Okan Buruk's referee protest: Our nerves are frayed
Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk made statements following their 3-1 defeat to Sporting in the Champions League.
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Reacting to the referee's decisions after the Sporting Lisbon defeat, Okan Buruk said, "The referee worked against us in everything. Our players' nerves were also frayed.
My sadness is not about losing. We could have easily won this match and left here.
These opportunities do not come easily in the Champions League. The penalty goal we conceded brought us down mentally.
We shouldn't experience that fragility. We experienced this in the Frankfurt match last season as well.
The referee not giving a red card and awarding a non-existent penalty took us out of the game. We could have won and left here easily.
1-0, 2-0, 3-0... What I am saying has nothing to do with Sporting. I congratulate our opponent.
The VAR referee must not have been at the stadium. He didn't intervene in anything.
I wish he had come to the stadium. He could have informed the center referee about both the red card and the fact that it wasn't a penalty.
There are many yellow cards that were not given."