The Turks created the surprise and repelled the Catalan assaults.
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Barcelona Galatasaray
It was the poster of the evening in the round of 16 in the Europa League: FC Barcelona – Galatasaray. Barça broke their teeth on the Istanbul defense and on their goalkeeper trained in the Masia Inaki Pena. Pena disgusted Memphis Depay in the first half, taking out his free kick and then his wrap. At halftime, Xavi tried something and made three changes, including leaving Ferran Torres for Ousmane Dembele. The French winger wreaked havoc, but neither he nor Frenkie de Jong, who hit the upright in the 74th, failed to open the scoring. Galatasaray even believed that his efforts were rewarded with Bafe Gomis who had just ascended and who went into the depths to deceive Ter Stegen in the 78th, but the goal was canceled for offside following using the VAR. Big result for Galatasaray. Barça is expected at the turn for the return match.
The Monaco of Philip Clement was disillusioned following his Ligue 1 victory once morest Marseille this weekend. The Monegasques lost once morest the Portuguese of Braga (2-0). While ASM was trailing 1-0 before the break, a goal from Wissam Ben Yedder was canceled by the VAR. Monaco will have to reverse the situation at the Louis II stadium.
In the other matches of the evening, Atalanta won once morest Bayer Leverkusen (3-2). Ukrainian Ruslan Malinovskyi scored the first goal of to Goddess then offered two assists. Rangers easily won once morest Red Star Belgrade (3-0).
