Galatasaray were held to a 1-1 draw against Lazio at the Turk Telekom Arena in the Europa League Round of 32 first-leg tie.
The Lions took an early lead from the most unlikely of goalscorer. Sabri Sarioglu scored his first European goal since 2009 to put Galatasaray ahead on 13 minutes.
The lead was however, short lived as Lazio made the most of some sloppy Galatasaray defending to score from a set-piece.
After a lively start the game became stifled with both sides playing at a low tempo seemingly content with the draw.
GALATASARAY 1-1 LAZIO
Stadium: Türk Telekom Arena
Referee: Michael Oliver, Stuart Burt, Gary Beswick (England)
Galatasaray: Muslera, Denayer, Koray Günter, Hakan Balta, Carole (min. 71 Olcan Adın), Chedjou, Donk, Sabri Sarıoğlu (min. 78 Umut Bulut), Selçuk İnan, Sneijder (min. 89 Yasin Öztekin), Podolski
Manager: Mustafa Denizli
Lazio: Marchetti, Konko, Mauricio, Hoedt, Radu, Anderson (min. 58 Candreva), Parolo, Biglia, Savic, Lulic (min. 90 Mauri), Matri (min. 69 Klose)
Manager: Stefano Pioli
Goals: min. 12 Sabri Sarıoğlu (Galatasaray), min. 21 Savic (Lazio)
Yellow Cards: min. 21 Donk (Galatasaray), min. 60 Parolo, min. 77 Biglia (Lazio)
