Galatasaray survive Juve scare to squeeze into Champions League last 16 / Photo: Isabella BONOTTO - AFP
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Galatasaray survive Juve scare to squeeze into Champions League last 16
Galatasaray scraped through to the last 16 of the Champions League despite throwing away a three-goal aggregate lead at 10-man Juventus on Wednesday, with two extra-time goals limiting the Turkish outfit to a 3-2 defeat.
Victor Osimhen and Baris Yilmaz scored the extra-time goals which allowed Galatasaray to win a thrilling tie 7-5 on aggregate and set up a clash with either Liverpool or Tottenham Hotspur in the next round.
Galatasaray's previous appearance in the last 16 of Europe's elite club competition was in 2014 and they were fortunate to make it through on Wednesday, even with Juve having to play most of the night with 10 men.
Juve were leading on the night through Manuel Locatelli's 37th-minute penalty when Lloyd Kelly was harshly shown a straight red card shortly after half-time for landing from a jump with his studs on Yilmaz's Achilles heel.
Kelly could hardly believe his eyes when he was initially hsown a second yellow crad.
But he was livid after a check on the pitchside monitor led referee Joao Pinheiro to revoke that decision only to show him a straight red card for serious foul play.
The English defender was filmed loudly proclaiming the decision "a disgrace" while Juve coach Luciano Spalletti looked on dumbstruck from the sidelines.
That decision looked to have killed Juve's chances of mounting a comeback but Federico Gatti pulled another goal back with 20 minutes remaining and 12 minutes later, after Kenan Yildiz hit the post from close range, Weston McKennie headed the hosts level in the tie.
Edon Zhegrova had his head in his hands in the sixth minute of extra-time when he slapped well wide a glorious chance to complete the comeback, and Osimhen punished Juve by stroking home his best chance of the game.
Yilmaz ended Juve's hopes of taking the tie to penalties with a goal which flattered Galatasaray, who splashed the cash last summer, including 75 million euros to take Osimhen from Juve's Serie A rivals Napoli.
Gala's vice-president Abdullah Kavukcu has been bullish in the last few days, saying that the club will sign Inter Milan midfielder and Turkey captain Hakan Calhanoglu.
But their performance on Wednesday was marked more by cynicism than quality, with Gala's players doing their best to waste time and buy fouls in the style of Italian teams of old.
L.Miller--AMWN