Galatasaray almost choked on fourth divisionist Ofspor in the Turkish cup on Tuesday evening. The team of Dries Mertens, Mauro Icardi and ex-Vitessenaar Milot Rashica, among others, managed to turn a 0-1 deficit into a 2-1 lead in the eightieth minute. Thanks to the victory, the team of trainer Okan Buruk advances to the fifth round of the Turkish cup tournament.
Patrick van Aanholt started in the base at Galatasaray, just like Juan Mata, among others. The home club saw how Ofspor took the lead after more than twenty minutes via Mirac Türkyilmaz. The striker was played on the left flank, dribbled in and shot from 25 meters with a phenomenal line: 0-1. However, it didn’t take long before Gala put things in order. Ten minutes before half time, Haris Seferovic Galatasaray scored again.
The attacker took a cross from Leo Dubois to his chest and scored with a hard volley: 1-1. It took until the eightieth minute before Galatasaray took the lead. Mata put the ball on the edge of the box to Berkan Kutlu, who then hit hard and low in the bottom right corner: 2-1. The home team goes through the victory to the fifth round in the Turkish cup.
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