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.
