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Football: Galatasaray return to top after goal galore

Galatasaray beat Kardemir Karabukspor 4-2 at home; Wesley Sneijder shines out by scoring two goals.

05.04.2015 - Update : 05.04.2015
Football: Galatasaray return to top after goal galore

ANKARA

Galatasaray won against Kardemir Karabukspor 4-2 in Spor Toto Super League match at their home, Turk Telekom Arena on Sunday and came out on top of the league again.

In the 26th minute home team Galatasaray took the lead when their winger Yasin Oztekin chipped the ball over the goalkeeper Abdulaziz Demircan. Kardemir Karabukspor goalkeeper charging out of the goal could not remove the danger: 1-0.

In the early minutes of the second half Galatasaray's Dutch star Wesley Sneijder doubled the gap by scoring from free-kick: 2-0.

In the 59th minute Galatasaray striker Umut Bulut made it three. Portuguese wunderkind Bruma delivered a through ball to Umut and Turkish striker's shot in the area beat the goalkeeper: 3-0.

In the 71st minute Kardemir Karabukspor narrowed the gap to two after Galatasaray defender Hakan Balta scored an own goal: 1-3.

In the 86th minute Kardemir Karabukspor midfielder Furkan Ozcal smashed outside the area and hit the target: 2-3.

In 90’, Galatasaray's Sneijder made it four on breakaway with Olcan Adin dishing the assist. This goal clinched the victory for Galatasaray, who are leading the league with 58 points.

Results:

Bursaspor 3-0 SAI Kayseri Erciyesspor

Akhisar Belediyespor 3-0 Gaziantepspor

Galatasaray 4-2 Kardemir Karabukspor

Fixtures:

Sunday

Torku Konyaspor vs Trabzonspor at 19.00 (1700 GMT)

Monday

Besiktas vs Istanbul Basaksehir at 20.00 (1800 GMT)

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