Galatasaray scored a last-minute winner to knock out Girondins Bordeaux in a seven-goal thriller to reach the last 16 and stay on course for a UEFA Cup final in their home city of Istanbul.
Turkey defender Sabri Sarioglu struck from the edge of the penalty area to give the 2000 UEFA Cup winners a 4-3 first knockout round victory at the Ali Sami Yen stadium as Bordeaux’s
fine fightback from 3-1 down ended in heartbreak.
“We needed a victory like this,” Galatasaray chairman Adnan Polat told reporters. “We experienced a short crisis period. We
saw in this match signs that we will recover quickly.”
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