Valencia overcome Galatasaray

Fribourg: Valencia kicked off their pre-season schedule with a 2-1 friendly win over Turkey’s Galatasaray, a match in which the La Liga side deserved victory.

After a mostly uneventful first half-hour at Stade Universitaire Saint-Leonard in Fribourg, Portuguese defender Ruben Vezo opened the scoring for Valencia in the 36-minute mark when he capitalised on a pass by Nacho Gil and some poor defending to score past Ismail Cipe.

Valencia’s defence also was shaky towards the end of the first half, especially on the wings, but Galatasaray’s forwards failed to get anything past Spanish goalkeeper Jaume Domenech.

The La Liga club, who came out with an almost entirely new batch of players at the start of the second half, stretched their lead to 2-0 with a goal by Toni Lato in the 52nd minute.

Nigerian forward Henry Onyekuru scored Galatasaray’s consolation.