The home side opened the Europa League group match with a break-away goal from Muhammed just one minute into the game. The Black Eagles of Istanbul were trying to recover from falling behind so early, but Heintz showed no hospitality to the visitors and made it 2-0 for the Sarpsborg with a long-range lob over the Beşiktaş keeper Karius’ head. Not used to the Norwegian cold and wet snow, Beşiktaş struggled to respond and faced a 2-0 disadvantage at half-time. However, the Eagles were completely a different team in the second half. First, Jeramain Lens cut the deficit to one with a bullet from outside the box. Then, sub Vagner Love levelled the matters at 2-2 with a close-range finish. With dangerous crosses from both flanks, Beşiktaş relentlessly searched for the winner in the closing stages, and their dream would come true in the last minute when Lens scored his second and completed the comeback.
Sarpsborg Stadium
29 NOVEMBER 2018 23.00
Lens - Erdem
Lens
Muhammed - Larsen
Oğuzhan
Fatih
Adriano - Fatih
Heintz - Askar
Love
Lens
Larin - Love
Ljajic
Tamm - Jörgensen
Heintz
Muhammed’
Aleksandr Vasyutin
Jon Tveita
Joonas Tamm
Jorgen Horn
Joachim Thomassen
Matti Nielsen
Ole Halvorsen
Kristoffer Zachariassen
Tobias Heintz
Rashad Muhammed
Patrick Mortensen
YEDEKLER
Aslak Falch
Amin Askar
Joackim Jörgensen
Kristoffer Larsen
Harmeet Singh
Mohammed Usman
Jorgen Larsen
Loris Karius
Dorukhan Toköz
Necip Uysal
Domagoj Vida
Caner Erkin
Adriano Correia
Oğuzhan Özyakup
Adem Ljajic
Jeremain Lens
Mustafa Pektemek
Cyle Larin
YEDEKLER
Utku Yuvakuran
Fatih Aksoy
Erdoğan Kaya
Erdem Seçgin
Rıdvan Yılmaz
Oğuzhan Akgün
Vagner Love