the coach of GalatasarayOkan Buruk, commented on Jorge Jesus, coach of Fenerbahçe, and did not soften his criticism of the Portuguese ex-Flamengo. The Buruk club won the Turkish Championship this season and Jesus’ squad is still on the field in search of the Turkish Cup title, against Istanbul Basaksehir, next Sunday.
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For Okan Buruk, Jorge Jesus does not value football in the country and does not have enough repertoire in his career to do this with the Turkish Championship.
“It’s funny how a coach who has only worked in Portugal, Brazil and Saudi Arabia and never trained in any of the big leagues in Europe finds the Turkish league worthless”, he criticized the Turkish press.
Not only was Jesus targeted by Buruk, but also foreign coaches in general. For the Turk, none of them are successful in football in the country and live “underestimating” football in Turkey.
“Turkish teams have had good games. Fenerbahçe, for example, could have won the tie against Sevilla and then they ended up winning the Europa League. Foreign coaches have always underestimated our championship. And none of them are successful. The coaches Turks have won the last 16 championships. We have to value our coaches. This is also one of the evils of Turkish football”, he concluded.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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