2023-12-13 00:48:37
He Copenhagen will play for the second time in its history the round of 16 of the Champions after achieving a hard-fought victory this Tuesday (1-0) against a Galatasaray who woke up too late and couldn’t beat a brilliant Kamil Grabara who, with his miraculous interventions with the match practically over, avoided a draw for a Turkish team that will have to settle for the Europa Leaguewhich is not a bit in a group where the Manchester United He was left out of all continental competitions.
The Danish defensive intensity generated many problems for a Galatasaray who had control for much of the first half. At the beginning of the second, the locals took advantage on the scoreboard, thanks to a shot at will from the midfielder Lukas Lerager after a pass Achouri.
The Turks had no choice but to go up in search of an equalizer. Akturkoglu sent a great high-heeled service to the clouds Icardi y They are things shot into the side of the net. With Copenhagen with ten for a double yellow for the scorer Clay storage In the 90th minute, ‘Galata’ overturned and in a crazy stoppage time they came close to a tie that the Pole avoided. will record with several super stops.
Copenhagen: Recorder; Ankersen, Vavro, Dix, Jelert; Lerager, Falk, Gonçalves (Cornelius, m.67); Achouri (Boilesen, m.81), Claesson, Elyounoussi (O. Højlund, m.90).
Galatasaray: Muslera; Boey, Sanchez, Bardakci, Angelino (Yilmaz, 77); Ayhan (Mertens, m.61), Torreira (Oliveira, m.77); Tetê (Ziyech, m.61), Aktürkoglu, Zaha (Bakambu, m.65); Icardi.
Gol: 1-0, Lerager (m. 58)
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy). He showed a yellow card, for Copenhagen, to Jelert (m.37). He sent off Lerager for a double yellow (m.85, m.89); for Galatasaray, to Zaha (m.55).
Incidences: Match corresponding to the last day of group A of the Champions League played at the Parken stadium in Copenhagen in front of 34,726 spectators (full), including several thousand Galatasaray fans.
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In the end, big party in the the park for the hard-fought qualification for the round of 16. Players and fans celebrated it as if it were a title. The Danish team, which has won five at home against as many Turkish rivals in European competition, had a magical night.
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