The Turkish SuperLig championship does not stop on Christmas day and today's program included the first match between Adana Demirspor led by Vincenzo Montella and Karagumruk with Andrea Pirlo on the bench.
The 'derby' was won by the former Roma player, whose team prevailed 2-1, moving to -2 from the top, occupied by Fenerbahce who lost yesterday at home.
On the opposite side of the standings is Karagumruk, third from bottom and in full relegation zone after 14 days.
The Istanbul team lines up Fabio Borini in attack, who scored the momentary equalizer today, the eighth goal of his third season in Turkey.