2024-09-11 06:41:36
Real Madrid had never beaten Galatasaray at their home ground in the past. But this time Madrid managed to do it in such style that Terim’s men will not recover from such a humiliating defeat for a long time.
The hosts started the game aggressively. Fatih Terim’s men did not shy away from threatening Iker Casillas’ goal from different distances, but they could not disturb the latter, because Iker collided with Sergio Ramos in the second minute and got injured, and after 15 minutes he had to leave the field, leaving the goal defense to Diego Lopez. The latter simply saved his team several times.
Only Felipe Melo had a chance to stand out from Galatasaray. But the Brazilian failed to convert any of his three attempts and Isco took advantage of the first opportunity. In the 33rd minute, the Real Madrid midfielder took possession of the ball on the line of the penalty area and sent it into the left corner of the goal, forcing Muslera to clear the ball from the net. Didier Drogba, the leader of the Turkish team, left the field due to an injury at the end of the first half.
10 minutes after the start of the second half, “Galatasaray” scored again. Benzema, taking advantage of a blunder by the defenders, was alone against Muslera and calmly scored. After that goal, the home team just gave up. Cristiano Ronaldo scored twice in the space of three minutes, then assisted Benzema before finishing with a brilliant individual performance to score his team’s 6th goal and his 3rd.
Galatasaray scored only 1 goal in this match, thanks to Bulut’s efforts, but conceded 6. This was an embarrassment for the Turkish team. The fans struck another blow. more than 50,000 spectators attended the match, but the referee’s final whistle was heard by almost empty stands.
In the other “Copenhagen”-“Juventus” match, the Turin team was considered an obvious favorite. But the “Old Signora” did not achieve the expected victory in Copenhagen, although it deserved 3 points. The visitors started the match actively, but the home team realized their first chance. Nikolay Jorgensen stood out in the 16th minute. After that, the visitors simply besieged the opponent’s penalty area, but Johan Wieland played wonderfully in the goal. At the end of the first half, the “lions” managed to take the game away from their own penalty area.
At the beginning of the second half, “Juventus” managed to equalize the score. Federico Peluso’s pass was completed by Fabio Quagliarella. It seemed that the Turinese had all the opportunities to crush the opponent, they created dozens of goal-scoring moments, but Wieland always saved his team at the last moment. In some episodes, the guests were simply unlucky. For example, in one of the episodes, after Paul Pogba’s shot, the ball hit the goal post.
“Copenhagen” was able to keep an important draw for them. And “Juventus” had a bad start in the Champions League and now they must try to win the next games.
“B” group
N | team | X: | Q: | O | P: | Col. | M: |
1 | Real Madrid | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6-1 | 3 |
2 | “Juventus” | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 1 |
3 | “Copenhagen” | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1-1 | 1 |
4 | Galatasaray | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-6 | 0 |
17.09.13 “Galatasaray” – “Real” 1:6
17.09.13 “Copenhagen” – “Juventus” 1:1
02.10.13 “Juventus” – “Galatasaray”
02.10.13 “Real” – “Copenhagen”
23.10.13 “Real” – “Juventus”
23.10.13 “Galatasaray” – “Copenhagen”
05.11.13 “Juventus” – “Real”
05.11.13 “Copenhagen” – “Galatasaray”
27.11.13 “Real” – “Galatasaray”
27.11.13 “Juventus” – “Copenhagen”
10.12.13 “Galatasaray” – “Juventus”
10.12.13 “Copenhagen” – “Real”