Our Galatasaray faced İkas Eyüpspor in the 14th week of the Trendyol Super League Şamil Ekinci Season. The match played at Ali Sami Yen Sports Complex RAMS Park ended in a 2-2 draw.
Our goals were scored by Barış Alper Yılmaz (45+5') and Roland Sallai (47'). Eyüpspor scored with Emre Akbaba (13') and Prince Ampem (71').
Our team continued its journey undefeated and closed the week with 35 points.
Before the match, Lucas Torreira, who completed his 100th match in our yellow and red jersey, was presented with a plaque and a specially prepared jersey by Galatasaray Sports Club President Dursun Aydın Özbek.
Galatasaray XI: Fernando Muslera, Metehan Baltacı, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Davinson Sanchez, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Yunus Akgün, Lucas Torreira, Gabriel Sara, Dries Mertens, Victor Osimhen.
Eyupspor XI: Berke Özer, Dorukhan Toköz, Taşkın İlter, Gianni Bruno, Caner Erkin, Leo Dubois, Tayfur Bingöl, Halil Akbunar, Luccas Claro, Emre Akbaba, Mame Thiam.
At the beginning of the first half, when we played in the opponent's goal, Eyüpspor was successful in gaining possession of the ball with short passes. In the 6th minute, Muslera easily controlled Bruno's shot.
In the 12th minute, Osimhen, who was hanging behind the opponent's penalty area, found the net with a hard shot, but was caught offside. In the 13th minute, the opponent team came to our goal with an organized counterattack and scored a goal. Halil Akbunar's cross from the right wing was completed by Emre Akbaba: 0-1.
This time he did not allow a direct goal in the 20th minute. Acting on the long ball sent by Torreira from the right of the midfield, Osimhen took the ball between his two opponents and entered the penalty area. The Nigerian player made his shot in the opposite position. The ball returned to the post. Mertens headed the returning ball but could not find the hit.
Our team, which concentrated the game on the opponent's field after the goal, could not pass the post for the second time in the 31st minute. Claro headed the ball after Sara's cross bounced off Thiam's head. Torreira headed the ball as it landed in front of the goal area. Metehan turned and shot the ball that returned from the crossbar. Goalkeeper Berke controlled the ball easily.
In the 39th minute, Abdülkerim Bardakcı was injured and was replaced by Berkan Kutlu.
Goalkeeper Berke made successful saves from Sara's two magnificent shots from outside the penalty area. We found the goal we were looking for in the 6-minute extra time with Barış Alper Yılmaz. . In the chaos that occurred in the penalty area after the corner kick, Barış Alper Yılmaz penetrated the crowded penalty area with his left foot and sent the ball into the net: 1-1.
The first half ended with a 1-1 draw.
We started the second half with a goal. Sallai hit the ball well, bouncing off Osimhen from Sara's cross, and made the score 2-1.
Our team further increased its offensive superiority in the second half and entered the opponent's penalty area a lot. In the 53rd minute, Osimhen, who was hanging behind the defense from the right wing, received the ball and quickly headed towards the penalty area. Osimhen passed the ball to Barış Alper, who was running towards the back post. Barış Alper made a single shot on the ball coming from the ground. Goalkeeper Berke saved the ball coming towards him.
While the important positions we took with Osimhen and Barış Alper did not yield any results, he could not pass Sallai Berke in the 68th minute.
Eyüpspor equalized the score in the 71st minute. Taşkın sent the ball to Ampem, who was running towards the left diagonal of the penalty area, with his long pass. Ampem shot the ball towards the near corner and put it into the net: 2-2.
Michy Batshuayi was included in the game instead of Yunus Akgün in the 73rd minute.
After equalizing, we continued to attack the opponent's goal intensely. In this episode, Berke Özer came to the fore with his saves.
In the 78th minute, Batshuayi eliminated Thiam and brought the ball to Osimhen. Osimhen shot with his right foot and the ball went out over the goal.
One minute later, Captain Muslera prevented a serious goal danger. Halil made a run for the ball that bounced into the Galatasaray penalty area after goalkeeper Berke's goal kick. Halil, who had the ball in the double fight he entered, made his shot in the opposite position. Muslera did not give Halil a chance to score.
We made three changes in the 85th minute. While Gabriel Sara, Dries Mertens and Barış Alper Yılmaz left the game, Kerem Demirbay, Elias Jelert and Hakim Ziyech were the players who entered.
In the 87th minute, we came face to face with a goal in the penalty area. Kerem moved to Osimhen's heel pass and shot from the opposite position. Goalkeeper Berke saved the ball coming to his left. Jelert took the ball to the penalty spot with his chest and sent it to the goal with the top of his left foot. Goalkeeper Berke closed his goal with another save.
We could not take advantage of the positions we found with Batshuayi during the 6-minute overtime and the match ended in a 2-2 draw.
After this match, we will prepare for the Sivasspor match.
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