19.03.2026 01:31
Galatasaray was eliminated from the UEFA Champions League Round of 16 after losing 4-0 to England's Liverpool. In the match, Galatasaray's national goalkeeper Uğurcan Çakır stood out with several critical saves. In the 25th minute of the match, Uğurcan was unable to prevent Dominik Szoboszlai's goal, but his subsequent saves prevented the scoreline from widening further. The national goalkeeper finished the match with 16 saves.
Galatasaray, with a 1-0 advantage, lost 4-0 to the English representative Liverpool, bidding farewell to the UEFA Champions League in the round of 16.
UGURCAN CAKIR LEFT HIS MARK ON THE MATCH
Galatasaray's national goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir made a significant impact on the match with his performance. In the 25th minute of the match, Ugurcan was unable to prevent Dominik Szoboszlai's goal, but he later stopped the score from widening.
In the 29th minute of the match, the experienced goalkeeper prevented a goal from Mohamed Salah's one-on-one lob attempt, and in the 33rd minute, he dove to his left to deflect Szoboszlai's powerful shot from outside the penalty area for a corner.
Ugurcan Cakir saved the penalty taken by Salah in the 45+4th minute with his feet, and in the 45+6th minute, he prevented the ball from going into the net from close-range shots by Salah and then Florian Wirtz. The national goalkeeper prevented his team from going into halftime with a more significant scoreline.
Carrying his good performance into the second half, Ugurcan closed his goal in the 48th minute against Hugo Ekitike's powerful diagonal shot and in the 50th minute against Salah's one-on-one attempt. The 29-year-old goalkeeper could not stop the goals from Ekitike in the 51st minute, Ryan Gravenberch in the 53rd minute, and Salah in the 62nd minute.
COMPLETED THE MATCH WITH 16 SAVES
Ugurcan completed the match with a total of 16 saves and had also saved a penalty in the Monaco match during the 6th week of the UEFA Champions League.