Galatasaray was praised after the victory against Amed SF: 'It was like doping!' , 'The path is clear, the goal is reachable'

Galatasaray, which hosted Amed Sportif Eylemler in the 11th week of the Super League, continued its leadership by leaving the field victorious 4-3.

The goals that brought Galatasaray the victory were scored by Rafael Leao in the 7th minute, Alban-Marc Lafont (own goal) in the 45th minute, Aleksey Batrakov in the 59th minute and Barış Alper Yılmaz in the 80th minute.

The goals of the guest team were Dia Saba in the 62nd minute, Gift Orban in the 65th minute and 90+2. It came from Yira Sor in minutes.

Following this result, Galatasaray, which won its 5th consecutive victory in the league, increased its points to 28 and entered the national break as the leader. Amed Sportive Activities, on the other hand, suffered its second defeat this season and remained at 23 points.

EQUALED THE CLUB RECORD

Galatasaray repeated the home unbeaten streak in the Super League in the club's history.

The yellow-reds, who suffered their last home defeat in the match against Fenerbahçe on May 19, 2024, achieved an unbeaten streak of 41 matches in total, with 33 wins and 8 draws in their subsequent league matches.

Galatasaray had achieved the longest unbeaten streak in the club's history with 41 matches, which started with the Osmanlıspor match in the 32nd week of the 2016-2017 season in the Super League and ended with the Istanbul Başakşehir match in the 12th week of the 2019-2020 season. The record series was ended by the current Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk, who was coaching the orange-dark blue team at that time.

HE WON THE LAST 6 OFFICIAL MATCHES

Galatasaray won the last 6 official matches.

The yellow-red team, which suffered its last defeat in official matches against the Spanish representative Barcelona in the second week of the UEFA Champions League, did not lose any points in 4 matches in the Super League and 2 matches in Europe.

In this process, Galatasaray defeated Gençlerbirliği (1-0), Fenerbahçe (2-1), Konyaspor (4-0) and finally Amed Sportif Eylemler (4-3) in the Super League. "Cimbom" managed to beat France's Lille (4-2) and Germany's Stuttgart teams in the UEFA Champions League.

LEAO SCORED A GOAL IN 2 CONSECUTIVE MATCHES

Portuguese star Rafael Leao enjoyed scoring goals in his last 2 matches in the Super League.

Leao, who joined the squad from Italy's Milan team at the beginning of the season, played in his 8th Super League match with the yellow-red jersey. Leao, who enjoyed his first goal in the league in the 4-0 away win against TÜMOSAN Konyaspor in the 10th week, also managed to score the net in the Amed Sportive Activities match in the 11th week.

The star football player changed the sign twice in 11 official matches in total, and he did these in the last 2 consecutive league matches.

BATRAKOV CONTINUES TO SCORE GOALS

Russian football player of the yellow-red team, Aleksey Batrakov, continued his rising form in the Amed Sportive Activities match.

Batrakov, who was the player who shot the guest team's goalkeeper Lafont's own goal in the 45th minute, shook the net with his shot over the penalty arc in the 59th minute.

Batrakov, who attracted attention by scoring 4 goals in the last 3 matches in the UEFA Champions League, scored once in the last 2 matches in the Super League. The 21-year-old midfielder scored 6 goals in the yellow-red jersey.

BARIŞ ALPER LEFT THE NET FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS SEASON

Galatasaray's national star Barış Alper Yılmaz changed the sign for the second time in official matches this season.

Barış Alper, who played for the 4th time in the UEFA Champions League and 10th time in the Super League, brought the score to 4-2 with the goal he scored in the 80th minute. Barış Alper, who has not yet been able to celebrate a goal in Europe, scored his 2nd goal in the Super League.

EVALUATION OF GALATASARAY BY GÜNTEKİN ONAY, UĞUR MELEKE AND MEHMET AYAN

Hürriyet writers Güntekin Onay, Uğur Meleke and Mehmet Ayan evaluated Galatasaray's game against Amed SF in their columns today. Here are those articles;

GÜNTEKİN ONAY: CIMBOM WITH THE HABIT AND DESIRE TO EARN!

While Galatasaray beat Amedspor, the league's top scorer team in the absence of Victor Osimhen, it gained a valuable 3 points even though it faltered a lot, especially in the second half. Amedspor has a very talented offensive line. Especially Dia Saba and Gift Orban have the features that can change the score at any time. It was important for Galatasaray, tired of the busy match schedule, to score an early goal in this match. As a matter of fact, it happened. The ball won by Lucas Torreira with front-field pressure and the perfect pass he gave to Rafael Leao made the match 1-0 in the 7th minute. Galatasaray, who got behind the ball after 1-0, found the transition opportunity it was looking for in a position where it caught Amedspor 4 to 1, but could not result in a goal.

