Juventus let in late equaliser

Kaya Suat scored with a header two minutes into injury time to give Galatasaray a 1-1 draw with Juventus in their European Champions…

Kaya Suat scored with a header two minutes into injury time to give Galatasaray a 1-1 draw with Juventus in their European Champions League Group B match in Istanbul last night.

Suat's goal cancelled out one 12 minutes earlier from Juventus substitute Nicola Amoruso.

The draw means both teams still have a chance of advancing to the last eight, even though the Italians have drawn all five of their matches. Galatasaray and Rosenborg Trondheim of Norway each have eight points, while Juventus have five. For Juventus to finish on top of the group - the only way they could qualify - they would need to beat Rosenborg and hope Spain's Athletic Bilbao defeat Galatasaray.

Amoruso scored with a right-footed volley after a rare Juventus attack in a game in which clear cut chances were few and far between, while Suat equalised when the Juventus defence got into a tangle.

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Galatasaray mounted several early attacks and the pressure saw defender Paolo Montero booked after just 15 minutes. From the resultant free-kick, Romanian international Gheorghe Hagi was narrowly off target with a curling shot from almost 30 yards.

At the other end, midfielder and captain Antonio Conte fired narrowly wide in Juventus' first real attack after 20 minutes.

The remaining Group B matches, scheduled for next Wednesday, see Athletic Bilbao host Galatasaray and Juventus at home to Rosenborg Trondheim.

Galatasaray: C Taffarel; G Popescu, O Buruk, H Sukur, G Hagi, H Sas (S Kaya 76), F Akyel, T Kafkas (A Erdem 76), U Davala, I Filipescu, H Unsal (V Inceefe 89).

Juventus: A Peruzzi (M Rampulla 58); C Ferrara, P Montero, A Conte, F Inzaghi (I Tudor 79), M Iuliano, D Deschamps, A Birindelli, G Pessotto (N Amoruso 65), J Blanchard, Z Zidane.