Okan Buruks Antwort auf Ali Koçs „Schiedsrichter“-These: Eine bedauerliche Aussage, ich habe keine Schiedsrichterfreunde.

Galatasaray won against Kasımpaşa 4-3 in a match that witnessed a goal duel in the Trendyol Super League. After the match, Galatasaray’s Technical Director Okan Buruk stated, „Icardi wasn’t very involved in the first half. Icardi is not playing at 100% now. His pain is still lingering, but he is trying to play through it. The national break will benefit him greatly. I believe he can regain his form from last year. „I think it defined the second half of the game,“ he said. Galatasaray defeated Kasımpaşa in the Trendyol Super League 4-3. The Yellow-Reds fell behind 2-3 in the match but managed to take the lead twice. Mauro Icardi missed a penalty in the 81st minute. Cimbom won the game 4-3 with two goals in the final minutes. The Yellow-Red team took the lead in the national break. Galatasaray coach Okan Buruk made a statement after the match. In his statement, Okan Buruk said, „First, I would like to congratulate our opponent. They did a very good job at times to establish the game. It’s actually a challenging environment. We are used to playing games in the evening. That was a problem for a team that is not used to playing in such an atmosphere. Being away, on a field one is not accustomed to, and at an unusual time. That’s why we won in the end. The positions we took and the missed penalty. The most important thing was to win here. Our good feet showed until the end of the game and brought us the victory. We are satisfied. But then we have to move beyond this game.“ he said. The technical director of Galatasaray continued with his words, „We really missed the defense. We had major difficulties with defense last month. It is a great advantage for us to advance to the national break without losses. Berkan was in defense, we didn’t force him because Abdülkerim was not quite ready yet. He will be ready for the next game. Vinicius didn’t take much time but was very valuable with the goal. He contributed. If the players get used to it, it will be more suitable for us.“ He gave a statement. Review of Icardi and Mertens After the match, Okan Buruk commented on Icardi and Mertens, who became stars in the match, „Mertens has always been someone who tries to keep the game going. He scored an important goal. Icardi wasn’t very involved in the first half. Icardi is not playing at 100% now. He is still in pain, trying to play. The national break will benefit him greatly. I hope he can regain last year’s form.“ „I think it left its mark in the second half of the game.“ he spoke his words. Response to Ali Koç Okan Buruk addressed Ali Koç’s statements about him at the press conference. In his last press conference, Ali Koç said, „We must ask this coach (referring to Okan Buruk), who is his closest referee friend? Whoever knows, knows… But of course, they don’t want foreign referees because they see how foreign referees cope in Europe.“ he argued. Okan Buruk responded to this statement, „I didn’t understand what Ali Koç said. It’s a regrettable statement. I don’t have referee friends. It could be possible. I wish we were all friends with referees, including dear Ali Koç. I have never had a referee friend.“ but I don’t find it strange to have one. He spoke his words. T24