Okan Buruk: We were the team that deserved the final

Galatasaray defeated Trabzonspor in the Turkcell Super Cup semi-final match held at Gaziantep Buyuksehir Stadium with goals from Barış Alper Yılmaz, Eren Elmalı, Yunus Akgun, and Mauro Icardi. With this result, the yellow-reds advanced to the final of the cup.became the first team to book their place in the final.

Following the match, during the pressconference, Galatasaray manager Okan Buruk stated that they were happy to have reached the final with an effective performance, adding thathe said. Okan Buruk stated, "It was a cold evening. We would like to thank the fans of both teams who came here to watch and support the match. We thank them.

Looking at the match between the two teams, we knew Trabzonspor's shortcomings. We also had players who went to the Africa Cup of Nations. It was a match with high entertainment valueIt was a high-level match.It was animportant victory for us psychologically. We are the team that deserved the finalas a team, and we are leaving here with that. We also thank our players.We will wait for our opponent and do our best to win the final and add another trophy to our museum," he said.

"MWe want to add another trophy to our collection."

Sharing his thoughtson the finaland emphasizing that they want to win the trophy regardless of who the opponent is, Buruk said, "Two good teams from the league will play the other match.Whichever team reaches the finalwillbe our opponent. We want to win the trophy. Wewhoever comes out itwill be difficult. For usthe opponent does not matter, we will do our best to winandwe want to add another trophy to our collection. The Olympic Stadiumis a difficult matchbut we will do our bestand we will try towin. This month is very important forus; we will play important matches in the league, in Europe, and in the cup.We expect support from our fans. Weare candidates for and aspire to all the trophies. We will doour best to winall the trophies.we will" he stated.

"Icardi is making an important contribution to us"

Stating that Icardi has provided important contributions to the team in Osimhen's absence and that they needevery player during this challenging fixturestating thatBuruk said, "We have two very important strikers. In the periodwhenOsimhen is absent, Icardi providessignificant contributions to us, and as captain, he also provides importantthey have. With the goals he has scored, his performance in the last matchesis trending upward.We have tried playing with two strikers before, and we may do so again in the future. We have many matches this month.In these matches,we will use all of our playersby rotating them. The important thing is the playersour team being in good form along with us."

"Eren went through a difficult process and came back well."

Speaking about Eren Elmalı's performance, Okan Buruk said, "Eren went through a difficult processlived and goodreturned. We were also very happy for his goal. Today, the teammy important contributiongave. For usan important andvaluable player. After Kazımcan also came on important contributionthere is. I would also like to thank Berkan Kutlu, who is leaving us, for the efforts he contributed to us. He made significantcontributions to our championships. We want to thankall of our players," hesaid.

News Source: İHA