Galatasaray Earns A Draw Against Atletico Madrid In Champions League Game

<p class&equals;"last-updated">Last updated on January 24th&comma; 2026 at 07&colon;41 am<&sol;p><div class&equals;"wp-block-image">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"aligncenter size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;igettalk&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;01&sol;30629-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"galatasaray-earns-a-draw-against-atletico-madrid" class&equals;"wp-image-114830" &sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Galatasaray gave a hard fight to earn a 1-1 draw on Wednesday in the Champions League against Atletico Madrid&comma; through an own goal from Marcos Llorente that ruled out an early goal scored by Giuliano Simeone&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Atletico Madrid recorded an early goal as the hit came in in the fourth minute after Alexander Sorloth passed through the midfield and made a precise pass to Matteo Ruggeri&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Italian went down the left and gave an accurate cross to the far post&comma; where Giuliano Simeone fired a header from a short distance into Galatasaray&&num;8217&semi;s net&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Galatasaray came back with pressure&comma; and their effort was rewarded in the 21st minute after the referee made the starting blow&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Leroy Sane made his way through the defense of Atletico before he released Roland Sallai&comma; who made the low cross that caused the chaos in the six-yard box&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In an attempt to clear the ball away from Atletico Madrid&&num;8217&semi;s six-yard box&comma; Llorente mistakenly kicked the ball into his own net&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The draw leaves Atletico Madrid with 13 points at the eighth place on the table as they hustle to make direct qualification for the last 16&comma; while Galatasaray has only 10 points and sits 16th on the table and remains in the playoff game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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