Football: Trabzonspor beat Galatasaray 2-1 in Super Lig

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Galatasaray suffered their first loss of the season in Turkey's Super Lig's tenth match week, at the hands of Trabzonspor with a final score of 2-1 at the Medical Park Stadium in northeastern Trabzon city on Sunday evening.

Trabzonspor, who previously faced two back-to-back losses, started the match attacking and hungry for goals, while Galatasaray tried to slow down their opponents with counter-attacks.

The first half of the match ended goalless, but in the 45th minute, Olcay Sahan from Trabzonspor and Sofiane Feghouli from Galatasaray were sent off the field after a scuffle.

The second half started nicely for Trabzonspor when the team found an opening goal by striker Dame N'Doye in the 51st minute. Defender Ugur Demirok's header was saved by goalkeeper Fernando Muslera; however, N'Doye was inside the six yard box to give his team the 1-0 lead.

In the 69th minute, youngster Yusuf Yazici took a shot with his left foot during a counter-attack, it was deflected by defender Jason Denayer, deceiving Muslera and reaching the net. The goal gave Trabzonspor a comfortable 2-0 lead.

Galatasaray managed to pull the score to 2-1 in the 86th minute by a powerful strike by winger Garry Rodrigues, but it was too little too late.

Trabzonspor managed to increase their points to 12; Galatasaray stayed on top with 23 points.

The league's tenth match week will end on Monday; Fenerbahce will take on Kayserispor in Istanbul.

Reporting by Selcuk Kilic:Writing by Satuk Bugra Kutlugun