Cheered on by a full-house crowd, Beşiktaş imposed the early pressure and went ahead after 11 minutes with a nice finish from Ryan Babel. The German visitors showed some signs of life after the goal, but the Black Eagles refused to give up an inch. Then the closing minutes saw Talisca burying Quaresma’s well-timed cross with a superb header into the Leipzig’s net to give a two-goal lead for the Turkish Champions at the break. The young and resilient visitors tried hard to cut the deficit in the second half but to no avail.
Vodafone Park
26 SEPTEMBER 2017 21.45
Fabricio
Cenk - Negredo
Talisca - Tolgay
Medel - Necip
Keita - Bruma
Orban - Kampl
Talisca
Werner - Klostermann
Caner
Keita
Babel
Orban
Fabricio Ramirez
Gary Medel
Pepe
Dusko Tosic
Caner Erkin
Oğuzhan Özyakup
Atiba Hutchinson
Anderson Talisca
Ricardo Quaresma
Ryan Babel
Cenk Tosun
YEDEKLER
Tolga Zengin
Matej Mitrovic
Necip Uysal
Tolgay Arslan
Jeremain Lens
Mustafa Pektemek
Alvaro Negredo
Peter Gulacsi
Willi Orban
Dayot Upamecano
Marcel Halstenberg
Marcel Sabitzer
Naby Keita
Emil Forsberg
Stefan Ilsanker
Diego Demme
Timo Werner
Jean-Kevin Augustin
YEDEKLER
Yvon Mvogo
Lukas Klostermann
Bernardo
Bruma
Konrad Laimer
Kevin Kampl
Yussuf Poulsen