In the 20th week of the Super League, Hatayspor drew 1-1 with Galatasaray, which it hosted in Mersin. At the press conference held after the match, Hatayspor Coach Murat Şahin and Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk made statements.
Stating that he is very pleased with his team's desire, Hatayspor Coach Murat Şahin said, “First of all, of course, we need three points in every match. But today, if you asked me if you would like a point against the football played in the first half and the almost perfect game of my players, I would not be happy at the first half, but after the penalty goal in the second half, of course, old diseases emerged a little. But still, I am very pleased with the team's struggle, desire and desire throughout the match. The point we got was important for us in terms of morale and motivation. We tried to make as much impact as we could in two days. My players also did their best from time to time. There were things we wanted throughout the match. Of course we have shortcomings. It showed up a little bit in this match, too. We needed points in this process. After this, we have Kasımpaşa away game and Antalya game at home. These two matches are very important. We will go match by match. But we need 3 points every match. You already know the power of Galatasaray. One of the best teams in the league. Only this way you can get points. We achieved that today too. But as I said, we have a long way to go. We need to fight harder to be in this war. We need to correct our shortcomings, we have time. Kasımpaşa match is on Monday. Until then, we will do both our own analysis and our opponent's analysis and go for three points. My players showed me today that they have the power to take this. I said this when I spoke before the match. We came here to involve our group of players in this struggle. “Hopefully we will succeed,” he said.
OKAN BURUK: IT WILL BE A GREAT LESSON FOR US
Stating that they will learn from the match, Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk said, “Of course, every match is important for us. First of all, we need to prepare for the matches by knowing and accepting this. When we look at it today, it was a first half where the opponent got behind the ball, we had a harder time producing, and we did not pass the ball well. Maybe I can say that it was 45 minutes that we wasted. There was a surprise goal we conceded from a set piece. It helped us end the first half 1-0 behind. With the changes in the second half, we wanted to get into the game a little more, score goals and score goals. We put this clearly on the field. We actually played a very good second half. We created a lot of positions. We scored. We got into a goal position. We missed many clear goals. When we looked at the end of the match, it was a match we could not win. Of course, we are very sorry about this. I would also like to congratulate Hatayspor for their fight. We could have done better in the game. We had to do better. We could have taken more clear positions towards the end of the match due to the bad decisions we made, but unfortunately we could not take these clear positions, we made bad choices. We fought very well in the second half. We played the right game. But we couldn't score. Of course, we are sorry in this sense. We have an advantage, we are advantageous. We want to maintain this advantage. We were going to make a mistake somewhere. We made a mistake here. This will be a big lesson for us. There is a European cup match we will play in 4 days. Here, we need to go out on the field in a much better way and show our unity. “As I said at the beginning, I would like to congratulate Hatayspor and Murat Hodja for their fight,” he said.
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