue. If you are talking about the European Cup, if you need to make progress in Europe to get points or country points; Why are you making Galatasaray team play three days later when there is no match next week? Why are you putting us at risk of injury? We are already going through a busy fixture schedule. Of course, we are not complaining, we will go out and play like lions. I think there is bad faith here. We need to go out as a team and show our best fight on the field. We welcome our fans to the stadium. We need to be united, we need to clearly reveal and show this, especially in the stadium on match day. It is truly surprising that the Turkish Football Federation has determined such a fixture. I said it in the Kasımpaşa match; Why didn’t we play after four days? There was an eight day difference. I see bad organization there and bad match planning. If you really support Turkish teams; If you want the success of Turkish teams, if you want us to continue in Europe, you have to be fair here. “I am also waiting for this justice.”