The Colombian Radamel Falcao, who signed a double with his team, the Galatasaray, to achieve victory against him Gaziantes by (3-1), he became the top scorer in the Turkish League that started this weekend.
The Colombian, who begins his second season with the Istanbul team after an irregular year marked by injuries, started in a big way. He opened the scoring thanks to a converted penalty in the eighth minute and then assisted his teammate Emre Kilinc to score the second. He rounded off his team's triumph by also sign the third of the goals, five from the interval.
“Thank you Jesus for a victory like this, for starting the championship in this way. Great effort from the whole team,” said the former player of the Atlético de Madrid and Monaco, among others, on social networks.
The good start to the tournament has given the Colombian the lead in Turkey's scorers table on the first day of the competition. Falcao is the first in the standings, with two goals, just like Erzurum forward Oltan Karakullukcu, which led his team to victory in the field of Ankaragucu. They are the only two who scored more than one goal on opening day.