Galatasaray dominated the Turkish league this year. They ended the regular season with 9 more points than Fenerbahce. And they started the play-offs well, too, with an away win at Besiktas.
(Also, it should be mentioned that they were able to hold the Fener team, 2-2, on their own stadium, just a few matchdays ago.)
So, it's inexplicable how they could fuck up this game.
But that's exactly what happened.
Fenerbahce won, 2-1, at the Turk Telecom Arena.
Galatasaray played better. They certainly had most of the chances after Ziegler's goal, in the 17th minute. But, at least twice, the ball just would not go in.
After Inan's free-kick equalizer, Galatasaray should have been 2-1 up in a matter of minutes, but Fener goalkeeper Demirel pulled off an amazing point-blank save against Yilmaz's powerful finisher.
And, wouldn't you know it, just a few minutes later, the Galata defense was caught way too advanced, and Stoch punished their inadequate positions.
There was one more header from the home team that could have made a difference, not long after the 80th minute, the minute when Fenerbahce took the lead, but this was a day when everything went badly for Galatasaray.
They still lead in the standings, but Fenerbahce is now only 2 points behind. And Terim's team still has to go to the Kadıköy, on the last matchday. And there are four more matches left, for both teams, including that one.
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