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Galatasaray lost 1-0 away to the Danish team Copenhagen in the 6th and last match of UEFA Champions League Group A. Following this result, the yellow-red team, which finished the group in 3rd place with 5 points, will continue on its way in the UEFA Europa League. Copenhagen increased its points to 8, finished the group in 2nd place and made its way to the last 16 rounds.
Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk made a statement at the press conference held after the match.
Stating that they played the match on the opponent’s field, but did not play a very creative game except the last part, Buruk said, “In the pre-match scenario, it was important for both teams to play their own match and see the result of the other match. Our goal was to win today. We knew that our opponent would wait in defense and try transition attacks. The whole match went like this. We played the match on the opponent’s field. We had positions in the last part. We could not score the goal we conceded. In general, we could have produced more. Our opponent closed the center. We could have made more effective attacks from the wings. We are saddened to lose, but we continue on our way in Europe. Our goal is “We want to come to a better place there. We want to be one of the teams that will go to the finals,” he said.
“I DO NOT THINK THE GAME WE PLAYED AND THE POINTS WE GOT MATCHED”
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Stating that they played very good matches in the group but could not get what they wanted in terms of points, Buruk said, “I do not think that the game we played and the points we got matched. We should have gotten higher points. A new target is waiting for us. There will be teams coming from the Europa League groups. The game we played in the Champions League took us to the last place.” “We were excited about making it to the round of 16 and going higher, but our goal is to go to the finals again, like we did years ago in the Europa League. There will be tough opponents, but the way we played gives us hope for the future,” he said.
“ZIYECH WAS ABLE TO TRAIN WITH US FOR A SHORT TIME YESTERDAY”
Speaking about Hakim Ziyech starting the match on the bench, the experienced coach said, “Ziyech was able to train with us for a short time yesterday. When we talked to him for today, we asked him to contribute for 30-35 minutes. He brought Mertens and Ziyech with me in the 55th minute.” “I called at the minute and the match was 0-0. We had an important plan. We were not productive, but we did good work numerically. We had to reflect it on the score. A team of our quality had to do better,” he said.
“IT WAS AN UNLUCKY NIGHT FOR US”
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Stating that they were not in their fittest period due to the injury problems experienced by some of their important players, Buruk said, “You had to turn the ball faster against a team that was waiting. We could not do this well in the first half. The opponent was a team that tried to slow down the tempo and give the ball to you. We needed both speed and productivity. It was an unlucky night for us. Hakim Ziyech recovered from his injury, the same way Zaha did. He also had an ankle injury. It was not our best, fittest period. We couldn’t do good work in creating in front. Especially the tempo of the game could have been faster. Our opponent’s “His biggest strength is to run a lot and wait behind. They did this in the Bayern Munich match as well. They could not score a goal there. They played the same way here too. We had to open this up. When they conceded a goal, our opponent retreated further,” he concluded his words.
2023-12-13 06:37:32
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