Eagles raced to an early lead on Mustafa Pektemek’s back-heel goal just 3 minutes into the game. After the visitors saw their defender Orhan Ovacıklı sent-off with a red card, a super header from the same Pektemek gave Beşiktaş a comfortable, 2-0, advantage for the first half.
Rizespor pulled one back through Enzo Roco’s own goal at the start of the second half before Ricardo Quaresma, who had 3 assists for Beşiktaş tonight, failed to convert a penalty-kick. Nevertheless, when the visitors lost another defender to a red-card and had to continue with 9 men, the match turned compeletely in favour of the Black Eagles as they ran away with goals from Caner Erkin and Vagner Love.
