Galatasaray head coach Okan Buruk
Galatasaray head coach Okan Buruk criticised the referee after his side’s 3-1 Champions League defeat to Sporting CP in Lisbon, arguing that key decisions had a direct impact on the result. Sporting came from behind after Galatasaray took an early lead, with Luis Suárez’s penalty putting the hosts 2-1 ahead before Rodrigo Zalazar sealed the win.
Buruk felt Galatasaray had been in complete control during the opening 45 minutes.
Reacting after the match in a post on the club’s X handle on Wednesday, he said, “We actually played a very comfortable first half,” Buruk said. “Our opponents couldn’t get anywhere near our goal. The chances we created, our possession, the way we pinned them back in their own half… Everything was going very well.”
Despite dominating possession, Galatasaray conceded an equaliser from one of Sporting’s few attacks.
