In a mad derby, Besiktas celebrate while Kokçu steals the spotlight | OneFootball

On the last night, September 13, the city of Istanbul experienced another intense Turkish football derby, pitting Besiktas, featuring some familiar faces like Rafa Silva and Orkun Kokçu, against Basaksehir. Despite the high emotions, the match ended with a victory for the black eagles, 2-1, but the negative highlight was the former number 10 of Benfica.

After the departure of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Besiktas is looking to regain stability at a time when the transfer market - which saw João Mário leave - has already closed, the black eagles currently have three former players from the Glorious, such as Rafa Silva, Kokçu, and Jurásek.

Playing at home in the intense atmosphere of Istanbul, the home team was superior during the first half, however, like their opponent, who had some opportunities, neither rival managed to find the back of the net and they ended up going into the break tied at zero.

In the second half, the story was quite different. Unlike the first 45 minutes, Basaksehir entered more dominantly and managed to open the scoring in the 71st minute, through Eldor Shomurodov. However, the response from the black eagles was swift, and the equalizer came three minutes later, thanks to El Bilal Touré.

However, things heated up even more when, in the 90+1 minute, Basaksehir, already reduced to 10 men, conceded the second goal, through Cengiz Under, and minutes later, Kokçu was sent off after the former Benfica star violently kicked an opponent. Amidst the confusion, Besiktas ended up triumphing in the derby.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇵🇹 here.