The Turkish «Galatasaray», which is the closest opponent of Kyiv’s «Dynamo» in the main stage of the Europa League, played its first match of 2025, defeating «Göztepe» in the Turkish Championship.
Turkish Championship. Round 18
«Galatasaray» — «Göztepe» — 2:1 (1:1)
Goals: Osimhen (10 pen.), Akgün (61) — Cardoso (27)
«Galatasaray»: Muslera, Jacobs (Kutlu, 87), Sanchez, Ayhan, Bardakçı, Mertens (Shallai, 74), Akgün (Christensen, 90), Sara, Torreira, Yılmaz (Nelsin, 90), Osimhen (Batshuayi, 87).
«Galatasaray» continues to lead the Turkish Championship table alone, ahead of the second-placed «Fenerbahçe» by 8 points.
Recall, the match of the 7th round of the main stage of the Europa League «Galatasaray» — «Dynamo» will take place on January 21 in Istanbul.
