Galatasaray Begins Champions League with a Defeat
In the UEFA Women’s Champions League Group A, our representative Galatasaray Petrol Ofisi lost 3-0 to Lyon away.
Galatasaray Women’s Football Team, which qualified to compete in the UEFA Women’s Champions League for the first time in its history, faced French team Lyon in the first week of Group A.
The yellow-red team started the match with the following lineup: Gamze Yaman, Berna Yeniceri, Eda Karataş, Oluwatosin Demehin, Benan Altıntas, Kristina Bakarandze, Ebru Topçu, Ecem Esen, Arzu Karabulut, Maria Usme, Andrea Staskova.
In the 34th minute of the match, Kadidiatou Diani scored to put the French team ahead, and in the 45th minute, Vanessa Gilles extended the lead to 2 with another goal, ending the first half with this score. In the 77th minute, Kadidiatou Diani scored her second goal and the team’s third, increasing the lead to 3. This goal also determined the final score of the match. With this result, Galatasaray left the field with a defeat in their first Champions League match.
The yellow-reds will host Italian team Roma in their second Group A match on Thursday, October 17, at 19:45. In another match in Group A, Lyon will visit Wolfsburg at 22:00 on the same day.
