Leader Galatasaray defeated Istanbulspor 2-0 in the 34th week of Spor Toto Super League.
The yellow-red team, which had more possession of the ball in the first half of the match held at the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium, found the goal they were looking for in the extra time, even though they had clear positions. Galatasaray, 45+11. Minutes, Mauro Icardi’s penalty kicked into the halftime lead 1-0.
In the second half of the match, both teams struggled to create positions. Icardi broke the silence in the 89th minute and brought the situation to 2-0. The match finished in this score.
With this result, the leader Galatasaray increased its score to 76. The yellow-red people increased the difference in points with Fenerbahçe to 8 with more than one match. Galatasaray caught an 8-point difference against Beşiktaş, with which they played the same number of matches.
Istanbulspor, on the other hand, was defeated for the 17th time in the 32nd match and remained on 35 points.
WINS THE SECOND MATCH IN A CONSEQUENTIAL
Galatasaray closed their second game in a row in the Super League with 3 points.
The yellow-red team, who left with a draw in the VavaCars Fatih Karagümrük match in the 31st week of the league, and lost in the Beşiktaş derby in the 32nd week, won the next 2 matches.
Defeating Medipol Başakşehir 1-0 in the field in the 33rd week, Galatasaray passed the Istanbulspor obstacle with a score of 2-0 in the 34th week.
ICARDI REACHES 17 GOALS IN THE LEAGUE
The Argentine star of Galatasaray, Mauro Icardi, aired the nets 17 times in the Super League.
The 30-year-old striker, who played for the 21st game in the league, is 45+11. He took the team 1-0 ahead by airing the nets in the minute. Argentine football player sent the ball to the net once again in the 89th minute of the match and scored the second goal of himself and his team. Icardi, who had 15 goals until this match, increased this number to 17.
Icardi has also scored 8 goals in the last 6 matches.
WINNING “TRIPLE” FROM NELSSON
Galatasaray football players experienced great joy with the final whistle of the match.
Victor Nelsson made the victory trio cheer, which has become traditional this season, among the yellow-red football players who celebrated the victory with their supporters.
Galatasaray fans also showed love to coach Okan Buruk at the end of the match.
ZANIOLO STATED ON THE FIELD FOR 6 MINUTES
Galatasaray’s Italian football player Nicolo Zaniolo saw a red card 6 minutes after entering the game and left his team with 10 players.
Zaniolo, who replaced Milot Rashica in the 69th minute of the match, received a yellow card in the 73rd minute fight with Mehmet Yeşil.
Referee Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu, who re-examined the position with the Video Assistant Referee (VAR) warning, showed the red card directly in the 75th minute after canceling Zaniolo’s yellow card.
WINS A PENALTY FROM VAR, GOAL CANCELED
1 goal scored by Galatasaray, who won a penalty with the VAR application in the extra time of the first half, was also canceled with the review.
45+7 of the match. Icardi, who caught the ball after Okan Erdoğan slipped and fell in the penalty area, passed his pass to Milot Rashica, who was moving to the penalty spot. Despite the intervention of Duhan Aksu, this football player slipped and hit, but the leather round came out from the side. Referee Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu, who decided to continue, watched the position again with the VAR warning and showed the penalty spot.
Using the penalty in the 11th minute of extra time, Icardi sent the ball into the net with a hard shot.
Golden 2 minutes later, Kerem Aktürkoğlu’s ball touched by Icardi’s heel in a six-pass in the middle of the right wing bounced off the defense and remained in front of this player again. The Argentine striker sent the ball into the nets from close range. After a VAR review, the position was found to be offside and the goal was disallowed.
THIS SEASON TAKE THE 12TH PENALTY
Galatasaray won a penalty for the 12th time this season.
The yellow-red players, who came to the white spot 5 times in the last 5 games in the Super League, used penalties for the 12th time in total. Using these penalties, 4 different players turned 8 of 12 penalties into goals and missed 4 of them.
While Icardi shook the net in 6 of 9 penalties, Sergio Oliveira and Nicolo Zaniolo each came to the ball and scored.
Bafetimbi Gomis could not benefit from the 1 penalty he used.
ISTANBULSPOR LOSE AFTER 5 MATCHES
Istanbulspor, which came out of the relegation line with its good performance in the last weeks, was defeated after 5 matches in the league.
The yellow-black team suffered its last defeat against MKE Ankaragücü in the 28th week, and in the following 5 fights, one of them was forfeited.