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Galatasaray Reach Last 16 After Two Day Epic

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05:18 11 Dec 2013


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After two days, and an awful lot of snow, they have finally finished the Champions League Group B clash in Istanbul.

It's finished Galatasaray 1. Juventus 0.

That win puts the Turkish side through to the last 16. While Juve drop into the Europa League.

Only 32 minutes of the game were played last night, before the match was abandoned as the referee couldn't see the lines any more due to snow.

50,000 people obviously got the day off work to see the remaining 58 minutes as they celebrated seeing the Turkish champions reaching the last 16

Carlos Tevez nearly put the visitors in front in the first half after a fine team move, but his effort was saved. 

The pitch however, was  incredibly heavy and stopped both sides from really playing any passing football.

Galatasaray created most of the chances in the second half, as Didier Drogba and Wesley Sneijder went closest. 

It seemed as if the draw was in the cards, until the 85th minute when a long ball was nodded down by Drogba, who found Sneijder. The Dutchman took one touch before rolling the ball past Buffon in the Juventus goal. 

The home fans went wild, as the Turkish side can now look forward to the draw for the last 16 on Friday.


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