Galatasaray defeated Fenerbahçe 3:1 in the big derby of Turkish football, which was played at the stadium of "Faners" "Şükrü Saraçoğlu". It was also the first derby by the Bosphorus in which Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho participated, but after an hour of play his team was already trailing by three goals and it was already difficult to get back into the match.
The goals that brought victory to the "yellow and red" were the work of Lucas Torreira in the 20th minute, Dries Mertens in the 28th minute and Gabriel Sara in the 59th minute. The goal for Fenerbahce was scored by Edin Dzeko from a penalty in the 63rd minute.
With this result, Galatasaray continued their unbeaten run and increased their asset to 18 points at the top of the standings. Fenerbahce remains in 2nd place with 13. In the next week in the League, Fenerbahce will face Antalyaspor as a guest. Galatasaray will host Kasampaşa. On the other hand, Galatasaray ended Fenerbahçe's 32-game unbeaten streak in the Super League.
Otherwise, the match started with Edin Dzeko's miss in the 6th minute, but then Galatasaray took the initiative and logically took the lead through Lucas Torreira, who scored on the volley. Goalkeeper Livakovic jumped, deflected the ball, but it went in anyway. In the 28th minute, Galatasaray doubled their lead when Victor Osimen headed home a cross from the right. Belgian Dries Mertens received the pass and scored for the second time.
Torreira assisted after an hour for the third goal, which was the work of Gabriel Sarah. Three minutes later, Fenerbahçe won a penalty. Fred, who received the ball in the penalty area, was left on the ground after the intervention of Abdulkerim Bardakçu as he went down towards the touchline. The referee Attila Karaoglan showed the point, and Dzeko sent the ball into the net with an accurate kick from the ground for 1:3.
Five minutes after the goal, Galatasaray's Yunus Akgyun had a goal disallowed for offside, and Fenerbahce came close to a second goal two minutes from time. En-Nesiri's header from the penalty area went over the crossbar, and the player simply needed to be more accurate with no resistance from the defense.