Galatasaray 3–1 Kasımpaşa
Your team won at home on Friday, October 9. Galatasaray 3–1 Kasımpaşa in the Süper Lig (2). The win takes your home unbeaten league run to 39 matches. The last home league defeat was May 19, 2024 (2).
The Spanish press watched it too. They wrote that the win, with ten men, gives your team a big lift before Barcelona. "Barça are trembling: a win with 10 men," one outlet wrote. And Osimhen is back (3).
You sit top of the Süper Lig on 16 points from 7 games, goal difference +5 (2).
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Flick: "the world's noisiest stadium"
Hansi Flick is not pretending this is a normal away day. "We play Galatasaray on Tuesday. We'll play in the world's noisiest stadium. We have to prepare for that. This is the Champions League, it's different" (1) (5).
He also named your striker. "Galatasaray have a fantastic striker in Osimhen, a really great squad. We have to be ready for this match. We have to play our best football against Galatasaray" (3) (5) (6).
Barcelona arrive on Tuesday, October 13, 21:00 CEST (1).
Barcelona warm up with 3–0
Barcelona beat Getafe 3–0 in La Liga, their eighth win from eight (8) (9). That is the form coming to your place. Flick spoke after the Getafe win and turned straight to Galatasaray (1).
Stuttgart won too
Stuttgart beat Paderborn 2–0 in the Bundesliga. They are another of your Champions League opponents (10). You travel to Lille on Wednesday, October 21 (18:45 CEST). Gençlerbirliği away comes first, Saturday, October 17, 15:00 CEST.
Fan reactions
The mood on r/galatasaray is confident and loud. Flick's line about the loudest stadium in the world is being shared as a compliment, and a vlogger who came to RAMS Park for the 3–1 win posted that the atmosphere was "INSANE." On the whole, fans are treating Tuesday as a night to be looked forward to, not feared. Thread
