Victor Osimhen registered two assists as Turkish champions Galatasaray thrashed Juventus 5-2 within the first leg of their UEFA Champions League play-off in Istanbul on Tuesday.
Regardless of trailing 2-1 at half-time, the Turkish giants produced a dominant second-half show, scoring 3 times after the break and capitalising on Juventus’ numerical drawback following Juan Cabal’s second yellow card within the 67th minute.
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Galatasaray struck first at house, with Gabriel Sara firing a left-footed effort into the bottom-left nook within the fifteenth minute.
The lead lasted barely a minute, nonetheless, as Teun Koopmeiners equalised for Juventus with a right-footed end after goalkeeper Michele Di Gregorio had initially saved a header from Pierre Kalulu.
Koopmeiners then gave the guests the lead within the thirty second minute, changing from shut vary after being picked out by Weston McKennie on the counter-attack. Juventus’ issues had been compounded by a first-half damage to Bremer, who was changed by Federico Gatti.
Galatasaray emerged from the interval with renewed depth. Barış Alper Yılmaz compelled a save from Di Gregorio earlier than Noa Lang tapped house from shut vary within the forty ninth minute to stage the rating at 2-2.
Momentum swung decisively in favour of the hosts, and Davinson Sánchez restored their lead within the sixtieth minute, heading in from a Gabriel Sara set-piece to make it 3-2.
With Juventus decreased to 10 males, Galatasaray ruthlessly exploited the area, stretching the benefit to seal a complete 5-2 victory.
The consequence leaves Galatasaray in a commanding place forward of the second leg in Turin, with Juventus now going through the daunting job of overturning a three-goal deficit to maintain their Champions League marketing campaign alive.
