ISTANBUL (TURKEY) (ITALPRESS) – Galatasaray still beats Liverpool in Istanbul. The round of the Champions League finals ended in the same way as the September match in the season: 1-0 and Victor Osimhen again protagonist. Not with a goal as in the last one, but with the aid for the former juventine Lemina who decides the match at 7′ with a blow in dip on the shore of the Nigerian after a corner kick beat by Sara.
The former Naples also touches the 2-0 to the 12′ with a header on Jakobs cross and sees to cancel a net at 64′ for a previous Yilmaz outage. Liverpool struggles to turn on with individuals. Mohamed Salah’s game lasted sixty minutes on the day of the record with the Reds jersey in the Champions League (81, over Jamie Carragher). A few playable balls instead for Hugo Ekitiké who at 66′ does not exploit one of the rare gifts of the Turkish backguard: Yilmaz is wrong with the reverse, the Reds centerpiece comes to you with Cakir but is walled by the Turkish porter.
The extreme defender combines it big to 70′ by wronging the time of the exit on a square football that turns into a mix: the ball enters the door, but the tie is canceled by the Var for a touch with the arm of Konate in the immediateness of the net. Overall, however, Cakir’s performance is more than positive than at 81’ closing the door, avoiding Sanchez’s autogol on an insidious Robertson cross.
The only news of the Giallorossi evening is the yellow card made in the final by the distrusted Davinson Sanchez, which will jump the challenge of return on Wednesday 18 March at Anfield Road. In a week Liverpool, away from the top in the Premier League, will play the season.
IL TABELLINO
GALATASARAY (4-2-3-1): Cakir 7; Singo 6, Sanchez 6.5, Bardakci 7, Jakobs 6.5; Torreira 6.5 (48′ st Gundogan sv), Lemina 7 (32′ st Sallai sv); Yilmaz 6.5 (48′ st Elmali sv), Sara 6.5 (42′ st Boey sv), Lang 6.5 (32′ st Osimhen 7. On the bench: Sen, Guvenc, Icardi, Sané, Kutucu, Asprilla, Ayhan. Coach: Buruk 7.
LIVERPOOL (4-2-3-1): Mamardashvili 6; Gomez 6, Konaté 5.5, Van Dijk 6, Kerkez 5.5 (15′ st Robertson 6); Gravenberch 6, Mac Allister 5.5; Salah 5 (15′ st Frimpong 5.5), Wirtz 5.5 (28′ st Gakpo 5), Szoboszlai 5; Ekitiké 5. On the bench: Woodman, Misciur, Jones, Nyoni, Nallo, Morrison, Ngumoha. Coach: Slot 5.
ARBITRO: Gil Manzano (Esp) 6.
RETE: 7′ pt Lemina.
NOTES: evening serene, soil in good condition.
Ammoniti: Kerkez, Van Dijk, Gravenberch, Szoboszlai.
Angles: 7-4 for Galatasaray.
Recovery: 2′; 4′.
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