This game reminded me of the Galatasaray squad from my childhood. I'm talking about the 2012-2013 squad, the one that has the legendary striker Drogba, 2010's best player in the world Sneijder, and prime Burak Yilmaz.
We made it to the Quarter Finals of the Champions League that year and were eliminated by Prime Real Madrid. I still believe we could have proceeded, had VAR existed back then. We won the second leg in Istanbul 3-2, but that wasn't enough unfortunately. I still remember that game to this day. It's one of the core memories from my childhood. Who knows what we'll achieve in the CL this year? I guess time will tell.
I wasn't really expecting to win in the beginning. ManU is having a tough start of the season, but their squad is still worth nearly a billion and it's a CL game, which means they were going to take it more seriously to make it out of the group. Also, the game was at Old Trafford ffs.
Regardless, I'm glad to say I was proven wrong by Okan Buruk. He had a risky strategy, and it somehow worked out. Pressing that hard against a team that has Hojlund and Rashford --two incredibly pacey players-- and also insane passers like Casemiro and Erikson requires a shit ton of confidence. He went to Manchester to win, because there's no way you're not conceding with that approach. We conceded two goals, and scored three. Unbelievable!
Our first goal was kind of unexpected. Zaha literally bodied Dalot and with a bit of luck, scored the equalizer.
Second goal was incredible football. BAY turned into Turkish Mbappe after he subbed in, and changed the direction of the game with his pass to Kerem. Incredible first touch and class finish by Kerem. 2 - 2. Second equalizer. Only 4 mins after we conceded.
After Onana's terrible pass and Mertens' unmatched football IQ on the pitch, we got a penalty --which Icardi missed. I knew he was going to miss for some reason. I was dead silent for 4 minutes, until Mauro got a 1 on 1 with Onana and chipped him.
ICARDI ZORU SEVER.
Legend in the making...
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