In their own stadium, the yellow-red team were not be able to beat their German counterpart Schalke 04 and it ends in a happy 0-0 draw thanks to goalkeeper Fernando Muslera and defender youngster Ozan Kabak.

On the third matchday of the Champions League group stage, Galatasaray will be able to enjoy a happy 0-0 draw against Schalke 04 in front of a sold-out home crowd, thanks to a strong Fernando Muslera. Fatih Terim's charges, despite having more ball possession, were left behind by the Gelsenkirchen side's offensively good-looking visitors throughout the match. In addition to Muslera, Ozan Kabak also played well in his first Champions League appearance. With only four points from three games, the lions are under a lot of pressure before the revenge duel in the VELTINS Arena. Porto, after their 3-1 win in Moscow, is the leader of the table with seven points, followed by Schalke with five points.

After a rather slow approach in the opening minutes, Garry Rodrigues fired a brilliant long shot from just under 25 metres in the ninth minute, which the goalkeeper of Schalke Alexander Nübel could only parry with difficulty. The guests from Gelsenkirchen became dangerous for the first time in the 13th minute. Yevhen Konoplyanka was perfectly put in scene by Daniel Caligiuri. In the one against one the Ukrainian lifted the ball over keeper Fernando Muslera, who took the opponent impetuously from the legs. Martin Linnes, who had come to the goal, was able to clear the ball to the corner, but the French impartial could have decided on a penalty kick due to Muslera's entry. The blues shirted team became more dangerous as the game went on. Fortunately, Ozan Kabak and Ryan Donk were often good enough to clear the score before it got really hot. The last minute of the first half clearly belonged to the two goalkeepers. First, Nübel fended off Eren Derdiyok from five metres away, before Muslera was forced by Konoplyanka into a brilliant performance.

Domenico Tedesco's charges came out of the box highly motivated. After a good deal of preparatory work by Mark Uth, Breel Embolo was defeated by the goalkeeper before Kabak was able to clear the ball on the line. Only two minutes later, it was once again the Swiss who could not defeat the Uruguayan number one with his header. Schalke pressed for the opening goal and also rewarded himself with the supposed 1-0, but Benoit Bastien's team of referees decided offside, albeit with a very late whistle. In the meantime, the game calmed down again, with the Istanbul side's lack of ideas and strength at home being astounding to watch. The visitors, on the other hand, played tirelessly forwards, but in the end were not ripped off enough to win the game. In the 88th minute it was once again Muslera who finally saved the point for his colleagues and was on the spot against substitute Steven Skrzybski.

The absence of the five injured key players at Galatasaray was clearly noticeable in the game. Without Feghouli and Akbaba in midfield, the lions could not build a real game, but the defense was always there and could show their strengths. Especially the 18 year old Ozan Kabak from Galatasarays own youth team showed an excellent game last night in his Champion League debut. He was celebrated as the hero of the match next to the world class goalkeeper Fernando Muslera. Fortunately, there were only a few mistakes which led to an important point for the lions.