Galatasaray lost to Barcelona

The yellow-red team, which started the season in the "Giants League" by losing 3-1 away to Portuguese representative Sporting, hosted Spain's Barcelona team in the second week.

The match started with the good play of the guest team Barcelona. After the pressure of their opponent who kept the ball, the yellow-reds, who stayed in their own half, tried to bring Victor Osimhen and Rafael Leao together with long passes. Galatasaray, looking for a position in the transition game, established a 1-0 advantage with the goal coming from Aleksey Batrakov in the 27th minute. Even though "Cimbom", which balanced the game, scored the net for the second time in the corner kick organization in the 34th minute, the goal was canceled due to offside after the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) review. Barcelona increased the pressure at the end of the first half and tied the game with Joao Cancelo's goal in the 43rd minute. The match entered the halftime with a 1-1 draw.

Galatasaray, which had a difficult time against Barcelona attacks in the second half, could not prevent the goals of Fermin Lopez in the 50th minute, Anthony Gordon in the 53rd minute and Karim Adeyemi in the 65th minute, and the score reached 4-1 in favor of the guest team.

Galatasaray, who left the field defeated with this result, could not score any points in its second match in the UEFA Champions League. Barcelona, ​​which started the season with a 5-1 win over Feyenoord in the "Giants League", made it 2 out of 2.

Galatasaray took the lead with a dominant attack in the 27th minute of the match.

Anthony Gordon received the ball on the left wing and entered the penalty area. Gordon, who entered a double fight with Barış Alper Yılmaz, remained on the ground while goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakır took possession of the ball. While Gordon was waiting for a penalty from referee Marco Guida, Uğurcan started the game quickly. Aleksey Batrakov, who took the ball in the middle of his own half, played to Rafael Leao, who took the ball from the left without waiting. Using his one-on-one effectiveness, Leao advanced to the penalty area and then passed the ball towards the penalty arc.

Following the position he started from his own half, Batrakov hit the net with a neat shot.

Russian football player Aleksey Batrakov celebrated scoring a goal for the first time in the yellow-red jersey.

Source: TRT Haber Spor RSS (Open Press / Translated Full Text)