Egyptian veteran defender El Saka led his side Genclerbirligi to a 1-0 home win in the first leg of the Turkish Cup semi final. The win was over the giants Galatasaray by a single goal. El Saka played the game from the start to end and kept Gala's danger at bay.

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El-Saka played an excellent game today with Gençlerbirligi, as they managed to beat the Turkish giants Galatasaray 1-0 in the first leg of the Turkish Cup semi-final.

El-Saka had an excellent game, He played everywhere in the field, defended very well, and also created chances for his team.

Gençlerbirligi win by a single goal will increase their chances to reach the final, but the deficit is so small and Gala at home will not be an easy foe.

In the stoppage time of the first half, El Saka created a very dangerous chance on Gala's goal, he made a long through pass to his teammate Isaac in the penalty area. , but then Isaac's header went straight at the goalkeeper Aykut and the first half ended in a 0-0 draw .

The second half came for El-Saka to excel in both defence and offense, he showed a very good performance of a real Captain.

Galatasaray had a chance to score the opening goal when Serkan çalik got behind the defense and managed to round the goalkeeper but El Saka managed to make a life saving clearence to deny the goal.

Ten minutes later, El Saka headed the ball into Gala's area, Servet cleared it anda fast counter-attacking move started for Gala, But Burhan made a crucial intervention to stop Serkan and cleared the danger.

In the 72nd minute, Gencler managed to score the only goal of the game through Burhan Eser after taking advantage of a defensive mistake from Sabri to score the winning goal.

It should be noted that Gencler will face Galatasaray in the second leg on the 16th of April.

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