The goals that came with the superior game of the host in the first half made the job of Okan teacher very difficult. Midtsjö, Mertens and Yunus, who were the worst on the field, retreated to the club in the second half, and Galatasaray turned into a more competent team when Oliveira, Rashica and Barış entered.
Even the Oliveira corner, which hit Barış’s arm in the 55th minute, proved the unreasonableness of this player being cut from the starting 11.
Galatasaray was far from creating a danger in the opponent’s goal in the numerous set pieces and corners it won in the first half. The referees were right in the decision to cancel the goal. However, I was surprised, like almost everyone else in the stadium, that VAR did not intervene in the penalty that Galatasaray expected in the first half.