EL: Besiktas – Partizan 3:0 (2:0) agg: 4:1

Europa League play-off, return leg

Istanbul, 30^th of August 2018

Venue: Besiktas Park

Att: 40000

Referee: Ovidiu Alin Hategan (Romania)

Yellow cards: NG Miletic, Ricardo, Nikolic (PAR)

GOALS: 1-0 `37 Pepe, 2-0 `45 Ozyakup, 3-0 `69 Pepe

Teams:

BESIKTAS

Yuvakuran, Gonul, Vida, Pepe, Adriano, Uysal (`27 Ozyakup), Medel (`77 Tokoz), Arslan, Quaresma, Erkin (`86 Tore), Larin

PARTIZAN

Stojkovic, NR Miletic, Markovic (`HT Nikolic), Valiente, NG Miletic, Scekic (`57 Enache), Zdjelar, Zakaric, Pantic, Ivanovic (`62 Soumah), Ricardo

Game stats:

BESIKTAS                                 PARTIZAN

62%             Ball possession             38%

13                     Total shots                  4

6                         On target                   1

5                        Off target                   2

2                     Blocked shots               1

0                            Saves                      3

26                       Free-kicks                13

11                     Corner-kicks               3

GAME HIGLIGHTS

`4: Larin attempts to win a penalty-kick diving in Partizan box

`8: Air clash between Scekic and Uysal, both players in need of a medical treatment

`12: Third consecutive Besiktas corner-kick, Uysal`s weak header stopped by Stojkovic

`13: Dangerous right side cross from Quaresma onto the far post, Larin slightly late to get head to it

`22: Promising Partizan counter-attack wasted after too many touches involved

`27: Uysal subbed by Ozyakup due to head injury conceded earlier on

`37: 1-0, BESIKTAS! Looping free-kick ball into the box from Quaresma, header into the net by unmarked Pepe

`41: Long ball forward from Quaresma, unmarked Erkin failed to control the ball

`42: NG Miletic cautioned (late tackle)

`45: 2-0, BESIKTAS! Ozyakup exchanges passes just outside the box with Larin and scores with an emphatic strike

`45: Five mins added time

`45+3: Cross from Quaresma and header from Larin just over the bar

`45+5: Half-time whistle

SECOND HALF HIGHLIGHTS

`46: Nikolic in for Markovic

`46: Uncomfortable 18m low shot from Pantic, keeper saves it for a Partizan corner-kick

`55: Ricardo`s cross for Nikolic cleared by Vida

`56: Cross from Quaresma dealt by Stojkovic

`57: Right side move from Zakaric and Pantic, latter hits the crossbar with his angled shot

`57: Enache in for Scekic

`59: Larin and Gonul exchange passes, Gonul had only Stojkovic to beat but shot over the bar

`62: Right side cross from Gonul and heart of the box volley from Ozyakup over the bar

`62: Soumah in for Ivanovic

`63: Ricardo cautioned after verbal with referee

`65: Uncomfortable 25m free-kick from Erkin dealt by Stojkovic

`69: 3-0, BESIKTAS! Right side set-piece and far post neat header from Pepe

`77: Tokoz in for Medel

`80: Nikolic cautioned after off the ball incident

`85: Larin had only Stojkovic to beat, last gasp block from Valiente

`86: Tore in for Erkin

`87: Besiktas corner-kick, Vida`s header brilliantly saved by Stojkovic

`90: Three mins added time

`90+3: Final whistle

Boss Zoran Mirkovic after the game:

– We lost to better and stronger team tonight. This was way too big game and opponent for us to concede such easy goals, total lack of focus there. Those were direct goals and we cannot allow that to happen on this level. There was no way we could come back into the game.