Champions League 2023/24 - Matchday 3
## Galatasaray S.K. 1-3 FC Bayern München
Match Info:
Date: October 24th, 2023
Time: 18:30 CET
Venue: RAMS Park, Istanbul
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Recent Form (right most recent):
FC Bayern München: WDWWW
Galatasaray S.K.: WWWWW
Current Champions League Table (prior to this weeks Matchday):
Team |
GP |
Wins |
Draws |
Loses |
GD |
Points |
1. FC Bayern München |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
6 |
2. Galatasaray S.K. |
2 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
3. FC København |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
-1 |
1 |
4. Manchester United |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
-2 |
0 |
Suspensions and Injuries:
FC Bayern München |
Galatasaray S.K. |
Player Status |
Neuer |
- |
Injured |
Goretzka |
- |
Injured |
Gnabry |
- |
Injured |
Guerreiro |
- |
Injured |
Upamecano |
- |
Injured |
Matchday Squads:
FC Bayern München
Starting Line-up:
Ulreich - Mazraoui, Kim, de Ligt, Davies - Kimmich, Laimar - Sané, Musiala, Coman - Kane
Substitutes:
Peretz - Choupo-Moting, Sarr, Müller, Tel, Krätzig, Pavlović
Galatasaray S.K.
Starting Line-up:
Muslera - Boey, Sanchez, Bardakcı, Karataş - Ayhan, Torrreira - Tete, Aktürkoğlu, Zaha - Icardi
Substitutes:
Güvenç - Angeliño, Demirbay, Mertens, Ziyech, Nelsson, Oliveira, Yılmaz, Ndombélé, Bakambu
DeLigt and Kim played amazing, would’ve got destroyed if not for them and Ulle.
At the same time I think we did miss Upa’s passing ability this game seeing as we were completely unable to beat the galatasaray press. Kimmich looked horrible party because he was receiving a lot of tough passes with opposition on his back, presumably because we were trying to rely on him to progress the ball when normally we rely on Upa.
If Tuchels plan was to weather the storm and win when they were tired, then fine it worked. But it’s a crime to not sub on Muller, especially when Musiala, Kimmich and Laimer are having stinkers.
Fortunate to come away with 3 points, but that ought to be the toughest game in the group stage for us, so cautiously optimistic in getting far in the UCL this year.
You‘re optimistic about a deep CL run after we just barely managed to win against Galatasaray??? They had an xG of 3.07 or something, if you give away these kind of chances to better and more clinical teams like Man City they will demolish us. This was the worst CL performance I‘ve seen in a long time, how is this grounds for optimism?