Okan Buruk: We will be grateful that we saved our lives

Fenerbahçe drew 1-1 with Galatasaray in the 14th week of the Trendyol Süper Lig.In the big derby, the scoring was opened in the 27th minute by Leroy Sane for the yellow-reds,whoscored. Jhon Duran, who appeared in the 90+6th minute, broughtthe match to a draw. Galatasaray remains in the lead with 33 pointswhilewhile maintaining its position, Fenerbahçe could not take advantage of theopportunity to reach the top.

Following the match, at thepressconference, thestatements made by Galatasaray's head coachManager Okan Buruk stated that there wasnothing to talk about regarding the match,expressing strong reactions.

Buruk said, "We will begrateful that we saved our lives, our feet, and ourbodiesforthat." we will be grateful. Let no one forget, we are also Galatasaray," he said.

"WE SAVED OUR LIVES, KAZIM WASALMOST GETTING HURT"

"Let's not tire ourselves out regarding the match. TodayEveryone saw what happenedtoday. Everyone sawwhat happened on the pitch.Everyone saw what happened.There is nosituation to evaluate much.We saved our lives. Kazım's gcould have been blinded. Two of our players could have had their legs broken.

We will be grateful that we saved our lives, our legs, and our bodies,forthe fact that we survived.forget, we are also Galatasaray.

We were saddened by the goal we conceded in the final minute. Theevents thattook place duringthe match and thematchitself overshadowedit, and I believe that evaluations regarding this will be made. For me, in terms offootball, it is a sad night.

The refereeovershadowed the match. This was what was expected. There is not much to nothing. I am not the one to evaluate this, you are. My two players' legs could have been broken, Kazım's ankle could have popped out. In the match, there were 22 fouls against us, and 12 against the opponent. When we look at the game, I leave it to your evaluation that we received so many kicks and won so few fouls. For us, it was not a big surprise."

"ARDA KARDEWHAT WAS THEIR SIN"

When asked, "Yasin Kol is always a subject of controversy; he doesn't speak a foreign language and doesn't have a FIFA badge. It is said that this is based on his hometown connection with the TFF president. What do you say to that?"he replied:

"We look at it from a footballperspective.We don't look at who is from whose hometown. I am also from Trabzon. I am not the one to evaluate who is friends with whom. I am on the pitch."I am trying to focus on thegame. I had spokenafterthe Beşiktaş match,Yasin Kol was the referee again, there was a position that the referee cut off. It was the same positionas in the Trabzon match.I am trying to focus on thegame. I had spoken after the Beşiktaş match, Yasin Kol was the referee again, there was a position that the referee cut off. It was the same position as in the Trabzon match.

Arda Kardeşler's refereeing career is over, what was hissin. No one supported Arda Kardeşler. Yasin Kol took charge of a derby today. I respect the TFF's decisions, but the question marks do not please anyone.

I respect them. I respect all of our referees. The appointments by the TFF and the MHK, their control mechanismwe feel respect, but this is not a day we are happy about."