Galatasaray Football A Team Coach Okan Buruk made a statement to the broadcaster after our victory against Fethiyespor in the Ziraat Turkish Cup.
Our teacher’s evaluations are as follows:
First of all, we have a brother who had an accident by falling from the stands. I offer my best wishes to him and his family. I hope he will recover as soon as possible. This situation saddened us all.”
As for the match; First of all, I would like to thank Fethiye, Fethiyespor fans, board of directors and president. They hosted us very nicely here. Our Galatasaray fans never left us alone. There was a good atmosphere with them in the match today.
Unfortunately, the ground was very bad. I know that a great effort has been made to improve the ground, but playing on such pitches is really difficult for both teams. When the match ended, the first thing I thought about was whether there was an injury. Arda had a strain on his back muscle and had to leave early. This situation changed our plans. Actually 45–50. We were thinking about the Abdülkerim-Davinson change after the minute, but Abdülkerim played a little longer. We took Davinson out of the game, I took Lemina off in the 45th minute. I was already planning to play Lemina for 45 minutes. We made changes accordingly. We tried to protect our players during the game without thinking too much about the score. Finally, we removed Eren from the game; He also played two matches in a row.
We thought about this match on the one hand and Saturday on the other. Of course it’s nice to win. The ball just didn’t go in; We had a penalty kick and very clear positions, but we could not evaluate them. However, the goals came towards the end of the match and we continue our way in the cup. Our next cup match is with İstanbulspor. We want to win that match and leave the group with nine points.
“WE DO NOT WANT TO MAKE TRANSFERS THAT WE ARE NOT SURE OF”
Of course we will make a transfer. Our work on this continues. We need to add really good players to the Galatasaray squad. We already have important players and we added very valuable names to our squad in the summer period. We want to make transfers with the same sensitivity during this period.
When it comes to elite players, negotiations can sometimes go slowly and take time. However, our fans should not worry; We are working intensively on this issue. We will add players who will make them happy, who will suit Galatasaray, and strengthen our team.
We all agree: The important thing is to get the right players. We do not want to rush and make transfers that we are not sure about. We paid great attention to this at the beginning of this season and took the right steps in transfers. We work the same way now.
Our fans’ expectations are very natural. This is in Galatasaray’s genes. We are working very hard on this issue with our president and transfer committee. Regardless of financial or any other factor, very important players will come to Galatasaray. I would like to give this message clearly.
May everyone have peace of mind. We are all making a great effort for this process. Thank you very much.
