The Turkish “Galatasaray”, which is the closest rival of Kyiv’s “Dynamo” in the main stage of the Europa League, played another match in its national championship yesterday.
Turkish Championship. Round 19
“Başakşehir” — “Galatasaray” — 1:2 (0:1)
Goals: Petnek (53) — Yılmaz (42, 59)
“Galatasaray”: Muslera, Jacobs, Sanchez, Ayhan, Bardakcı, Demirbay (Shallai, 75), Mertens (Kutlu, 83), Akgün, Torreira, Yılmaz (Batshuayi, 90), Osimhen (Nellson, 90).
It is worth noting that this is already the fifth consecutive victory for “Galatasaray” in the Turkish championship. The last time Okan Buruk's team lost points was on December 1, when they played a draw (2:2) with “Eyüpspor”. At the same time, the Istanbul team still does not know the taste of defeats: in 18 matches of the current championship, the “lions” have won 16 times and drawn 2 times.
“Galatasaray” continues to lead the Turkish championship table, ahead of second-placed “Fenerbahçe” by 11 points, having played one match more.
Recall that the match of the 7th round of the main stage of the Europa League “Galatasaray” — “Dynamo” will take place on January 21 in Istanbul.