AMEDSPOR ACCELERATED WHEN DIAGNE RELEASED

Goalkeeper Alban Lafont slapped the ball that Batrakov had crossed at the end of the first half, and home team Galatasaray went to the locker room ahead by 2 points.

In the second half, Amedspor Coach Besnik Hasi removed the now clumsy Mbaye Diagne, whom he had never started in the starting 11 and used as a mover, and returned to his own game order and increased the speed of his team. However, after a 3-0 away game like Galatasaray, many teams throw in the towel.

3 POINTS WORTH GOLD

Although Dia Saba and Gift Orban made it 3-2 with goals, Barış Alper Yılmaz pulled the plug on the match with a header after a stylish cross from Gabriel Sara, who entered the game and added excitement.

While there is no superstar like Victor Osimhen, Galatasaray's win despite conceding 3 goals from Amedspor at home in this tight match schedule is worth gold for the yellow-reds.

Winning against such a strong opponent before the international break and staying at the top without losing any points was like doping for Galatasaray.

UĞUR MELEKE: THE OKAN-EMRE-SUAT FEELING THAT CAME WHEN WATCHING TORREIRA-BATRAKOV!

Going to Rams Park last night, Galatasaray had an average of 2.5 points per game and Amed had an average of 2.3 points. An average of 2.5 points makes you champion in 90 of 100 seasons, and 2.3 makes you champion in eighty. It was obvious that it would be a tough fight, even before the kick off.

Both coaches had to go beyond their main settings yesterday due to two critical deficiencies: Okan Buruk put Barış Alper at the end in Osimhen's absence, and evaluated Leao on the left. When Leao was injured and left, Deniz took charge at the far end and Barış played on the left this time.

Besnik Hasi, on the other hand, tinkered a little more with his team's usual settings. In Ballet's absence, he turned to 4-3-1-2 and started with double center forward Orban-Diagne in front of Saba. I think this model did not work. Davinson defended Orban very well, especially in the first half. Diagne remained very still. And we watched an unusually slow Amed for 45 minutes.

Besnik Hasi returned to his natural settings, 4-2-3-1, at the beginning of the second half. Sor moved to the left side and Krasniqi moved to the right side. Diyarbakır team has regained its familiar appearance of moving the ball better and going faster. Saba got free in the center and scored a superb free kick goal. Yira Sor brought movement to the left wing. However, their positive efforts in the second half were not enough to get points from Istanbul.

8 MATCHES 7 WINS IN ONE MONTH

Galatasaray played 8 tough matches in the last month and won seven of them, except Barcelona. They enter the national break as leaders in the league and in a very advantageous position for the top 24 in the Champions League.

We probably wouldn't be unfair to anyone if we say that Batrakov and Torreira stood out with their performances not only last night, but throughout this month as a whole. From time to time, when I see both the defensive efforts and quickness of the short players in Galatasaray's midfield, Torreira, Batrakov and Yunus, I inevitably think of the Okan-Emre-Suat trio of the late 90s.

In an age where football is becoming more athletic and physical with each passing day, while everyone is calculating long players and set pieces, this short and quick team of Galatasaray makes a difference especially technically.

MEHMET AYAN: SULTAN OF 11 WEEKS!

What Galatasaray would do without Osimhen was rightfully a question mark. There were many questions about what it would produce without the original 9. What about the rival? Could the Dia Saba-front Gift Orban - Mbaye Diagne offensive line be this porous? Could that preference, that desire to win, be able to respond to Galatasaray? That comfort brought peace to Galatasaray. He handled the center very well. When they played it right, the home team dominated the match, even though there were boring moments. Rafael Leao, who missed the goal in the 6th minute, found the goal in the 7th minute. While Victor Osimhen was away, the Portuguese, who played much more on the ball, evolved into a center and scored the goal. Although Amedspor struggled from time to time in the first half, the result was determined by Russian Aleksey Batrakov.

The 2-0 result against one of the special teams of the league was valuable. It should have been more comfortable after 46 years. It was thought that the match was over with 3-0. Even though Rafael Leao came out, the game was on its own. However, the opponent, who wanted to play football, rebelled.

The goals in the 62nd and 65th minutes caused serious anxiety in the home team. The opponent agreed with the score of 3-2. Barış Alper Yılmaz's goal sealed the match.

A GOOD EXAMPLE FOR COUNTRY FOOTBALL

The 3 points received against Amedspor, which sent Trabzonspor and Beşiktaş scoreless in their home matches, were extremely important for the yellow-red team.

The path is clear and the goal is achievable for Galatasaray, which plays with 8 teams in the top 10 apart from Beşiktaş and has achieved valuable results. OKAN BURUK, who stays away from the internal political tensions in Galatasaray, is leading his team in the right direction.

What a great example for the country's football! No bones, just from the field! However, the third goal conceded was not welcomed! Galatasaray does not concede three goals in the home field!