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Galatasaray hammer 10-man Juventus 5-2 in Champions League playoff thriller

Galatasaray dominated with five goals including key strikes by Noa Lang and Gabriel Sara while Juventus played with 10 men after Juan Cabal's red card, boosting their Round of 16 hopes.

  • On February 17, 2026, Galatasaray secured a 5-2 victory over Juventus with Noa Lang and Gabriel Sara starring in the first leg of their Champions League playoff.
  • At RAMs Park on Tuesday night, Galatasaray, Turkish Super Lig champions, targeted a place in the next knockout round, with Victor Osimhen warning they couldn’t afford mistakes.
  • Noa Lang then restored parity and set the tone, with Lang scoring his second in the 75th minute and Sacha Boey adding the fifth later, sealing the win.
  • Disciplinary issues altered the game's balance as Juan Cabal, Juventus full-back, was dismissed for a second booking, with Gabriel Sara and Andrea Cambiaso also receiving cautions.
  • The return leg is scheduled in Turin on February 25, as Osimhen's Champions League experience against Juventus enhances Galatasaray’s chances, with six goals in six outings.
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Paris Saint-Germain - Monaco 3-2, Benfica - Real Madrid 0-1, Borussia Dortmund - Atalanta 2-0 and Galatasaray - Juventus 5-2, in the episodic play-offs of the knockout phase

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Real Madrid wins at Benfica this time. The focus is on an alleged racist insult by Vinicius Jr. defending champion Paris wins as well as Galatasaray.

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An ex-Bavarian professional even meets: Galatasaray Istanbul sets an exclamation mark against Juventus Turin in the beginning of the Champions League playoffs. The Turkish club turns a half-time lag in an impressive way.

Istanbul, Turkey. Juventus fell 5-2 to the Galatasaray this Tuesday in Istanbul on the way to the respite of the eighths of the Champions League of Europe, so he sees his options to move forward in the competition very compromised.The Turinese, who won rest 2-1, sank in the second part and were left against the ropes before the game back, next week.Taking advantage of a bad control of Kenan Yildiz in a band sack in the middle Italian camp, the T…

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The Turks won 5-2 in a thrilling match, with the Hungarian international on the pitch the entire time. Defending champions PSG came from 2-0 down against Monaco.

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Daily Sabah broke the news in Türkiye on Monday, February 16, 2026.
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