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Galatasaray edges past Samsunspor in a thrilling encounter
Istanbul, Turkey – Galatasaray secured a 4-2 victory over Samsunspor in a captivating match at Rams Park Stadyumu on Sunday. The game was characterized by a back-and-forth exchange of goals and yellow cards.
Osimhen opened the scoring for Galatasaray in the 3rd minute, receiving a pass from Torreira. However, Samsunspor equalized through a Ntcham penalty in the 50th minute. Osimhen put Galatasaray back in front in the 55th minute, but Samsunspor tied the game again with a penalty from Ait Bennasser in the 90th minute.
In the closing stages, Galatasaray managed to secure the win thanks to goals from Batshuayi (85th minute) and Ait Bennasser (90th minute).
Galatasaray dominated possession (58% vs 42%), creating more scoring opportunities (18 shots, 7 on target) and taking more corners (7 vs 3). However, Samsunspor had their chances with 5 shots on target.
The match was marred by a constant stream of yellow cards, with 3 for Galatasaray and 3 for Samsunspor.
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Substitutions galatasaray: at minute 46 V. Nelsson came in and I. Jakobs went out., at minute 75 B. Kutlu came in and B. A. Yilmaz went out., at minute 75 M. Batshuayi came in and D. Mertens went out., at minute 82 H. Ziyech came in and V. Osimhen went out., at minute 88 E. Jelert came in and Y. Akgun went out.
Substitutions samsunspor: at minute 65 G. Laura came in and E. Kilinc went out., at minute 65 K. Schindler came in and L. Dimata went out., at minute 79 A. Muja came in and Z. Yavru went out., at minute 80 S. Aydogdu came in and C. Holse went out., at minute 89 F. Tait came in and O. Ntcham went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Galatasaray
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Samsunspor
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