The 13th week of the Super League was the scene of a giant derby. Galatasaray and Beşiktaş shared their trump card in Aslantepe. Yellow and red team won the fight with a score of 2-1.
While the goals that brought the victory to Galatasaray came from Icardi in the 18th and 59th minutes, Beşiktaş fanned the nets with Cenk Tosun in the 28th.
After this result, Galatasaray increased its score to 24 and the match went up to the 2nd place. Beşiktaş, on the other hand, took the 5th place with 22 points and more than a match.
3 CHANGES FROM BURUK!
Galatasaray hosted Beşiktaş in the 13th week of Spor Toto Super League. Referee Halil Umut Meler blew the whistle in the match that started at 20:00 at Nef Stadium. Mustafa Emre Eyisoy and İbrahim Çağlar Uyarcan were the assistants of Meler.
Galatasaray Coach Okan Buruk made 3 changes against Beşiktaş compared to the first 11 of the match, where his team played away with VavaCars Fatih Karagümrük in the 12th week of the league and won with a score of 2-0. While Boey and Abdülkerim Bardakcı, whose sentences are over, took their places in the starting 11, Emin Bayram and Dubois started the match on the bench. Buruk also appointed Barış Alper Yılmaz to replace Kerem Aktürkoğlu in the starting line-up.
Galatasaray took the field with the following starting 11 in the derby: Muslera, Boey, Nelsson, Abdülkerim Bardakcı, Emre Taşdemir, Torreira, Oliveira, Rashica, Mertens, Barış Alper Yılmaz, Icardi.
BOEY AND ABDULKRIM BARDAKCI ARE BACK
Boey and Abdülkerim Bardakcı, who were dismissed after seeing a red card in the match between Galatasaray and Corendon Alanyaspor in the 11th week of the league, got a yellow-red jersey after their punishment was over. Boey and Abdülkerim took the field in the first 11 of the Beşiktaş match, with the choice of coach Okan Buruk.
BARIŞ ALPER YILMAZ AT THE TOP 11 FOR THE FIRST TIME
Galatasaray’s 22-year-old national player Barış Alper Yılmaz wore the yellow-red jersey for the first time this season with the Beşiktaş match. Yılmaz, who took the jersey from Kerem Aktürkoğlu, who was in the top 11 last week, became one of the trump cards of coach Okan Buruk in the derby.
SENOL GÜNEŞ 2 CHANGED NAMES
Beşiktaş’s new coach, Şenol Güneş, made 2 changes against Galatasaray, compared to the first 11 of the match, where his team defeated HanimKredi Ümraniyespor 5-2 in the 12th week of the league. The experienced coach put Umut Meraş on the field instead of Masuaku, who was injured, and gave N’Koudou a chance in the starting 11 instead of Alli, who was taken to the bench.
Beşiktaş took the field against Galatasaray with the following starting 11: Mert Günok, Rosier, Tayyip Talha Sanuç, Saiss, Umut Meraş, Souza, Fernandes, Salih Uçan, N’Koudou, Cenk Tosun, Weghorst.
MASUAKU REMOVED
Masuaku, who suffered a knee injury in Beşiktaş’s training yesterday, was removed from the derby squad of the black and white team. Masuaku, who tried himself today, could not get the result he wanted and was not included in the match squad due to his injury. Şenol Güneş appointed Umut Meraş instead of Masuaku in the starting line-up.
ATIBA IS IN THE SQUAD FOR THE FIRST TIME
Beşiktaş’s 39-year-old Canadian midfielder Atiba Hutchinson took part in the squad for the first time this season with the Galatasaray match. The Canadian player, who was not preferred by coach Valerien Ismael, found a place in the squad with Şenol Güneş’s appointment.
THE PRESIDENT CEBI WELCOMED THE TEAM
Beşiktaş President Ahmet Nur Çebi welcomed the black and white team at Nef Stadium. Cebi, who reached the stadium before the team before the critical match, waited at the entrance of the team, greeted the black and white players and the technical committee and wished success for the match.