You were amazing, boys! Galatasaray heads to the away leg with an advantage!

Galatasaray faced Sparta Prague in the first leg of the UEFA Europa League play-off round.

Galatasaray won the match played at RAMS Park 3-2. Galatasaray took the lead in the 19th minute with Kerem Demirbay. Prague responded to this goal in the 47th minute with Angelo Preciado. Our representative took the lead again in the 60th minute with a goal from Mertens. Just 5 minutes after this goal, Jan Kuchta equalized for Prague. Galatasaray found another goal with Icardi in the 90+1st minute and took a 3-2 lead. There were no more goals in the match and the contest ended 3-2.

In Galatasaray, Victor Nelsson was shown a red card in the 62nd minute, leaving his team with 10 men. In Sparta Prague, Matej Rynes was shown a red card for a second yellow in the 80th minute, leaving his team with 10 men.

In the yellow-red team, Kaan Ayhan was injured in the 55th minute and was replaced by Abdülkerim Bardakcı.

The return leg of the match will be played on Thursday, February 22, at 23:00.

MINUTE - SCORE | Galatasaray 3-2 Sparta Prague

90+1' GOAL | Galatasaray makes the score 3! Following Barış Alper's pass from the right wing, Icardi shot from the edge of the penalty arc. Peter Vindahl Jensen can do nothing about the ball heading into the corner.

82' YELLOW CARD | Kerem Aktürkoğlu from Galatasaray and Ladislav Krejci from Prague were shown yellow cards.

80' RED CARD | Sparta Prague is down to 10 men! In Prague, Matej Rynes was sent off after receiving a second yellow card for his challenge on Barış Alper's face.

79' YELLOW CARD | The referee showed a yellow card to Veljko Birmancevic for time-wasting.

66' GOAL | Sparta Prague equalized again. The score is 2-2. Angelo Preciado crossed the ball he received on the right wing. Jan Kuchta sent the ball into the corner of the net with a clean header.

62' RED CARD | Victor Nelsson from Galatasaray was shown a red card. Veljko Birmancevic, who was moving onto a ball played behind the defense, went down. The referee showed a red card to Victor Nelsson on the grounds of denying an obvious GOAL scoring opportunity.

60' GOAL | Galatasaray took the lead again! Mertens' cross into the penalty area was deflected by a Sparta Prague player's header directly into their own net.

49' YELLOW CARD | Kaan Ayhan from Galatasaray went down. Matej Rynes was the one who received a yellow card.

47' GOAL | Sparta Prague found a goal with Preciado. The score is 1-1. The ball that bounced out from a free kick taken from the left side fell to Angelo Preciado. Preciado's powerful first-time shot hit the ground and went into the net.

47' YELLOW CARD | Barış Alper from Galatasaray was shown a yellow card for fouling his opponent.

41' YELLOW CARD | Qazim Laci from Sparta Prague was shown a yellow card for protesting the referee.

19' GOAL | Galatasaray took a 1-0 lead! Kerem Demirbay, who received the ball on the left diagonal, entered the penalty area. Kerem's powerful shot from the angle found the net right by the post.

1' The first whistle has blown in the tough contest.

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