Okan Buruk: We could have been 4-0 up in the first half.

19.09.2025 01:00

Galatasaray's head coach Okan Buruk made statements following the match against Eintracht Frankfurt. Commenting on the game, Okan Buruk said, "The Italian referee made many decisions against us throughout the match. He disallowed Barış Alper Yılmaz's goal. We could have scored a second goal as well. Perhaps we would have gone into halftime leading 3-0 or 4-0, but instead, we went into the locker room trailing 3-1. This affected us."

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Galatasaray's head coach Okan Buruk made statements after the 5-1 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt.

'WE GAVE UP ON THE MATCH MENTALLY'

Okan Buruk evaluated the match, stating, "After going 1-0 up, we played incredibly comfortably. We could have found the second goal. In fact, the Italian referee... He made decisions against us throughout the match. He disallowed Barış's goal. Instead of going into the locker room 3-1 up, we went in behind. There were differences in the game in both halves. We gave up on the game early. We gave up on the match mentally."

"WE CONCEDED UNLUCKY GOALS"

Continuing his remarks, Okan Buruk said, "We conceded unlucky goals, we made individual mistakes. While we had a 1.17 expected goals, we conceded 5 goals to the opponent! We also made too many mistakes. Against such a dominant team, we had the ball 60% of the time, but this game did not match this score."

"THE RESPONSIBILITY IS MINE"

The successful coach, stating that the responsibility lies with him, said, "This result is my responsibility! We can see what the coaches did right and what they did wrong. There were correct decisions in the first half and mistakes in the second half. I am the one who will treat and correct this!"

"WE CAN BE IN THE TOP 24"

The young coach expressed that they could be among the top 24, saying, "We just played the first match, there are 7 matches left! We can be in the top 24, I believe in that. We just had an unlucky day today."

'WE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN 4-0 UP'

Finally, Okan Buruk stated, "The Italian referee made many decisions against us throughout the match. He disallowed Barış Alper Yılmaz's goal. We could have found the second goal as well. Instead of going into the locker room potentially 3-0 or 4-0 up, we went in losing 3-1. This affected us."