Derby atmospheres are different. He has no favourites.
Fenerbahçe was the favorite in this match, even though it was Fenerbahçe… Beşiktaş played against its opponent as if it were not having bad days.
The first half of the match was close. The bilateral fights were fierce, both teams were trying to keep their opponents from moving and to find positions with sudden attacks.
The first positions came from Fenerbahçe. In the 6th minute, Dzeko’s shot narrowly went out, and then in the 10th minute, the same player shot the ball past goalkeeper Mert. Emirhan Topçu, who was on the line at the last moment, took the ball out. It was the most interesting moment of the first half.
In the 29th minute, we saw Beşiktaş come close to scoring a goal. Rafa Silva faced the goalkeeper with a long pass. During his shot, the ball returned to Livakovic. Immobile shot diagonally, the ball narrowly went out.
In the 35th minute, Tadic took a free kick from the left diagonal outside the penalty area, and the ball hit the crossbar and went out.
Fenerbahçe started the second half with a good position. In the 49th minute, Dzeko’s shot went out narrowly.
The first move came from Mourinho. In the 67th minute, he brought in Szymanski and En Neysri and took Dzeko and Saint Maximin out. However, Dzeko was frequently entering positions.
Then came Sertar Topraktepe’s moves as if to say “I want to win this match”. He made player changes one after another. He hired Chamberlein instead of Salih. He replaced the injured Talha with Zaynutdinov.
Beşiktaş’s goal came in the 73rd minute. Immobile made a move on the ball in Chamberlein’s middle. This move surprised goalkeeper Livakovic and the ball went into the net. He was replaced by Semih in Immobile 78. Ndour was now in the game instead of Rashica.
Mourinho saw that the match was going on and he made 3 changes. Kostic, Fred and Mert Müldür came out, Cenk Tosun, İrfan Can and Osayi Samuel entered. It was minute 82.
There were breathtaking moments in the final minutes of overtime. Fenerbahçe’s ball returned to the post by En Neysri, and goalkeeper Livakovic saved it when Muçi faced him in the sudden attack. Gedson Fernandes, who was angry that he was not given a pass there, sent the ball into the stands and received a red card from the second yellow card.
Fenerbahçe increased its attacks in the last minutes. Mert Günok’s save from Tadic’s shot in the 89th minute was one of the most important moments of the match.
As I said at the beginning. It was a fierce struggle. Fenerbahçe was already the same Fenerbahçe, but it was the first time in a long time that I saw Beşiktaş this eager. I don’t know why Giovanni van Bronckhorst didn’t let Chamberlein play. Serdar Topraktepe plays. Looks like he deserves to play too. I also congratulate Serdar Topraktepe. Changing a team this much in a week is a big deal.
In the end, Beşiktaş won. Of course, Beşiktaş was not the only winner with this result. Galatasaray also won. Fenerbahçe was just approaching him, but now he stood still. If they beat Sivasspor, they will widen the point difference again. Who would be happy if Galatasaray wasn’t happy?
