Galatasaray and Manchester United has both shown a game to remember at Champions League.
Foremost, it is important to note that both sides has shown one of the best, if not best game of the season, as game has been played at high tempo with chances coming in same speed as did pouring rain whole day did in Istanbul.
It needs to be stated that Galatasaray didnt have very good game as it is possible didnt expect for Manchester United to have such fast-tempo and attacking game as English side has made it clear that their did come out for a win. However, as game turned into 2:0 for Galatasaray did provide response which was expected for them as it provided similar tempo as did Manchester United and did find a great goal before half-time from Hakim Ziyech who has scored from free-kick which did come as mixture of great shot from Galatasaray and also mistake from Onana. Following 3:1 scoreline when McTominay has scored on 55th minute, rather than reducing tempo and losing concetration which seems to be case with Turkish clubs, Galatasaray has responded on right manner and has provided pressure for rest of the game and has shown that its not behind from Manchester United which did by the way has provided one of the best performances during this season. This has also been also an important point which could mean that team could qualify to next round thanks to it.
Manchester United did have a very good start of the game with finding 2 goals on first 20 minutes but it needs to be stated that poor performance of Onana who continues showing not very good performance at his team did play an important role for side to lose 2 points as Manchester United did show in overall good performance which it did on previous weeks.
Following this result, Galatasaray did get into advantage point with such point for getting into next round of the tournament but it would still need to get good result against Copenhagen in last week of group stage.
Fenerbahce would play game for leadership against Nordsjaelland.
Fenerbahce would be coming to a game at Conference League where win would be able to guarantee top spot in the group and hence let team not to play next round at knockout round while there is risk of losing top 2 spot if it loses game.
Despite of winning all of the 3 games until losing to Ludogorets during last game, Fenerbahce does run a risk of not getting out of group due of closeness at the group among three teams and hence this would be a tough game. Fenerbahce on positive note with a win against Fatih Karagumruk at the last game has ended its negative record of not winning 3 games and hence did regain its morale and confidence for such an important game. Nordsjaelland will be underdogs when looking at the quality of both teams but it would be coming out with extra motivation due of importance of the game and hence Fenerbahce would need to take this game also with respect and seriousness to opponent. It also needs to be noted that it is expected to be cold and snowy day as game is to be played in Denmark and Fenerbahce would need to be ready for such conditions.
Fenerbahce will be coming out as favourite but due of condition of the team it would see opponent which would seek at least for a draw.
Besiktas lack of aim could have negative impact against Club Brugge
Besiktas as it is known would be playing formality games as it would be meeting with group leaders Club Brugge which are seeking to win game to get leadership of the group.
Besiktas does come out on good form, how ironic it might not sound, as it did win 2 games with Riza Calimbay but it does lack extra motivation of getting leadership, which is present at Club Brugge and this could be key area which does put Belgian side as favourites. Regardless how much Besiktas are wanting to continue its run, has positive impact of coefficient points for Turkey the thought from players of it being formality game could have negative impact to team.
Club Brugge are favourites with all this outcomes and likely to control game on its own pace.
Results:
UEFA Champions League, Group A, 5th week:
Galatasaray 3:3 Manchester United
Bayern Munich 0:0 Copenhagen
Schedule:
UEFA Conference League, Group D, 5th week:
20:45 Besiktas - Club Brugge
20:45 Bodo/Glimt-Lugano
UEFA Conference League, Group H, 5th week:
23:00 Nordsjaelland - Fenerbahce
23:00 Spartak Trnava - Ludogorets
In other news:
- Besiktas CEO candidate Serdar Adali has stated that club would make 2-3 transfers during mid-season transfer window and stadium capacity would raise by 9,836,000.
- Fenerbahce are interested to transfer Arsenal player Jorginho.
- AlShabab considers to offer 9 million euro to Fenerbahce for Irfan Can Kahveci,
- NothingamForest has started loan negotiations with Fenerbahce for Ryan Kent.
- ManchesterUnited considers to offer 25,5 million euro for Galatasaray player Sacha Boey.
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