In the second leg of the 2025/26 Champions League play-offs, ten-man Juventus defeated Galatasaray 3-2 at home. However, they were still eliminated on aggregate with a score of 5-7 over two legs.

From the start of the first half, both teams engaged in a fierce attacking battle. In the 2nd minute, Bales Alper Yilmaz delivered a corner kick from the right, and Davidson Sanchez's header inside the box was saved by Mattia Perin. One minute later, Keinan Yildez broke through on the left and crossed, but Federico Gatti's header went just over the bar. In the 10th minute, Francisco Conceição crossed from the right side of the box, and Tern Kupmenas' header again went over the crossbar. In the 11th minute, Victor Osimhen received a cross from Abdul-Karim Baldakci inside the box and fired a shot, but Perin made a diving save.

In the 22nd minute, Yildez cut the ball back from the right wing, and Manuel Locatelli's long-range shot was brilliantly saved by Ughurkan Cakir. In the 30th minute, Kevren Thuram delivered a diagonal pass from the edge of the penalty area, and Yildez, after creating space, curled a shot that was also blocked. In the 35th minute, Thuram Jr. was brought down in the penalty area by Lucas Torreira, creating a penalty opportunity for Juventus. With Locatelli deceiving Cakir and firing a shot into the bottom right corner, Juventus finally broke the deadlock in the 37th minute.

After the break, the game entered a dramatic climax. In the 48th minute, Lloyd Kelly landed on Yilmaz's leg while challenging for a header, and after VAR intervention, received his second yellow card and was sent off. Despite this, Juventus continued to threaten the opponent's goal despite playing with 10 men: In the 55th minute, Locatelli made a long diagonal pass from the right side of midfield to Yilmaz on the left, whose low shot only hit the side netting. In the 63rd minute, Locatelli's free-kick cross from the right flank was headed just over by Gatti in the penalty area.

In the 70th minute, Pierre Kalulu swept the ball across the face of goal from the right side of the penalty area, and Gatti tapped it into the empty net. In the 79th minute, Jeremy Boga delivered a cross from the left side of the penalty area at a 45-degree angle, and Yildez's sliding shot hit the right post. In the 82nd minute, Kupmena headed the ball across the goal for Weston McKennie to finish, leveling the aggregate score at 3-3 for Juventus.

After a draw in regular time, the two sides were forced into extra time. Unfortunately, Juventus conceded two goals to Galatasaray : in the 105+1 minute, Yilmaz played a through ball to Osimhen, who slotted home a low shot inside the box. In the 119th minute, Wilfried Singo played a through ball to Yilmaz, who then slotted home a one-on-one chance to beat Perin. Neither side managed to score again, and Galatasaray ultimately secured their qualification with a 7-5 aggregate score.

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