Turkish Galatasaray managed to get a 0-0 draw with Barcelona, this evening, Thursday, in the first leg of the European League final, at the Blaugrana “Camp Nou” stadium. We publish to you a summary of the full match between Barcelona and Galatasaray.
Today’s draw is the postponement of the final match, which will be held next Thursday at the “Turk Telecom Arena” in Istanbul, Turkey.
The match started quietly from both teams in the first quarter of an hour, without any real threats between them.
The Barcelona-Galatasaray match ends without goals
Barcelona’s first attempt came in the 27th minute through a direct free kick from Memphis Depay, which Galatasaray goalkeeper Inaki Peña managed to tackle.
Galatasaray player Akturkoglu sent a powerful shot inside the Barca penalty area, but it hit Eric Garcia and passed over Barcelona goalkeeper Ter Stegen in the 36th minute.
Memphis Depay managed to send a missile shot at the edge of the Galatasaray penalty area in the 41st minute, but goalkeeper Inaki Peña excelled by stopping it and turning it into a corner.
The events of the first half of the match ended in a goalless draw.
Summary of the Barcelona and Galatasaray match
With the start of the second half of the match, Busquets almost scored Barcelona’s first goal in the 57th minute through a powerful header that Galatasaray goalkeeper Peña managed to stop.
Barca player Memphis Depay hit a powerful ball, but it passed over the Galatasaray goal in the 61st minute.
Adama Traore sent a cross to Jordi Alba, who shot directly, but the ball flew over the Turkish team’s goal in the 62nd minute.
Barcelona striker Aubameyang called for a penalty kick in the 69th minute following falling inside the Galatasaray penalty area, but the referee refused to award any penalty kick to Barca.
Barcelona striker Ousmane Dembele shot a powerful ball, but it passed over Galatasaray’s goal in the 73rd minute.
Barcelona match result today
Adama Traore also sent a cross ball into the penalty area for Galatasaray, which reached Aubameyang, who received it and hit a scissor kick that reached Frenkie de Jong, who continued to shoot directly at the goal, but it hit the right post and the goalkeeper caught it in the 75th minute.
Gomez scored the first goal of Galatasaray in the 78th minute, but the referee decided to cancel the goal for offside.
Jordi Alba of Barcelona scored a powerful ball, but it reached the hands of Galatasaray goalkeeper Inaki Peña in the 82nd minute.
Barca’s attempts continued in the last minutes in order to score the victory goal, but to no avail, as the Catalan team’s task would be difficult to meet the return leg in the Turkish stronghold in Istanbul.
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