In the 6th week of the UEFA Champions League, Galatasaray lost 1-0 away to Monaco, one of the French 1st Football League teams.
II. The home team started the match at St. Louis Stadium under pressure. Galatasaray, which did not give its opponent any positions with a controlled game, took the lead after the 10th minute of the match. Although the yellow-red team created dangerous positions one after another in the opponent’s goal, they could not score.
Goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakır managed to block Monaco’s shots from outside the penalty area.
The first half of the match ended in a goalless draw.
Host Monaco entered the second half of the match well.
Uğurcan Çakır did not allow the goal to be scored in the penalty taken by the red-white team in the 51st minute. Monaco could not take advantage of the face-to-face positions with Folarin Balogun in the 59th and 62nd minutes.
The home team took the lead 1-0 with Balogun’s goal, taking advantage of the commotion in the penalty area after the corner kick in the 68th minute.
Galatasaray’s comeback efforts did not yield results and the match ended with Monaco leading 1-0.
YELLOW-REDS AT 9 POINTS
Galatasaray remained with 9 points at the end of the 6th week in the UEFA Champions League.
The yellow-red team started their “Giants League” adventure, which started with a 5-1 away defeat against Eintracht Frankfurt, and beat Liverpool 1-0 at home, Bodo/Glimt 3-1, and Ajax 3-0 away.
Galatasaray, which went through a difficult process due to injuries and suspended players, lost 1-0 to Union Saint-Gilloise, which it hosted in the 5th week match.
Galatasaray, which gained 9 points in the Champions League with 3 wins and 2 defeats in 5 matches, lost 1-0 away to Monaco in the 6th week.
Monaco, which had 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat until the Galatasaray match, increased its points to 9 with its second win in the league.
HE LOST 2 MATCHES IN A ROW
Galatasaray lost 2 consecutive matches in the UEFA Champions League.
The yellow-red team lost the Monaco match with a score of 1-0 after the Union Saint-Gilloise match in the 5th week.
Galatasaray also failed to clear the opponent’s net in the matches in question.
THE STAR OF THE MATCH WAS UĞURCAN ÇAKIR
Galatasaray goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakır left his mark on the match with his performance.
Uğurcan, who made critical saves on Maghnes Akliouche’s two shots in the first half of the match, started the second half well.
The national goalkeeper, who prevented Takumi Minamino’s shot before Monaco won the penalty in the 47th minute with the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) review, did not let Denis Zakaria pass in the penalty kick either.
Uğurcan Çakır, who played a leading role in his team closing the goal with his saves throughout his stay in the match, was injured in the 59th minute while facing Balogun.
Uğurcan, who continued to play for about 10 minutes after his treatment, was replaced by Günay Güvenç in the 68th minute.
OSIMHEN’S GOAL STREAK HAS ENDED
Galatasaray’s centre-forward Victor Osimhen’s 8-game goal-scoring streak in European cups is over.
Osimhen, who scored in the last 5 matches of the UEFA Europa League last season with the yellow-red jersey, enjoyed scoring 6 times. Reflecting his good performance this season, the 26-year-old center forward contributed to the score in all 3 matches he played in the UEFA Champions League.
Victor Osimhen, who has 6 goals in the “Giants League” this season, shook the opponent’s net 12 times in total in the 8-match series.
Osimhen could not continue his 8-game goal scoring streak in the Monaco match, where he remained on the field for 90 minutes.
PROTEST FROM MONACO FANS TO THEIR TEAMS
Fans of the home team protested their team’s poor performance.
Monaco fans reacted to their team’s poor performance in Ligue 1 and lack of good results in the UEFA Champions League. The fans hung the banners upside down in the stands and did not cheer for the first 15 minutes of the match.
HERE IS THE GOAL OF THE MATCH
Monaco took the lead with Balogun’s goal. pic.twitter.com/sAwmsY0Vd0
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