11.04.2025 23:20
Galatasaray's head coach Okan Buruk criticized the referee after their 2-0 victory against Samsunspor. Buruk stated, "Eren's yellow card is unbelievable. The yellow cards today also need to be evaluated. The fouls and the standards for fouls need to be assessed. Eren's card in the first half led him to finish the match under pressure. The referee also needs to question himself."
Galatasaray's head coach Okan Buruk spoke after the 2-0 victory against Samsunspor away. Buruk harshly criticized the referee of the match, Ozan Ergün.
"WE PLAYED SUPERIOR"
Okan Buruk's statements are as follows;
"Actually, it was an away victory against the third team in the league. We played superior. We played safely throughout the match. Perhaps we could have produced a bit more, we could have done better in the final third. But we did not give the opponent any accurate shots. It is also important to finish the match without conceding a goal.
"WE COULD HAVE SCORED MORE GOALS"
If we could have been better in the final third, we could have scored more goals. The end of the league is approaching, May is near. We saw the excitement of Galatasaray, we saw the excitement of the fans. I want to thank them all very much. We share the same excitement with them. We are trying to do our best to become champions at the end of the season. It is an important and valuable victory. It was important to play on Friday, at the beginning of the week. After next week, there is also the Turkish Cup. Besides that, there are single matches each week. It is also important for us to prepare and concentrate.
"THE REFEREE NEEDS TO QUESTION HIMSELF"
We defended well. The referee gave a yellow card because he won the ball. Eren's yellow card is unbelievable. Today's yellow cards also need to be evaluated. Fouls and foul standards need to be assessed. Eren's card in the first half led to him finishing the match under pressure. The referee also needs to question himself. I liked Sallai's performance very much, just like Eren. I said before the match, we had 3 players injured in the same area. Kerem had an injury. A certain part of the league in January-February was like a nightmare for us. Being a complete team is important, it gives us self-confidence. At the end of the day, the entire team's effort is positive. We will continue this. We have achieved a victory. We will prepare for the next match.