Goals by Felipe Melo, Wesley Sneijder and Didier Drogba gave Galatasaray a convincing 3-1 win over Copenhagen in Group B of the Champions League on Wednesday.
Copenhagen's Brazilian forward Claudemir scored a consolation goal in the 88th minute.
The win allowed Galatasaray to climb into second place on four points in the group, five points behind leader Real Madrid. Juventus is third with two points after losing 2-1 to Madrid on Wednesday while Copenhagen is last with one point.
Sneijder had Galatasaray's first attempt in the sixth minute but his effort was saved by Johan Wiland. Three minutes later, however, Brazilian international Melo headed home a ball from Dany Nounkeu to put Galatasaray ahead.
The home team continued pressing, and Sneijder doubled the lead in the 38th after a pass from Emmanuel Eboue.
Eboue also helped fellow Ivory Coast international Drogba to add Galatasaray's third in first-half stoppage time.
The home team, backed by a loud partisan crowd, utterly dominated the Danes in the first half but eased off after the break.
''The match was more or less decided at halftime,'' Copenhagen defender Lars Jacobsen said. ''They scored three fine goals, where they outplayed us completely.''
The Danish side seemed more attack-minded in the second half as Galatasaray slowed the pace, allowing Jorgensen and Daniel Braaten to test goalkeeper Fernando Muslera. But Galatasaray continued to press and Wiland made a stunning save in the 61st minute, only to find out that Sneijder had been flagged for offside.
Five minutes later, Drogba found forward Burak Yilmaz whose shot went wide.
