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Turkish league leaders are six points ahead of Fenerbahçe after home win against Trabzonspor
Needing a win to stay six points clear of second-placed Fenerbahçe, owned by José Mourinho, Galatasaray found and beat Trabzonspor by the slimmest of margins, next Monday, in dramatic fashion and in a seven-goal match (4 -3).
It took only eight minutes for the leaders to open the scoring, thanks to Mertens’ goal, assisted by Akgun, but the reply did not come until nine minutes later from Tufan. In the 29th minute, the roles were reversed and it was the Turk who received a pass from the Belgian and put the home team back in front.
The start of the second half was poor, however, and the visitors managed to quickly turn the score around, with Simon Banza (51′), ex-SC Braga, getting level again, after an assist from Pedro Malheiro , former Boavista, and then helping. the encore from Tufan (55′). At a disadvantage, Buruk asked Batshuayi and the ex-Chelsea decided to lead the way in the turnaround: first with a penalty, in the 63rd minute, and then Yilmaz’s own goal caused, at the end of extra time (90 +8′).
Portuguese coach Basaksehir’s side beat them at home, but lost their starting goalkeeper, Livakovic, and two other players to injury
Interestingly, a month and a half ago, Trabzonspor had already lost to the other club in the fight for the title, Fenerbahçe, also significantly in stoppage time and in the total number of goals (2 to 3), but at home, at the moment. in the fight for maintenance, in 16th place.