Ciro Immobile, Besiktas striker
With its back against the wall in the Europa League, Besiktas is to its advantage in the Turkish championship. Having still not lost, Ciro Immobile’s teammates have just scored a sixth success in eight games before facing OL.
There is the Besiktas in the Europa League and the Besiktas in Super Lïg and that has nothing to do with it. Thursday, the Turks arrive in Décines with the desire to relaunch in the Europa League. And above all not to say goodbye to a place in the play-offs after only three matches. Beaten by theAjax (4-0) then byEintracht Francfort at home (1-3), the Istanbul club already has its back against the wall when it comes to facing theOL and cannot afford another poor performance. However, this worrying face in Europe is not in the league. Second, Besiktas has still not lost this season. Sunday, while the Lyonnais were going to win at Le Havre (0-4), Ciro’s teammates Immobile took the best of Konyaspor (2-0) thanks in particular to a penalty from the Italian striker.
A derby against Galatasaray in a week
With six wins in eight games, Besiktas is well underway in its title race. However, the two draws conceded allowed Galatasaray to take a five-point lead. Between the two sworn enemies, the battle is on and will be even more intense in a week. Next Monday the derby takes place between the two teams. A crucial meeting which can push Giovanni van Bronckhorst and his players to ignore the match against theOL ? A reshuffled team cannot be ruled out on the Turkish side…
