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Lille 2-4 Galatasaray: Osimhen Haunts His Old Club in Six-Goal Thriller
Victor Osimhen came back to haunt his former club on Wednesday, scoring the clinching goal as Galatasaray won a six-goal thriller 4-2 at Lille to claim their first Champions League points of the season.
The Turkish champions struck after just 66 seconds, Yunus Akgun pouncing on a poor defensive header. Lille’s 19-year-old winger Soriba Diaoune then took over, rounding the goalkeeper to level on seven minutes and scoring again on 39 minutes to put the French side in front. Aleksey Batrakov’s header from a Roland Sallai cross made it 2-2 at the break.
Seven minutes into the second half, Lucas Torreira’s near-post header from a corner took a final touch off goalkeeper Berke Ozer to restore Galatasaray’s lead, an effort later credited as an own goal. Osimhen, who had seen a first-half penalty award overturned by VAR, then finished a swift counter-attack on 61 minutes and kept his celebration muted out of respect for his old club.
The Nigeria striker was named player of the match. It was his first Champions League goal since February, and it took his tally to seven goals in eight appearances in all competitions this season. Galatasaray, beaten 4-1 by Barcelona last week, next host Stuttgart on November 3. Lille remain pointless.
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Borussia Dortmund vs Eintracht Frankfurt Preview: Unbeaten BVB Defend Second Place
Borussia Dortmund put their unbeaten Bundesliga record on the line on Saturday when Eintracht Frankfurt visit Signal Iduna Park (12:30pm ET) in one of the fixtures of the German weekend.
Niko Kovac’s Dortmund sit second with 14 points from four wins and two draws, level on points at the top, and their success has been built on a rock-solid defence: just four goals conceded in six games. Serhou Guirassy and Fabio Silva have four goals apiece, and BVB warmed up with a 2-1 Champions League win away to Sabah on Tuesday. Captain Emre Can remains sidelined, but the home form is formidable; the last meeting between these sides in Dortmund, in May, finished 3-2 to the hosts.
Frankfurt, 11th with eight points, are the division’s great entertainers and its great concern. They have scored 10 goals but conceded 16, were humbled 6-0 by RB Leipzig earlier this month, and only last week recorded a first clean sheet in 14 league fixtures in a 1-0 win over Koln. Jonathan Burkardt and Younes Ebnoutalib lead the line for Adi Hutter’s side, with Mario Gotze pulling strings behind them.
Dortmund start as clear favourites, but Frankfurt’s threat on the counter means the Yellow Wall may not get a quiet evening.
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