Galatasaray leaves Trabzonspor away match with a victory

In the match played at Papara Park, Trabzonspor came very close to scoring in the 38th minute. Edin Visca, who met the ball in the penalty area following a pass from Lundstram, fired a shot from the right diagonal, but Fernando Muslera closed his goal to the attempt; Muslera then made another critical save on the rebound from Batista Mendy's shot.

In the 45+5th minute, Trabzonspor came very close to scoring once again. A header by Okay Yokuşlu from a Visca cross hit the crossbar and returned to the field of play.

The first half of the match ended in a 0-0 draw.

Increasing their pressure in the second half, Galatasaray came very close to scoring in the 65th minute. A header by Mario Lemina hit the crossbar. The yellow-reds found the goal seconds after this position.

Abdülkerim Bardakcı rose well to the ball from a corner kick taken by Gabriel Sara and put his team 1-0 ahead in the match with his header.

The yellow-reds doubled the lead in the 84th minute. Alvaro Morata, who met the ball following a pass from Yunus Akgün, saw his shot find the net despite Uğurcan Çakır's intervention, bringing the score to 2-0.

There were no more goals in the remainder of the match, and Galatasaray left this difficult game with a 2-0 victory, adding 3 points to their tally.

With this victory, Galatasaray increased their points to 86 and finished the week at the top, 8 points ahead of their closest rival, Fenerbahçe. Trabzonspor, remaining at 46 points, is in 8th place.

Galatasaray will host Kayserispor next week in the league, while Trabzonspor will be the guest of Bodrum FK.

News Source: 12punto