Galatasaray wins against PAOK with 3 goals. Substitute Icardi scores

Galatasaray hosted Greece's PAOK in the first week of the UEFA Europa League.

In the first half of the match played at RAMS Park, both Galatasaray and PAOK created chances, but there were no goals, and the teams went to the locker room tied at 0-0.

Galatasaray took the lead in the 48th minute of the match. From a corner kick taken by Dries Mertens, Osimhen's header deflected off PAOK defender Rahman Baba and into the net, bringing the score to 1-0.

PAOK equalized in the 67th minute of the match. In an attack developing from the right wing, Ioannis Konstantelias sent the ball into the net after it rebounded off Günay Güvenç, making the score 1-1.

The yellow-reds found the goal again in the 75th minute. Yunus Akgün struck well from a ball headed down by Victor Osimhen inside the penalty area, making it 2-1.

Galatasaray made it 3-1 with a goal in the 90+5th minute from their Argentine star Mauro Icardi, who came on as a substitute, and began their UEFA Europa League journey with a victory.

In the second week of the UEFA Europa League, Galatasaray will face Latvian side RFS away on Thursday, October 3.

GALATASARAY SECURES 6TH WIN IN 7 MATCHES AGAINST GREEK TEAMS

With the PAOK match, Galatasaray has won its 6th victory in 7 matches against Greek teams.

While Galatasaray defeated the Greek team PAOK 3-1 at home in the first week of the UEFA Europa League, they also maintained their dominance over Greek sides. The yellow-reds played against Greek representatives for the 7th time with this match, achieving their 6th victory. They were defeated in the only other remaining match.

Cimbom has scored 12 goals and conceded 5 in the 7 matches played against PAOK, Panathinaikos, Olympiacos, and Panionios.

WON AFTER 3 MATCHES IN EUROPE

With the PAOK match, Galatasaray won in European competitions after a 3-match drought.

The yellow-reds last defeated Sparta Prague 3-2 in Istanbul in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League round of 16 play-offs last season. Cimbom subsequently lost twice to Young Boys and once to Sparta Prague in the matches they played.

YUNUS AKGÜN SCORED HIS FIRST GOAL IN EUROPEAN COMPETITIONS

Galatasaray player Yunus Akgün scored his first goal in European competitions with the PAOK match.

While Galatasaray was playing against the Greek team PAOK at home in the first week of the UEFA Europa League, Yunus Akgün scored the second goal for the yellow-reds. In the 76th minute of the match, Victor Osimhen passed the ball to Yunus in front of the goal after Dries Mertens headed down a cross from Kaan Ayhan on the right wing. His shot went into the net, making the score 2-1.

The 24-year-old footballer thus experienced his first goal joy in European competitions in his career. Yunus Akgün also has 1 goal in the Süper Lig this season.

Yunus, who started the match in the starting 11, was replaced by Berkan Kutlu in the 87th minute.

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