Galatasaray will face Spain’s Barcelona team away in the first match of the last 16 of the UEFA Europa League.
BARCELONA: Ter Stegen, Dest, Araujo, Eric Garcia, Jordi Alba, Pedri, Frenkie De Jong, Nico Gonzalez, Traore, Ferran Torres, Depay
RESERVES: Neto, Tenas, Pique, Busquets, Ricard Puig, Dembele, Braithwaite, Lenglet, Mingueza, Aubameyang
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Xavi Hernandez
GALATASARAY: Pena, Boey, Nelsson, Marcao, Van Aanholt, Taylan, Berkan, Feghouli, Babel, Kerem, Mustafa Muhammed
RESERVES: Muslera, İsmail, Alpaslan, Erick Pulgar, Gomis, Ömer Bayram, Morutan, Cicaldau, Kaan Arslan, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Emre Kılınç, Halil Dervişoğlu
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR: Domenec Torrent
MOMENT: 23.00
JUDGE: Benoit Bastien
STAT: Camp Nou
BROADCASTING: Exxen
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DIFFERENT IN THE LEAGUE, DIFFERENT IN EUROPE
The yellow-red team, which did not perform well in the Spor Toto Super League this season and remained far from the championship race, draws a different image in Europe.
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Galatasaray, which started its European adventure in the second qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, could not pass the Netherlands’ PSV team and continued on its way in the “Cup 2”.
In this organization, respectively, Scotland’s St. Johnstone, who eliminated Denmark’s Randers teams, made their name in the groups. Facing Italy’s Lazio, France’s Olympic Marseille and Russia’s Lokomotiv Moscow teams in Group E, Galatasaray got three wins and a draw each. “Cimbom”, who emerged as the undefeated leader of the group, advanced directly to the round of 16.
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THE ONLY MISSING TURAN
There are no missing players in Galatasaray, except for the injured captain Arda Turan.
Omar Elabdellaoui, who is not on the UEFA list, was included in the squad of the yellow-red people, while Arda Turan, who was injured, was not included in the camp squad.
THINGS ARE NOT GOING GOOD IN THE LEAGUE
Galatasaray is having one of the worst seasons in its history in the Spor Toto Super League.
In the remaining 28 matches in the league, the yellow-red team got 9 wins and 8 draws, and lost 11 matches. Galatasaray will enter the 29th week in the 12th place with 35 points.
Galatasaray, which won two wins and draws in 9 league games in 2022, could not score points in 5 fights.
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GOING TO DIFFICULT FIXTURES
Galatasaray will go through a tough fixture in the 1-month period that started with the Barcelona match.
In the UEFA Europa League today and on Thursday, March 17, the yellow-red team will face Barcelona, and in the Super League, they will play consecutive matches of Beşiktaş, Gaziantep FK, VavaCars Fatih Karagümrük and Fenerbahçe.
BARCELONA WAS 3rd IN THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE
Barcelona could not achieve the desired results in the UEFA Champions League this season.
Finishing third in La Liga last season, Barcelona moved directly to the Champions League groups. Facing the teams of Germany’s Bayern Munich, Portugal’s Benfica and Ukraine’s Dynamo Kyiv in Group E, the Spanish representative took the 3rd place with 2 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats in 6 matches.
Continuing on its way in the UEFA Europa League, Barcelona became the rival of Galatasaray by eliminating Napoli in the play-off stage of the last 16 with scores of 1-1 and 4-2.
In La Liga, Barcelona had 13 wins, 9 draws and 4 losses in 26 matches. The Catalan team under the management of Xavi Hernandez, who did not see the face of defeat in the last 11 matches played in the league, got 7 wins and 4 draws.
TORRENT AND PENA VS OLD TEAM
Galatasaray Coach Domenec Torrent and goalkeeper Inaki Pena will fight against their former teams.
The Spanish coach took part in the Barcelona B team in 2007 as an assistant to his compatriot Pep Guardiola. Torrent, who was in the technical team of the A team one year later, had a successful process under the management of Guardiola for 4 years.
Pena, which Galatasaray rented from Barcelona during the interim transfer period, played in burgundy-dark blue players in various age categories from 2013 to the end of January.
Assistant coach Jordi Gris and goalkeeper coach Ricard Segarra also served in Barcelona for a long time.
Arda Turan, the captain of the yellow-red team, also played for Barcelona for a while.
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