Batrakov scored his first goal for Galatasaray in the match against Barcelona

Turkish “Galatasaray” suffered a crushing defeat from the Spanish “Barcelona” in the home match of the second round of the General stage of the Champions League, which was held in Istanbul, the meeting ended with the score 1: 4.

The winners scored goals were Joao Cancelou in the 43rd minute, Fermin Lopez in the 50th, Anthony Gordon in the 53rd and Karim Adeyemi in the 66th. The losers only goal scored Alexei Batrakov in the 28th minute. At the same time, in the 34th minute, the goal of Barysh Yilmaz was canceled, which he scored after serving Batrakov from the corner.

Batrakov spent 57 minutes on the field. He scored his first goal for Galatasaray after moving in August from Lokomotiv Moscow, of which he is a pupil, and also made his first productive action in the Champions League. Russian footballers have not scored in the main tournament of Europe since 2021.

“Galatasaray” can not yet win the current Champions League draw: in the opening round, the team lost to the Portuguese “Sporting” with a score of 1: 3. In the next round, the Turkish club on October 21 will meet on the road with the French “Lille”.

Earlier it was reported that in Anapa the footballer died during the veteran tournament.