He Copenhagen will play for the second time in its history the round of 16 of Champions after achieving a strong victory this Tuesday (1-0) against a Galatasaray who woke up late and couldn’t beat a brilliant Kamil Grabara who, with his miraculous interventions almost over the match, avoided a draw for a Turkish team that had to settle for European Leaguewhich is not in a group where the Manchester United He was left out of all continental competitions.
The Danish defensive intensity created many problems for a Galatasaray who were in control for most of the first half. At the beginning of the second, the locals took advantage of the scoreboard, thanks to a shot at will from the midfielder Lukas Lerager after the pass Achouri.
The Turks had no choice but to step up in search of an equaliser. Akturkoglu sent a great service with high heels in the clouds icardi and Bakambu shot into the side of the net. In Copenhagen with ten for double yellow for the scorer Lerager In the 90th minute, ‘Galata’ turned the tables and in crazy stoppage time they came close to a draw which the Pole avoided. record with some super stops.
Copenhagen
10
GALATASARAY
Copenhagen: Records; Ankersen, Vavro, Diks, Jelert; Lerager, Falk, Gonçalves (Cornelius, m.67); Achouri (Boilesen, m.81), Claesson, Elyounoussi (O. Højlund, m.90).
Galatasaray: Legguard; Boey, Sánchez, Bardakci, Angeliño (Yilmaz, 77); Ayhan (Mertens, m.61), Torreira (Oliveira, m.77); Tetê (Ziyech, m.61), Aktürkoglu, Zaha (Bakambu, m.65); Icardi.
Purpose: 1-0, Lerager (m. 58)
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy). He showed a yellow card, for Copenhagen, to Jelert (m.37). He sent off Lerager for a double yellow card (m.85, m.89); for Galatasaray, to Zaha (m.55).
Incidents: The match equivalent to the last day of group A of the Champions League was played at the Parken stadium in Copenhagen in front of 34,726 spectators (full), including several thousand Galatasaray fans.
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In the end, big party at Park for the hard-fought qualification for the round of 16. The players and fans celebrated it like a title. The Danish team, which has won five at home against many Turkish rivals in European competition, had a magical night.
Source: La Verdad
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