Turkish Football And The Dawn of a New Era
With all of the end of season excitement going on currently, the...
Veli Kavlak made his first start of the season following extensive injury woes, the 28 year old midfielder wore the Captain’s armband before being subbed off at halftime for Necip Uysal. Matej Mitrovic made his official debut for the Black Eagles and helped the team to a clean sheet.
Beşiktaş opened the scoring through Andreas Beck in the 19th minute, although it looked like the German was slightly offside before scoring. Ricardo Quaresma doubled the lead 14 minutes later while Aras Özbiliz rounded off the victory with his first official goal for Beşiktaş in the 70th minute: 3-0.
The Black Eagles now have 13 points from 5 matches in the cup group stages, 6 more than second placed Kayserispor whom Beşiktaş will face on the final matchday.
Beşiktaş will play rivals Fenerbahçe at Vodafone Arena in the next round which is a direct knock-out confrontation, meaning Beşiktaş will have the home advantage.
Turkish cup group D standigns
Stadium: Vodafone Arena
Official:
Beşiktaş XI: Utku Yuvakuran; Andreas Beck – Matej Mitrovic – Luiz Rhodolfo – Atınç Nukan; Tolgay Arslan (67′ Fatih Aksoy) – Veli Kavlak (46′ Necip Uysal) – Gökhan İnler; Ricardo Quaresma (46′ Muhammed Enes Durmuş) – Ömer Şişmanoğlu – Aras Özbiliz
Reserves: Hüseyin Yılmaz, Fatih Aksoy, Sedat Şahintürk, Muhammed Enes Durmuş, Necip Uysal
Head coach: Şenol Güneş
Darıca Gençlerbirliği XI: Gökhan Köstereli (29′ Deniz Çınar)Cem Tosun – Yusuf Orhan – Hayrullah Bilazer – Kerem Kaya; Cafercan Aksu – Sinan Turan – Metehan Yatkın (58′ Doğancan Aynacı) – Murat Can Bölükbaşı; Alperen Doğan (46′ Aziz Kızılgün) – Özer Kutlu
Reserves: Deniz Çınar, Alper Tursun, Selçuk Baştürk, Aziz Kızılgün, Doğancan Aynacı, Abuzer Toplu, Gökhan Erdoğan
Head coach: Galip Gündoğdu
Goals: Andreas Beck (19′), Ricardo Quaresma (33′), Aras Özbiliz (70′)
Yellow cards: Doğancan Aynacı (72′)