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Galatasaray - CFR Cluj 1-1 - 23/10/2012 - Match page - UEFA Champions League 2013
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Galatasaray dampen CFR ardour
Substitute Burak Yılmaz struck back on 77 minutes to break Galatasaray AŞ's Group H duck after an own goal and a missed penalty looked to have conspired to give CFR 1907 Cluj an unlikely UEFA Champions League win.
Drenched but defiant, the CFR rearguard acquitted themselves impressively, but Nordin Amrabat finally found the ball to unlock them, Burak surging into the box to head past Mário Felgueiras. It was tough on the goalkeeper, who had saved Felipe Melo's first-half penalty after Dany Nounkeu had accidentally chested the visitors ahead on 19 minutes.
Match in 5
- Burak Yılmaz earns point for Galatasaray 13 minutes from time
- Nounkeu own goal gives CFR the lead
- Melo misses a first-half penalty
- Aguirregaray sent off after two first-half yellow cards
- Felgueiras and Piccolo impress but CFR fail to hang on
Reaction
My players were like heroes. We fought and fought with everything we had in order to defeat our stronger opponent.
Ioan Andone, CFR coach
We should forget about this match and look to the next games. We still keep our hopes alive and can qualify from the group with the points we’ll earn.
Nordin Amrabat, Galatasaray midfielder
Lineups
 | Galatasaray |  | CFR Cluj |
| 25 | Muslera (GK) | 1 | Mário Felgueiras (GK) |
| 4 | Hamit Altıntop 39 | 3 | Ivo Pinto |
| 8 | Selçuk İnan (C) | 8 | Sepsi53 |
| 9 | Elmander42 | 9 | Kapetanos78 |
| 10 | Felipe Melo 31 35 | 13 | Piccolo |
| 11 | Riera | 16 | Rafael Bastos3772 |
| 13 | Nounkeu 19 | 20 | Cadú (C) |
| 19 | Umut Bulut14 | 23 | Godemèche |
| 26 | Semih Kaya | 25 | Luís Alberto |
| 27 | Eboué68 | 31 | Aguirregaray25 28 |
| 53 | Amrabat25 | 45 | Camora |
Substitutes | |||
| 86 | Ufuk Ceylan (GK) | 44 | Stăncioiu (GK) |
| 3 | Cris | 6 | Mureşan78 |
| 17 | Burak Yılmaz39 77 | 11 | Nicoară72 |
| 22 | Hakan Balta | 12 | Maftei |
| 50 | Engin Baytar | 19 | Bjelanović |
| 52 | Emre Çolak42 | 24 | Rada53 |
| 55 | Sabri Sarıoğlu6873 | 30 | Rui Pedro |
Coaches | |||
| Fatih Terim (TUR) | Ioan Andone (ROU) | ||
Referee | |||
| Paolo Tagliavento (ITA) | |||
Standings
Group H
| P | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Man. United | 3 | 9 |
| 2 |  CFR Cluj | 3 | 4 |
| 3 |  Braga | 3 | 3 |
| 4 |  Galatasaray | 3 | 1 |
Legend:
- P: Played
- Pts: Points
Match statistics
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Minute By Minute
- 78Mureşan (in) - Kapetanos (out) (CFR Cluj)
- 77Burak Yılmaz (Galatasaray) scores!
Burak Yılmaz gets Galatasaray's long-awaited equaliser. A superb ball from Nordin Amrabat which was just asking for someone to get on the end of it. The substitute obliged leaving Mário Felgueiras no chance. - 73Sabri Sarıoğlu (Galatasaray) is shown a yellow card.
- 72Nicoară (in) - Rafael Bastos (out) (CFR Cluj)
Rafael Bastos is stretchered off with an injury after a collision with an opposite player.
See also
Galatasaray
Next match played UEFA Champions League: v CFR Cluj, 07 November 2012, 1-3
CFR Cluj
Next match played UEFA Champions League: v Galatasaray, 07 November 2012, 1-3
An enticing match. A Dany Nounkeu own goal put CFR on their way before Pantelis Kapetanos's red card put them on the back foot. Galatasaray spent the whole of the second half piling on the pressure with Mário Felgueiras and Felice Piccolo getting in the way of everything that was thrown at them. But the home side finally found the breakthrough with Burak Yılmaz coming off the bench to get the equaliser.