Tremendous Eagles striker Victor Osimhen performed all 90 minutes as Galatasaray fell to a painful 2-1 loss to Besiktas on the Tupras Stadium on Saturday, Soccernet.ng reviews.
Osimhen returned to motion at Galatasaray after a topsy-turvy worldwide break that noticed Nigeria choose 4 factors from their 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers fixture towards Rwanda and Zimbabwe. Osimhen scored all of the targets for the Tremendous Eagles of their 2-0 win and their 1-1 draw towards the Warriors of Zimbabwe.
On his return to motion for the Turkish champions, coach Orkan Buruk threw straight into the thick of the motion as he led the road for the Lions of their cracker towards Besiktas.
The opening embers of the sport have been drab, however Besiktas managed to get in entrance within the twenty third minute, courtesy of a aim from Rafa Silva.
After that aim, Besiktas the sport was nonetheless balanced. However sadly for the reigning Tremendous Lig kings, Przemyslaw Frankowski was despatched off within the thirty sixth minute after a foul foul. That incident put the sport in Besiktas’ arms. However Galatasaray nonetheless eked out a aim by Lucas Torreira simply earlier than the break.
Osimhen was caged within the first half, however he was extra energetic within the second, as he had 4 aim makes an attempt, albeit none of them troubled the goalkeeper.
Besiktas scored once more within the 66th minute by Gedson Fernandes, and that was simply sufficient to seal the 2-1 win for the Black Eagles.
The loss was simply Galatasaray’s first this season, and it now places them in a dangerous state of affairs of their push to win a 3rd consecutive Turkish Tremendous Lig trophy.
Can Victor Osimhen nonetheless lead Galatasaray to silverware?

When Galatasaray introduced in Victor Osimhen in the summertime, the task was to win the Tremendous Lig title and the Europa League trophy at most. However they have been knocked out of the Europa League within the spherical of 16 playoffs.
Now, the one trophies that the Lions can win are the Tremendous Lig and the Turkish Cup. Following their loss to Besiktas on Saturday, Galatasaray are actually six factors forward of Fenerbahce, who’ve a sport in hand.
If Fenerbahce win their excellent sport, it’s going to put Galatasaray underneath strain. Nonetheless, they’ve the standard and expertise to tug it off.
Osimhen isn’t any stranger to successful titles, as he did it with Napoli two years in the past. Galatasaray can be banking on him to provide the targets on this house stretch of the season.
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