In their 3rd Turkish Cup Group B match at the May 19th Stadium last night, Beşiktaş battled out a 3-2 win away to Manisaspor.

Put out a starting 11 that included new additions Simao Sabrosa and Hugo Almedia, the Eagles were backed by a large and vocal group of travelling fans throughout the game.
The Black and white started the match, which was refereed by Özgür Yankaya, in an attacking fashion and peppered the host team’s net from all sides. After their keeper Ilker Avcıbay barely stopped a 9th-minute Almedia header on the goal line, Manisaspor began to push forward more and even took the lead on 18 minutes. Even though Beşiktaş keeper Cenk Gönen initially denied Simpson, who found himself on a one-on-one situation after getting clever pass from Yiğit İncedemir, with a timely save, the Canadian managed to steal the ball and roll it into the empty net.
The goal appeared to have breathed new life into the Eagles as they began holding the ball for longer periods in an effort to level the game. They would receive their reward after 34 minutes when defender Sivok smashed past İlker Avcıbay with a bullet header off a perfect Guti Hernandes free-kick and brought the teams on level terms. But Beşiktaş was not done yet. Three minutes later, Guti lifted another superb pass to Nobre, who fired it over the diving Manisaspor keeper to make it 2-1 for the Eagles and close the scoring for the first half.  
The visitors tried to add to their lead in most of the second half but were unable to finish off several close calls. While the Black and White seemed in total control, Ömer Aysan capitalized on a rare Beşiktaş defensive lapse in the 77th and evened the game from close range with a sizzling shot. Despite having limited time to play, the Eagles kept pushing for the winner and won a penalty at the 82nd-minute mark when Hilbert was pulled down inside the box. Guti sent the keeper to the wrong corner to put Beşiktaş back in front, 3-2. Late substitutions of Bobo, Fabian Ernst and Ersan Gülüm for Almedia, Guti and İbrahim Toraman did not have any impact on the final result as Beşiktaş ran out 3-2 victors.             
Match Details
Venue: Manisa May 19th Stadium  
Referees: Özgür Yankaya, Mehmet Cem Hanoğlu, Hakan Yemişken, Özgür Bayır (4th Ref.)
Beşiktaş: Cenk Gönen, İsmail Köybaşı, İbrahim Toraman (Ersan Gülüm, 90’), Quaresma, Simao Sabrosa, Roberto Hilbert, Guti (Fabian Ernst, (88’), Hugo Almeida (Bobo 82’), Mert Nobre, Mehmet Aurelio, Tomas Sivok
Subs: Hakan Arıkan, Fabian Ernst, Ali Kuçik, Bobo, Ersan Gülüm, Erhan Güven, Onur Bayramoğlu
Manager: Bernd Schuster
Manisaspor: İlker, Burak, Yiğit İncedemir (Ferhat, 38’), Mehmet, Simpson (Simpson, 66’), Kahe, Eren, Ömer, Yiğit İsmail Gökoğlan, Hüseyin, Bekir (Isaac, 57’)
Subs: Recep, Isaac, Dixon, Bülent, Ferhat, Makukula
Manager: Hikmet Karaman
Goals:
Manisaspor: Simspon (18’), Ömer (77’)
Beşiktaş: Tomas Sivok (34’), Mert Nobre (37’), Guti (82’)
Yellow Cards: Roberto Hilbert (45’), İsmail Köybaşı (52’), Simpson (60’), Ferhat (64’), Quaresma (76’), İbrahim Toraman (80’), Burak (82’)