Panionios 0 Galatasaray 3 Hakan Sukur breathed new life into Galatasaray's UEFA Cup campaign with a virtuoso display as the Turkish giants claimed victory over 10-man Panionios in Athens.
The veteran Turkey striker came off the bench at half-time to inspire his team and rounded off the scoring with a superb header to earn Karl-Heinz Feldkamp's side their first points of their Group H bid following two straight defeats.
Serkan Calik's strike after a Sukur flick put Gala ahead five minutes after half time and Rigobert Song's penalty in the 63rd minute put the visitors in firm control.
Grigoris Makos was shown a yellow card for the challenge that led to the penalty and was sent off seconds later after his complaints earned him a second booking.
Panionios were up against it from them on in and Sukur capped Gala's first away victory in UEFA competition for 12 matches with eight minutes left.
Neither side was willing to take risks in a cagey opening 45 minutes.
Panionios, for whom winger Dario Fernandez was a constant threat with his trickery and direct running, looked dangerous whenever they broke forward but their final ball let them down and their only opportunities came from distance with defender Yiannis Maniatis and Fernandez both trying their luck without success.
Sukur came on after half-time and his introduction proved the catalyst for Gala as two goals in 13 minutes saw them move into a 2-0 lead.
The first came five minutes after the break when Calik sprang the hosts' offside trap to latch on to Sukur's flick, keeping his composure brilliantly to round home keeper Charalampos Tambasis before slotting home from an acute angle.
Then Sukur's superb slide rule path sent Calik scampering clear and, when was felled by Makos, Spanish referee Alberto Undiano Mallenco pointed to the spot.
Song kept a cool head to side-foot home into the top right hand corner from 12 yards with Makos duly sent off.
Sukur then put the icing on the victory, starting a move by spreading the ball out wide on the left to substitute Mehmet Guven. His cross was inch perfect for Sukur, who arrived perfectly to head home.
Teams:
Panionios Tambasis, Maniatis, Pletsch, Spyropoulos, Fernandez,Makos, Kumordzi (Skoufalis 65), Majstorovic,Goundoulakis (Kondis 80), Djebbour, Aravidis (Koutsopoulos 66).
Subs Not Used: Konig, Berthe, Kapetanos, Wagner.
Sent Off: Makos (64).
Booked: Makos, Pletsch, Djebbour.
Galatasaray Usak, Song, Cetin, Yaman, Linderoth (Sukur 46),Topal, Ucar, Turan (Guven 80), Lincoln, Sas,Calik (Sarioglu 86).
Subs Not Used: Ercetin, Nonda, Ozcan, Karan.
Booked: Topal.
Goals: Calik 50, Song 63 pen, Sukur 82.
Att: 7,500
Ref: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain).
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