Monza shock Galatasaray with 2-0 pre-season friendly victory | OneFootball

Monza caused a huge upset in their pre-season friendly, as Ivan Juric’s team beat Galatasaray 2-0 with goals from Andrea Carboni and Patrick Cutrone.

The team was celebrating its promotion into Serie A this summer after winning the play-offs, joining Venezia and Frosinone in the top flight.

They took on Champions of Turkiye Galatasaray this evening on neutral turf in Linz, and earned an unexpected triumph.

Monza beat Galatasaray 2-0 in a pre-season friendly (@GalatasaraySK)

Cutrone was the star of the show, as his acrobatic volley on a corner was nodded in from close range by Andrea Carboni.

The former Milan striker then got the second himself, turning in the rebound when Dany Mota Carvalho’s daisy-cutter had been parried into his path by goalkeeper Guvenc.

Karatas came closest for Galatasaray with an angled drive that skimmed the upright, but Guvenc needed a big save to prevent Carboni completing a brace.

Former Napoli striker Victor Osimhen came off the bench and threatened, but was unable to get his men on the scoresheet.

Monza 2-0 Galatasaray

A Carboni 23 (M), Cutrone 49 (M)

Monza: Thiam; A Carboni, Lucchesi, Kouadio; Delli Carri, Pessina, Colpani, Birindelli; Mota, Mout; Cutrone

Galatasaray: Guvenc; Jelert, Nelsson, Unyay, Karatas; Nhaga, Ugochukwu, Gabriel Sara; Sallai, Yuzgec, Guner