Galatasaray Istanbul remains the benchmark in the Turkish Süper Lig. In their seventh league match, Okan Buruk’s team celebrated their seventh victory with a 1-0 win against Alanyaspor. Gala temporarily extended its lead to nine points.
Mauro Icardi scored the most impressive goal of the day with a heel in the 23rd minute. Two minutes earlier, Leroy Sané could have given the visitors the lead, but his close-range header from Eren Elmali’s cross was saved by goalkeeper Ertugrul Taskiran. In the 77th minute, the German, who had recently been withdrawn from the national team by national coach Julian Nagelsmann, was finally taken off. He was substituted for Metehan Baltaci.
