Galatasaray head coach Okan Buruk has lauded Victor Osimhen for helping the Yellow and Reds secure a place in the UEFA Champions League Round of 16, reports Completeports.com.
The Turkish Super Lig champions won the playoffs tie 7-5 on aggregate.
Osimhen played a crucial role in Galatasaray’s first leg victory, providing two assists.
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The Nigeria international netted once on Wednesday night, and was named Man of the Match.
The 27-year-old has so far registered seven goals, and two assists in the Champions League this season.
Buruk Hails Osimhen
‘At halftime, we talked about the need for more teamwork and confidence in the players. Relying on long balls to protect the score and avoiding responsibility wasn’t the right approach,” Buruk was quoted by the club’s official website.
“I was expecting a better performance in the second half, but the opposite happened. Despite this, I told Victor Osimhen to stay calm, that the opportunity would come. And indeed, that opportunity came, he scored, and became one of the players who changed the course of the match. He deserved it; I congratulated him.”
By Adeboye Amosu
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Dude had to wait till extra time or till when the opponent is reduced to ten men before he score against a current very fragile juventus….just like the first leg his assist assist were due to some defensive errorss…
Strikers like their haaland scores from the very first blast of the whistle even if they are playing against 13 players opposition even if its real madrid…
Mr okan buruk you can see quit clear that your players are ganging up to limit the contribution of our star striker
I think Osimhen should stay clear from talking or convincing any players to join gala eg Akanji, Ademola Onyedika etc stuff like this is not so good bcos your team mates would feel threatened and betrayed
Even tho they will pretend to be professional but inside dem they are not happy with you
100% sure Osimhen is just been patriotic and loyal to the Gala but pls world best let dem sort dem selves out
Quit obvious that the players are trying hard to limit Our star striker impact on the pitch, but when he’s not playing these players are all bang average
I hope Osimhen would stop talking or trying to convince players to join Gala, the team mates are gonna feel threatened and betrayed from their colleague
Even tho they will pretend to be professional but inside dem they are boiling
So world best pls let Gala management sort themselves out, just be neural and things will comeback to normal again bcos we can all see the way they were at the beginning they all play for Osimhen and let him make the difference with goals and assists