Galatasaray put five past imploding Juventus to close in on the next round | OneFootball

Galatasaray took a big step towards the next round of the Champions League after defeating Juventus 5-2 in Turkey.

In what was a thrilling game in Istanbul, the home team took the lead after pouncing on a Juve mistake – something that was a theme of the game. A throw-in inside the Juve half towards their own box was intercepted with the ball eventually falling to former Norwich City man Gabriel Sara to fire past Michele Di Gregorio.

That lead lasted just seconds though when Andrea Cambiaso, at fault for this first, whipped in a delightful cross for Pierre Kalulu. Uğurcan Çakir did well to keep it out only for Teun Koopmeiners to pounce on the rebound.

The Italian side took the lead with just over a half hour through a sublime finish. The Dutch international linked up with Weston McKennie before rifling an unsaveable effort into the roof of the net.

Luciano Spalletti had already been forced to replace Bremer with Federico Gatti in the first half and at the break Juan Cabal was brought on in the place of Cambiaso.

Galatasaray equalised shortly after the restart when Baris Yilmaz forced Di Gregorio into a solid stop but the ball fell nicely for Noa Lang to bury the rebound.

Cabal hadn't done well for Galatasaray's second and he was culpable for the third as well. It was the Colombian who gave away the freekick that was whipped in with power by Sara with Davinson Sánchez getting something on it to complete the turnaround.

Things got worse for Juve in the 67th minute when Cabal's dreadful cameo ended with his second yellow card for an unnecessary foul in the middle of the pitch.

From that point on Okan Buruk's side knew this was the ideal chance to take a commanding lead back to Turin. It was 4-2 in the 75th minute and it was again from an error. 

Khéphren Thuram's pass inside his own box was dreadful allowing Victor Osimhen to pinch the ball back about six yards from goal with Lang applying the finishing touch.

There was still time for one more as Sacha Boey, on for just a few minutes, found space on the right and put in an accomplished finish to put his side in a commanding position.