“European Champions”: The tenth win in a row... Barcelona punishes Galatasaray by four goals

Barcelona overturned a goal deficit to win a wide victory over its Turkish host, Galatasaray, with a score of 4-1, in the second round of the Champions League, on Tuesday evening.

After several missed opportunities from Barcelona's stars, Lamine Yamal, Dani Olmo, Fermin Lopez and Anthony Gordon, the Turkish team advanced with a goal against the run of play, as Rafael Leao quickly launched from the left side and played a cross that was met by Alexei Batrakov with a direct shot past Barcelona goalkeeper Joan Garcia, giving the hosts a goal in the 28th minute.

After 6 minutes, Barcelona defender Gerard Martin scored an accidental goal against his team, but the VAR video technology intervened by ruling offside against Galatasaray player Paris Yilmaz, depriving the Turkish team of a second goal.

Barcelona succeeded in equalizing with a goal scored by Joao Cancelo in the 43rd minute with a powerful shot from inside the penalty area after a pass from Olmo.

Five minutes into the second half, Yamal played a perfect cross, which Fermin Lopez met with his foot into the net, giving the visitors the lead.

Yamal continued to provide gifts to his teammates, as he created the third goal for his teammate Anthony Gordon in the 53rd minute.

The young star, who won the World Cup with Spain and is a strong candidate to win the Ballon d'Or, also contributed to an attack that ended with a fourth goal scored by substitute Karim Adeyemi in the 65th minute, after a touch from the other substitute, Gabriel Jesus.

Barcelona then missed many easy opportunities to double the score from Yamal, Ademi and Jesus, amid the brilliance of Ogurcan Cakir, the Turkish goalkeeper.

With this result, Barcelona, ​​under the leadership of its German coach, Hansi Flick, achieved victory in all ten matches this season, after 8 victories in the first 8 rounds of the Spanish League.

Barcelona is also at the top of the Champions League with 6 points, with a superior goal difference, after a sweeping victory over PSV Eindhoven with a score of 5/1 in the first round.

On the other hand, Galatasaray remained without a score after losing in the first round to Sporting Lisbon with a score of 3/1.

In the third round, Barcelona will be a guest on Paris Saint-Germain, the French champions for the last two seasons, and Galatasaray will also face Lille in France.