Galatasaray becomes the first finalist in the Super Cup: Trabzonspor's goal disallowed
Galatasaray and Trabzonspor faced off in a major clash in the Turkcell Süper Cup semi-finals.
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Gaziantep Metropolitan Stadium, the match played at saw Trabzonspor's goal by Felipe Augusto in the 5th minute disallowed due to offside. It was not counted.
The yellow-reds in the 38th minute theleadwas secured.Barış Alper Yılmaz, connecting well with a cross to the back post from Roland Sallai—who had received the ball in the penalty area following a pass from Leroy Sane—put his team 1-0 ahead.
Galatasaray doubled their lead in the stoppage time of the first half, makingit 2-0. Eren Elmalı, who met the ball in the penalty area from a Mauro Icardi pass, left in the shot taken from a cross angle, despitegoalkeeper Onana'sintervention,the ball found the back of the net: 2-0
Thefirst half of thematch ended with Galatasaray's 2-0 leadended withthe score.
In the 55th minute, Felipe Augusto, following a low pass from Kazeem Olaigbe, scored the goal thatnarrowed the gap to one with a shotat thenear post.
In the 63rd minute, Galatasaraythe lead in the matchback to 2 extended. Barış Alper Yılmaz won the ball for Leroy Sane after applying pressure on Zubkov.
Leroy Sane dribbled past his opponent and delivered a pass to Yunus Akgün that was practically a 'tap-in' invitation. Yunus Akgün's shotthe ball went into the net despitethe interventionof goalkeeper Onana: 3-1.
ICARDI SET THE FINAL SCORE
TheYellow-Redsremaini ngsm found another goal in the 81st minute. Ahmed Kutucu passed the ball to Kazımcan Karataş. From Kazımcan Karataş's cross, Mauro Icardi, inside the penalty area,madeit 4-1 with a first-time strike on the ball.
Theremainder of thematch sawThere were no other goals, and Galatasaray secured a 4-1 victory toqualify for the Super Cup final..
Galatasaray thus will face the winner of the Fenerbahçe-Samsunspor mwill face the winner of thematchup.