Mohamed Salah Dominates as Trabzonspor Crush Galatasaray 4-0

Mohamed Salah stole the stage on a night that was supposed to mark Victor Osimhen’s return.

Galatasaray travelled to face Trabzonspor on Saturday still clinging to the hope that their injured striker might make it back in time. Osimhen had trained away from the main group during the week, enough to stir optimism that he could at least feature from the bench.

He never did. And Galatasaray never laid a glove.

Salah made sure of that almost immediately. Barely four minutes had passed when the Egyptian picked up the ball deep and just ran – surging through open grass on an 80‑metre breakaway that ripped the game wide open. One chance, one finish, and Trabzonspor were in front.

The tone was set. Galatasaray looked stunned; Salah smelled weakness.

The winger then turned creator, knitting together the move that brought the second goal. Drifting into space, he slid a precise pass across the penalty area into the path of Noah Saviolo. The wide man didn’t hesitate, sweeping his finish back across goal to cap a flowing team attack that carved Galatasaray apart.

Trabzonspor were enjoying themselves now. Galatasaray were hanging on.

Just before the interval, Salah struck again. His sixth league goal of the season pushed Trabzonspor into cruise control, the visitors sinking under a wave of claret-and-blue attacks with no Osimhen outlet to relieve the pressure.

Any faint hope of a late fightback vanished long before the final whistle. With 10 minutes left, Salah completed his hat-trick, underlining his dominance and sealing a 4-0 scoreline that felt every bit as brutal as it looked.

Frustration finally boiled over on the Galatasaray bench. Head coach Okan Buruk was sent off in the closing stages after a furious reaction on the touchline, a red card that summed up an evening where everything went wrong for the visitors and everything flowed through one man in a Trabzonspor shirt.