Denizlispor Beat Galatasaray In Opening Match

Reigning Super Lig champs start season with shutout loss.

Newly promoted Yukatel Denizlispor shutout current champions of the Turkish Super Lig in the opening match of the new season Friday at Denizli Ataturk Stadium.
A couple of bad breaks helped the upstart Denizlispor against Istanbul giants Galatasaray including a missed penalty kick by veteran midfielder Selcuk Inan.
At the end of the first half, Galatasaray's Brazilian defender Marcao was sent off after receiving a second yellow card, leaving the champs to play the rest of the match a man down.
In the second half of the match, Yukatel Denizlispor's Recep Niyaz finally broke the deadlock with a goal in the 75th minute.
It was the first of the 2019-2020 Turkish Super Lig season.
Colombian forward Hugo Rodallega added an insurance goal in stoppage time to secure the win.
Saturday's fixtures in Super Lig:
Genclerbirligi-Caykur Rizespor at 1615GMT
Istikbal Mobilya Kayserispor-Alanyaspor at 1845GMT
Demir Grup Sivasspor-Besiktas at 1845GMT -