Galatasaray Football A Team Coach Okan Buruk made a statement to the publishing company after the Atakaş Hatayspor match in the Trendyol Super League.
Our teacher's evaluations are as follows:
“We started the match as if we could pass the opponent easily when we made passes. After a certain minute, we slowed down the pace of the pass. We moved slowly. We made bad choices. We played long passes. One of the reasons for our changes in the second half was because we wanted to come out of the back better. We especially wanted to attack better from the wings. We have largely achieved this. We took too many positions to win in the second half. We found very clear positions. We could have scored a lot of goals. They were clear positions. The ball never went in. We found the score 1-1 early, but the ball never went in. There were a lot of positions we misused towards the end. We had bad choices, bad crosses, bad passes here. “We took so many positions, but because of these choices, we could have taken maybe 5-6 more positions.”
“I AM SATISFIED WITH THE FIGHT”
“I am pleased with the good will and struggle of my players. They gave their 100 percent in the second half. I'm not counting the first half. We were slow. We couldn't understand the importance of the match. We conceded a bad goal from a set piece. We gave our opponent the chance to be more resilient. We could have won very easily in the second half. There was good will in the game. Everyone tried to pass the ball to each other. Sometimes we tried to pass the ball even when we were facing each other. If our finishing was better here, we could have won a match comfortably. There will be matches like this, there will be mistakes. We won 17 away matches. We couldn't win here this time. We lost here last year too. This year, we lost points with a draw. Of course, we are saddened by this. We are bored, but we are the one ahead. We are the side that is close to maintaining the points difference. That's why we will trust ourselves. We will be more united. We will concentrate more. We will care more about our competitors. We will play from the 1st minute to the 90th minute of the match. Our players coming from the club will try to do better. Towards the end of the match, we could have entered those positions more clearly. While the game was going well, we brought the second center forward into the game. Barış was tired and we were hesitant to take it out. Two more got into position. One faced. He looks like he's tired and yet he goes like he's not tired. “Sometimes we cannot understand whether Barış is tired or not during the game.”
-“PENALTY EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD”
“We made the Batshuayi move here. He always gave us a goal or a position when he entered. We expected him to contribute better to the attack. Generally speaking, we played better in the second half. Even though we scored early, we couldn't turn the game around. There was one clear penalty position in the first half. The opponent's handball was very clear. Foreign VAR referees came here, but they are not above criticism. We need to criticize foreign VAR referees just as we criticize Turkish referees. Wherever you go in the world, this is handball, it is a penalty. Playing the ball with this hand, bringing the hand to the ball is a penalty anywhere in the world.”
“The game did not flow as we wanted in the first half. The opponent always receives a defender. We had to get into the game from there. We couldn't do this in the first half. That's why we made a change. Berkan also started in midfield. We wanted to use it to set up play within the game. “We did this well in the second half.”
“I also played with Bülent Korkmaz. He was a great professional. Because he was so professional and felt so much belonging to Galatasaray, he won trophies, achieved success, and broke the record for playing the most matches. Muslera is the same way. He did not come from the infrastructure like Captain Bülent, but he played here for many years. He brought trophies to the team. Hopefully it will bring more trophies. I want to congratulate him too. We wanted to let him concede very few goals, but today we conceded a goal from a set piece. He is a professional captain who takes care of his teammates and has brought great trophies to Galatasaray in his past. I hope we can make him win more trophies.”
