REINFORCEMENT FROM INFRASTRUCTURE
Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk recruited many football players from the infrastructure in the cup match. Metehan Baltacı started the fight at 11, while Jankat Yılmaz, Emin Bayram, Baran Demiroğlu, Özgür Baran Aksaka, Ali Turap Bülbül and Efe Akman waited in the hut.
Fernando Muslera, Victor Nelsson, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Emre Taşdemir, Lucas Torreira, Sergio Oliveira, Dries Mertens, Milot Rashica and Mauro Icardi, who took part in the 11th match in the derby played against Beşiktaş at the weekend, were not included in the squad of the Ofspor match, while Sacha Boey and Barış Alper Yılmaz were not included in the squad. It has a staff of 21 people.
Galatasaray, Ofspor match; Okan Kocuk, Leo Dubois, Mathias Ross, Metehan Baltacı, Patrick van Aanholt, Fredrik Midtsjö, Berkan Kutlu, Yunus Akgün, Juan Mata, Haris Seferovic and Bafetimbi Gomis went out with 11 of them.
Jankat Yılmaz, Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Emin Bayram, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Baran Demiroğlu, Özgür Baran Aksaka, Ali Turap Bülbül, Efe Akman, Kazımcan Karataş and Sacha Boey waited in the reserves.
Galatasaray fans did not leave their teams alone in the cup match. While the yellow-red fans were preparing the players for the match with their cheers before the fight, they also unfurled a ‘Welcome to Sami Yen Ofspor’ banner in the stands. Ofspor fans took their place in the away stands.