It’s Wednesday, the 25th, and today is the 2nd-leg matchday of Juventus vs Galatasaray. The 1st leg ended in a dominant 5-2 win for Galatasaray in Istanbul. Goals by Sara, Lang, Sanchez, and Boey. Also, 2 goals by Koopmeiners to decrease the deficit. The 2nd leg will be at the Allianz Stadium, with the aggregate 2-5.
The 1st half whistle is blown, and the game begins! Both teams are about even, but Juventus is giving it their all, trying to score early. Penalty for Juventus! Torreira clearly topples Thuram in the box and gives a penalty away. Scored by Manuel Locatelli in the 37’ minute. The aggregate is now 5-3! For the rest of the half, Juventus were dominant on the attack. After 4 minutes of added time, the first half ends 1-0.
Shortly after the 2nd half started, Lloyd Kelly was shown a yellow after a controversial foul. VAR calls it back, and the yellow card is cancelled and changed to a red card. Juventus are down to 10 men, and the comeback chances are slim. Galatasaray are trying to keep the lead, but in the 70’ minute Federico Gatti scores! Juventus are now only down by one goal, and the dream comeback is still alive! Galatasaray hold more possession, but it doesn’t lead to any good chances. Juventus get a free kick around the halfway line, it’s crossed to Teun Koopmeiners, and he heads it towards goal. It looks weak, but Weston McKennie flies towards the post and heads it in! Juventus have done it, they’ve closed the gap and are now level at 5-5! The full-time whistle is blown, and it’s going to extra time.
Both teams start the 1st half of extra time with intensity. Juventus lead with shots, but Galatasaray has a small lead in possession. The referee adds 2 minutes of additional time for the 1st half of extra time. Victor Osimhen gets the ball in the box, and he scores! The score is now 5-6, what a match this has been! The 1st half of extra time has come to an end. The 2nd half of extra time starts. Can Juventus come back one more time? The game is even with both sides having chances to score. With one minute left of the game, Galatasaray get one last chance to score. Singo sends a beautiful through between Yilmaz and Osimhen. Yilmaz gets there first and shoots it and scores! Surely now Galatasaray advances to the round of 16.
