Fatih Terim: Babel was one of the best

Galatasaray and Çaykur Rizespor clashed in Turkish Super League match. Galatasaray scored a very late winner and had the 3-2 away win in Rize. There were so many dramas in the game but finally Gala has become the winning side. The match started fast and in the 5th minute, Mostafa Mohamed scored the first game of the game and put Galatasaray ahead. Later in the 17th minute with Joel Pohjanpola Çaykur Rizespor equalized but there was so much doubt before the goal. There had been 2 fouls on players of Galatasaray according to most of the commentators but the referee said play on. Joel scored 2nd for him and Rizespor in the 25th minute and the first half finished 2-1.

Second half Galatasaray had so many chances and first, in the 75th minute Mostafa Mohamed scored the second goal for Galatasaray and himself and leveled the game. Berkan Kutlu had the red card in the 86th minute and the home team had the penalty but they could not make the goal. The last-minute of the match was 90+11 and Diagne dribbled with the ball almost 40 meters by dribbling 2 men and assisted Olimpiu Morutan and he scored the winner.

Fatih Terim commented on the game: It was a well-deserved match for us. Everybody worked so much and did it. After Marseille, we had just 72 hours and it was tiring but my players have done what they had to do. Babel played one of the best. He did what we want. He was this one before, too. Sometimes there can be some ups and downs but we know who he is.