With long balls behind the defence, both sides preferred an attacking football in the opening half, and Beşiktaş came the closest to break the deadlock on 29 minutes, but Atiba Hutchinson’s close-range shot hit the post and went out. It was scoreless at the break. Injury-depleted Eagles looked less effective in the second half but still managed to take the lead with a 79th-minute penalty from Ricardo Quaresma, only to see Hamsik level the matters for Napoli 3 minutes later through a fine effort from outside the box as the teams ended up sharing the spoils.
