Okan Buruk: 'Barcelona is the favorite according to everyone, but our goal is to win as always!'

Galatasaray coach Okan Buruk made a statement at the press conference held before the tough match they will play against the Spanish representative Barcelona tomorrow evening in the second week of the Champions League.

The highlights of Okan Buruk's statements are as follows:

"WE HAVE NO LACKS EXCEPT FOR SINGO"

"We have no shortcomings except Singo. All the other players trained yesterday. We will decide who will play and how much."

"WE ARE EXCITED TO PLAY AGAINST BARCELONA"

"Of course, we are excited to play in the Champions League with our players, we are excited to play against Barcelona. We will play on our home field. Home matches are very exciting, our motivation increases a lot. Sometimes you do not need to prepare the players at the highest level. The preparation for this match is much different."

"OUR GOAL IS TO WIN AS ALWAYS"

We will play against one of the fittest teams in the world. They won every match this year, but we will be against them. When we did our best, I think we did important things in this stadium. Our goal is to win as always. We will do our best to win. We have a very important team against us. Barcelona is the favorite according to everyone, but we will try to do our best."

"WHATEVER DECISION WE MAKE, WE MUST DO THE BEST"

"We will not only defend, we will also attack. It is necessary to consider both. Whatever decision we make, how we need to defend against our opponent... We need to do our best. You need to put the strongest pressure on whichever region you are in. It will be very important for you to receive the ball passionately even when the ball is with the opponent. We need to show this passion. Whatever decision we make, we need to do it in the strongest possible way. On the offensive side, we need to stay calm and keep the ball. Our opponent also plays on the high line, and every team makes plans against that high line. They haven't conceded many goals this year. They are also a team that tries to impose their own game on the opponent. We will play against an important team. We need to make fewer mistakes."

"OUR HARDEST MATCH WAS THE KASIMPASA MATCH"

"Our most difficult match this season was perhaps the Kasımpaşa match. Lucas came from afar, Davinson came from afar. Batrakov played a lot of matches. There were players returning from the Turkish National Team, perhaps they were the most tired. Kasımpaşa was difficult. The next part is, we are fully staffed now. Only Singo is missing, other than that we are a full squad. There are 4 days in between, we have a rest period. The more you earn, the happier you become. It physically regenerates faster. We need to win games."

"WE NEED TO BE AGGRESSIVE!"

"Today we will do the last training. We will reveal our plans more clearly. We are Galatasaray, we will play on our home field. No matter what system we play, we need to be aggressive. We will show that aggressiveness and try to close our goal to goals. We have those players. Besides, we also need to score goals."