Austria Wien wrested a 1-1 draw from Turkish champions Galatasaray Istanbul ++ The equalizer came just before the end when outnumbered …
Financially it was a plus for Austria, the test in front of officially 9,857 spectators against Galatasaray Istanbul, it felt like at least 15,000, so much noise was made by the fans of the Turkish champions, who turned the Generali Arena into a home game for “Gala”. But The team from the Bosphorus was clearly ahead in this respect as well: the market value of the Galatasaray squad is 167.4 million euros, that of Austria 21.5 euros. Today’s starting eleven from Galatasaray (with Yusuf Demir, who remained colorless and lackluster) was worth 85 million euros, that of Austria 10 million euros. The most expensive player, Danish defender Viktor Nelsson, has a market value of 18 million euros, he alone is worth almost as much as the whole purple squad. Matthias Braunöder, with three million euros Austria’s most valuable share according to “transfermarkt.at”, was on the bench at the beginning Coach Michael Wimmer demanded – to act courageously, playfully, that’s clear, the squad from Istanbul (who have to play in the second qualifying round of the Champions League on July 25th) was much stronger. It was goalkeeper Mirko Kos and the inability of the thanks to the opponent that it was 0-0 at the break. When James Holland fired perfectly into the Kreuzeck to make it 1-0 four minutes after the break, violet was suddenly the color of fashion in Favourites. only after Meisl was excluded (goal grab/76th) did Galatasaray make it 1-1 (Yilmaz/82nd). But that doesn’t change Austria’s good performance…
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