Okan Buruk: We fought until the last moment to win the match
Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk stated that Fethiyespor showed strong defensive resistance and that they fought until the very end to secure the win.
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In the Ziraat Turkish Cup Group A, week 2 match, Galatasaray defeated 2nd League side Fethiyespor 2-1 away from home, making it two wins out of two in the group. Following the match, Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk made evaluations regarding the contest and the current status of his players. Regarding a fan who fell ill in the stands, heExtending hisbest wishes, Buruk began hisremarks by thanking the people of Fethiye, the Fethiyespormanagement, and the fans whofilled the stands despite thecold weather,expressing hisgratitude.produced. Emphasizing that the pitch conditions were not good, Buruk noted that the opponent displayed aresilient defensive performance,that they struggled to find a goal, but in the finalsection, they managed to breakthrough this resistance.
They have abusy matcha match schedule was foundstating that, Buruk noted that 4 days later they have a league match toplay, and then the Champions League match will be played. For this reason, he explained that they rotated the squad during the match to protect his players.
Singo's injurProviding informationabout the process,Okan Buruk noted that the player had beenaway from the pitch for a longtime. Burukstated that they want to bring Singo back to the pitch in a risk-free manner, and that this week they are slowlyintegrating him into training.stated that they expect him to start training slowly.
If everything goes well, he noted that Singo could be in the squad for the Gaziantep FK matchand that they are working to have him ready for the Atletico Madrid matchas well.He added that they are workinghard to achieve this.said. Theyellow-reds' manager expressed that they want to bring Icardi's form back up.
Answering questions regardinghis goalkeeper selection, Buruk spoke about Uğurcan Çakır and Günay Güvenç betweenstated that they made plans during theprocess. Buruk noted that for the league match to be played on Saturday,they planned to giveUğurcan a role,and thereforethey left the player in Istanbul.