Beşiktaş vs Feyenoord Rotterdam
The club from
Istanbul has a good position to take the next step in direction of the
UEFA Champions League. The “Black Eagles” had to go through some
pressure by the dutch hosts early on in the game. They still managed to
mark the first goal. In the 13th minute, Mustafa Pektemek headed in a
corner by Oguzhan Özyakup. The often important away goal gave Besiktas a
boost of confidence and so they could shut Feyernoord down until the
half time whistle. In the second half, the Turks created some offense
themselves instead of trying to take home the 1:0 lead. And it worked
for them quite nicely. In the 70th minute Kerim Frei, a turkish
international who played two games for the swiss Under21 team, scored
for Besiktas to make the away-goal advantage even bigger. Despite the
fact that Feyernoord scored from the spot in injury time, Besiktas is
very confident to reach the next round. Coach Slaven Bilic warned his
squad not to be to sure about reaching the next round by saying: “We have to be extremely cautious because they are a strong side.”
The turkish league starts in late August and so this was the first
serious challenge for the Turks. Besiktas has a strong team and with
Demba Ba, who came over from Chelsea FC, they added a high-quality
striker.
The penalty shot goal by Mitchell the Vrede in the 95th
minute, saved the last chance for Feyenoord to proceed to the next
round. They played quite well in a well filled De Kuip stadium but
couldn`t hold Besiktas off from scoring. In addition to that, they
couldn`t convert their ball possession in any real chances. Three
important players left Feyernoord in this transfer period: Graziano
Pelle (Southampton), Bruno Martins Indi (FC Porto) and Daryl Janmaat
(Newcastle United). Stefan de Vrij, a talented defender who had a good
performance during the World Cup in Brazil, signed with Lazio Rome last
Wednesday. Feyenoord couldn`t compensate these big losses, the great
days of Feyenoord in the 1970ies aren`t likely to come back soon.
Feyenoord will attack like they have nothing to lose to make the rather
impossible mission, reaching the next round, possible. They too have to
deal with the spectacular atmosphere in the stadium of Besiktas, that
managed to intimidate some of the opponents` players in the past.
BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul, Turkey
Wednesday, 06 August 2014 17:30 GMT
Wednesday, 06 August 2014 17:30 GMT
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