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'The Best Goal I've Scored': Remembering Pedri's Genius Strike at Galatasaray

To mark FC Barcelona's Champions League encounter with Galatasaray, we remember the last time the Catalans and the Turks met in Istanbul, and more specifically a goal Pedri called the best of his career at the time.

12.10.26, 07:41

In what will be their toughest away trip so far this season in terms of hostile receptions, FC Barcelona face Galatasary at the Ali Semi Yen on Tuesday just like Cruyff's Dream Team in 1994.

We don't have to go as far back as that to recall the last time the Catalans met the Turks on the continent however. By heading to March 2022, we can reminisce in the warm memories of a Xavi Hernandez smash and grab in the Europa League, when Barça were in rebuild mode.

After crashing out of their UCL group through finishing third, the Blaugrana were thrust into the Europa League where they didn't really want to be much to the mockery of their rivals' fans.

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Tom Sanderson

has lived in Barcelona since 2019, when he became Forbes' lead reporter on FC Barcelona and Spanish football. He's been The Guardian's most prominent writer on Brazilian football for almost a decade as part of a journey that began in São Paulo. In London, he also became the Daily Mail's first-ever Spanish content writer in its sports department.

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