Galatasaray coach Okan Buruk, who hosted the Swedish representative Malmö in the sixth week of the UEFA Europa League, made 3 mandatory changes in the first 11 of the last Sivasspor match.
The yellow-red team played in the match at the New Malmö Stadium with the 11 of Fernando Muslera, Davinson Sanchez, Metehan Baltacı, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Berkan Kutlu, Lucas Torreira, Gabriel Sara, Elias Jelert, Dries Mertens, Yunus Akgün and Michy Batshuayi.
Coach Okan Buruk was forced to change 3 players from the first 11 of the match in which they beat Sivasspor 3-2 away in the 15th week of the Super League.
Buruk could not benefit from Victor Osimhen and Barış Alper Yılmaz, whom he assigned to the first 11 against the Sivas representative, due to their injuries and Roland Sallai because his name was not included in the list given by UEFA. The experienced coach appointed Abdülkerim, Jelert and Batshuayi instead of these players.
GALATASARAY’S RESERVE BOX IS WEAK
There were 9 players on the bench of the yellow-red team in the match.
Galatasaray came to Sweden without Victor Osimhen, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Kaan Ayhan, Ismail Jakobs, Yusuf Demir, Mauro Icardi and Roland Sallai. Goalkeepers Batuhan Şen and Günay Güvenç, experienced players Kerem Demirbay, Hakim Ziyech and Victor Nelsson, and young players Ali Yeşilyurt, Berat Luş, Recep Yalın Dilek and Efe Akman were waiting on the bench of the yellow-red team.
BATSHUAYI STARTED AFTER 14 MATCHES AT 11 AM
Michy Batshuayi, the Belgian center forward of the yellow-red team, had the chance to take the field in the first 11 after 14 official matches.
Batshuayi, who signed for Galatasaray at the beginning of the season; He was relegated to the third center forward position after Mauro Icardi and Victor Osimhen. The experienced player had the chance to play in the first 11 against Malmö when these players were injured.
Batshuayi, who started the Gaziantep FK match on September 17 with the yellow-red jersey in the first 11, then waited on the bench for 9 matches in the league and 5 matches in the Europa League.
JELERT IS IN THE TOP 11 AFTER 75 DAYS
Galatasaray’s Danish right-back Elias Jelert started a match in the first 11 after 75 days.
Jelert, who played in the first 11 against Kasımpaşa in the 7th week of the Super League on September 28, was not included in the starting squad of 7 Super League and 4 UEFA Europa League competitions in the following 75-day period.
After 11 official matches, Jelert appeared in the first 11 of a match.
ABDÜLKERİM ON THE FIELD AFTER ONE MATCH
Experienced defender Abdülkerim Bardakcı, who recovered from his injury in the yellow-red team, regained his jersey after one match.
Abdülkerim, who was injured in the Eyüpspor match in the 14th week of the Super League, missed the Sivasspor match. The 30-year-old national defender, who started training with the team during the week, started the Malmö match in the first 11.
JELERT PLAYED RIGHT WIDE
Okan Buruk played the Danish football player Elias Jelert, whose original position was right back, on the right wing.
Assigning Davinson Sanchez to the right of defense in the match, Buruk preferred to play the young football player in front of him.
