Galatasaray lost 5-2 to Bundesliga 2 side Fortuna Düsseldorf in a pre-season friendly. Goals for the Reds came from Kerem Demirbay and Dries Mertens. “It’s an unfortunate result for us, but it’s a preparation match. It’s still early. We’ve been training for 12 days. “As the weeks go by and the players come back, we will get better,” he said.
Galatasaray took to the field in the match at the Raiffeisen Arena in Linz with Batuhan Şen, Leo Dubois, Metehan Bartak, Berkan Kutlu, Derick Corn, Lucas Torreira, Kerem Demirbay, Tete, Dries Mertens, Wilfried Zaha and Michy Batshuayi starting in the starting 11.
Fortuna Düsseldorf took a 2-0 lead with goals from Emmanuel Iyoha in the 22nd minute and Jona Niemiec in the 25th minute, before Galatasaray pulled within one with a goal from Kerem Demirbay in the 35th minute and went into halftime leading 2-1.
Okan Burku started the second half with a substitution of Teté Yusuf Demir, after the experienced coach brought on Hakim Ziyech and Efe Akman in the 68th minute, Sergio Oliveira, Halil Dervisoglu and Kazmuccan Karatas in the 78th minute, and Eyup Aydın, Ali Yesyurt, Gökdeniz Gülpiş and Eren Aydın in the 86th minute.
The Yellow-Reds drew 2-2 with a goal from Mertens in the 60th minute, while Fortuna Düsseldorf won 5-2 with goals from Danny Schmidt in the 64th minute, Matthias Zimmermann in the 73rd minute and Karim Afo in the 83rd minute.
Galatasaray lost 2-3 to Austrian representative LASK in the first friendly match of their Austria camp.
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