In the second week of the UEFA Champions League league stage, Galatasaray faced the Spanish giant Barcelona on its field. The guest team Barcelona won the match played at RAMS Park 4-1.
The goals that brought Barcelona the victory were scored by Joao Cancelo in the 43rd minute, Fermin Lopez in the 50th minute, Anthony Gordon in the 53rd minute and Karim Adeyemi in the 65th minute, while Galatasaray's only goal came from Aleksey Batrakov in the 28th minute.
With this result, Galatasaray lost its second match in the Champions League this season and has not yet achieved a point. Barcelona won its second match and increased its points to 6.
Galatasaray will face Lille away in the 3rd week of the Champions League.
GALATASARAY'S GOAL WAS OBSESSED WITH VAR
Galatasaray sent the ball into the net against Barcelona with the touch of Barış Alper Yılmaz in the 34th minute. However, after the position was reviewed by VAR, the referee invalidated the goal due to offside.
BATRAKOV MADE A SIFTAH!
Galatasaray took the lead against Barcelona, which it hosted in the second week of the Champions League, with Aleksey Batrakov's goal.
The yellow-reds brought the score to 1-0 with the goal scored by Batrakov in the 28th minute of the match.
Batrakov, who joined Galatasaray's squad during the summer transfer window, scored his first goal against Barcelona in the yellow-red jersey.
OSIMHEN AND LEMINA RETURNED TO THE 11 AFTER 4 MATCHES
Galatasaray's Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen and Gabonese player Mario Lemina took their place in the first 11 after 4 official matches.
Finally, Lemina and Osimhen, who started in the first 11 in the Istanbul Başakşehir match in the 4th week of the Super League and were away from the team for a while due to their injuries, returned to the first 11 after 3 league and 1 Champions League match.
Lemina and Osimhen were later included in the last Kasımpaşa match during this period.
BARIŞ ALPER PLAYED AT RIGHT-BACK AGAIN
Galatasaray football player Barış Alper Yılmaz started in the right-back position in the Barcelona match. Coach Okan Buruk, who also played Barış Alper as a full-back in addition to attacking, assigned him to the right-back position as in the Kasımpaşa match.
ISMAIL JAKOBS STARTED AS A STOPPER
Coach Okan Buruk made a change in the middle of the defense. Buruk appointed Ismail Jakobs to replace Abdülkerim Bardakcı alongside Davinson Sanchez. Jakobs also played as a centre-back against Sporting in the Champions League.
BARCELONA CAME TO RAMS PARK AFTER 1671 DAYS
Barcelona met Galatasaray again at RAMS Park after 1671 days.
The Spanish team, which last faced the yellow-red team in the rematch of the last 16 rounds of the UEFA Europa League on March 17, 2022, won 2-1 with the goals of Pedri and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Pedri and Eric Garcia, who were in Barcelona's first 11 in the match in question, started today's match in the first 11 as well.
MINUTES FROM THE MATCH
In the 16th minute, Gordon, who was hanging behind the defense after Pedri's long pass, shot from the left diagonal of the penalty area, and goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakır prevented the ball.
In the 24th minute, Yamal's cross from the left wing was headed by Olmo near the penalty point, and the ball went out.
In the 25th minute, Cancelo received the ball from Gordon's pass and shot from the left diagonal from outside the penalty area, but goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakır reached to his left and deflected the ball.
Galatasaray took the lead in the 28th minute. Leao, who received the ball on the left wing after Batrakov's pass, sent the ball towards the penalty area after carrying the ball. Batrakov, who was at this point, took his shot without waiting. The ball bounced off the defender's foot and hit the net: 1-0.
Galatasaray's goal was returned by VAR in the 33rd minute. Osimhen, who was at the back post, headed the corner taken by Batrakov from the left, and Barış Alper Yılmaz, who was in the six area, sent the ball into the net with his head. After VAR review, referee Marco Guida canceled the goal, pointing out that Barış Alper Yılmaz's position was offside.
Barcelona equalized in the 43rd minute. Fermin Lopez passed the pass to Yamal in front of the penalty arc. After Eren Elmalı's intervention against Yamal, Olmo found the ball in front of him and passed the ball to Cancelo. This player hit the far post from the left diagonal of the penalty area and the ball hit the net: 1-1.
In the 45th minute, when Gordon shot from behind the penalty arc, Uğurcan Çakır controlled the ball in two moves.
45+2. In the minute, Olmo received the ball from the free throw that Yamal passed and shot from the left diagonal from outside the penalty area, and goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakır sent the ball to the corner.
The first half ended 1-1.
In the 47th minute, Yamal crossed the ball from the right side of the penalty area towards the back post after a cross-bow with Fermin. Gordon, who was at this point, shot the ball inside the area and went out from the side.
Barcelona took the lead in the 50th minute. Fermin Lopez, who was on the pad, shook the net with a header from Yamal's left diagonal cross from outside the penalty area: 1-2.
Barcelona increased the difference to 2 in the 53rd minute. Receiving the ball on the right wing with Pedri's pass, Yamal passed the ball to Gordon at the front post. After the English player's shot, the ball hit the net from the bottom of the near post: 1-3.
In the 65th minute, the Spanish team made it 4-1. Adeyemi, who received the ball on the left diagonal of the penalty area after Yamal's pass was touched by Jesus in front of the penalty arc, shot without waiting and sent the ball into the net from the bottom of the far post.
In the 68th minute, Yamal received the ball on the left diagonal of the penalty area and wanted to pass his pass to Pedri in the penalty area, but Sanchez intervened in the penalty area. Yamal found the returning ball in front of him on the left diagonal of the penalty area, and the ball went out from the top.
In the 76th minute, Adeyemi, who was behind the defense after Cancelo's pass, shot from the left diagonal of the penalty area, and the ball went out.
In the 83rd minute, Gabriel Jesus received the ball behind the penalty point after Yamal's pass, and goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakır deflected the ball to the corner.
In the 85th minute, the ball passed Uğurcan Çakır from the right side of Yamal's penalty area and met with Adeyemi at the back post. Sallai at the near post did not allow the goal to be scored when this player shot without waiting.
