Galatasaray’s English blues continue
Cesare Prandelli’s reign as Galatasaray hasn’t gotten off to the greatest of starts and the last place he would have wanted to go to was England. The Turkish side have never won on English soil and on the evidence of their first half display, it looked as though that wasn’t going to change anytime soon. The former Italy manager started with a slightly unusual back three, against a Arsenal side who were playing with plenty of pace up front.
While the system could still have worked, the fact that the wingbacks ended up playing as wingers for much of the first half meant that there was plenty of space for the likes of Welbeck, Sanchez and Oxlade-Chamberlain to run into. The longer the half went on, the more it looked as though Prandelli had got it all wrong. But the Italian persisted and paid the price in the end, as the visitors were much after changed to a more traditional back four and started creating chances. Szczesny’s red card was testament to that as the keeper wouldn’t have had to make that clumsy tackle in the first half, as the visitors barely attacked. In the end, although they scored, it was a case of too little, too late and the Turkish side certainly have their task cut out for them if they are to progress out of this group.
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