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29.05.2007

Our Youth B Team Wins the Turkish Championship Title

Besiktas Youth B Team brought Trabzonspor 3-2 down in the final of the Turkish Championship and grabbed this season’s title after a hard fought game played at Eyup Stadium.

In search of an early goal both teams displayed an attacking football during the early part of the final but Trabzonspor looked slightly more dangereous. After successfully getting rid of two good chances by our Batuhan, Blacksea represantives came real close to scoring their first goal in the 21th minute. Taking advantage of a brief defensive lapse, Barıs controlled the ball inside Besiktas the penalty zone all alone but his hard drive came off the post and didn’t find the net.  Black&Whites tried to base their attacks on long balls and thanks to Batuhan established substantial supremacy in the air but were unable to turn the score in their favor. Following Batuhan’s close range effort which was saved by the keeper, Trabzonspor tested the Besiktas’s net with another close call. During 33rd of minute of the first half, Hami received the ball coming from a freekick near the far post    but his shot was brilliantly saved by our goalkeeper Erdem at the last second. From that moment on, the idle balls coming from freekicks posed a real threat to Black & White defence in front of their net. A 37th minute curled free-kick by Barıshit the Besiktas’scross bar again after a fingertip save from Erdem who denied the visitors    a chance to move ahead. The offensive pressure of Trabzonspor finally paid its dividends.  Chasing a long pass from midfield, Hami found himself in a one on one situation with the keeper and he  cleverly lobbed the ball into the empty Besiktas’s net over our Erdem for visitor’s 1-0 lead 7 minutes before  the half-time. Both teams were unable to chance the scoreboard during the remaining minutes as Trabzonspor went to locker room with one goal advantage at the end of first 45 minutes.  
Making a fast entry into second half Black&Whites succeeded in leveling the score during 49th minute. Our opportunist forward Batuhan headed in a perfect cross coming from left wing that tied the game’s score at one goal each (1-1). This early equalizer raised the confidence of Besiktasforwards under the leadership of Batuhan who could not put his team in front dispite of having numerous golden opportunities which were either off-mark or saved by Trabzonspor’s goalkeeper. Since the responding attacks of visiting team organized by Barıswere equally non-productive, the regulation time ended 1-1 and the final went into extra time.    
At start of the additional time, our Youth B Team took control of the game and started to apply pressure especially from left wing for second goal. As a result of this effective performance, our Black&Whites scored their long awaited goal in 100th minute. While all eyes were on Batuhan, Burak sent the ball in from far post with a brilliant shot and gave Besiktas2-1 lead for the first time in the game. This sudden goal demorilized Trabzonspor who lost the game discipline and came empty handed from its disorganized attacks. Exactly 4 minutes later, Besiktas struck again. The man of the match Batuhan directed Özgür’s cross from left wing into visitors net with a smooth touch as Black&Whites grabbed a two goal advantage before the end of first 15 minutes (3-1).   
In final part of extra time, the visiting team reduced the deficit to a single goal with Gökhan (3-2) during a corner-kick scrimmage in front of the net. However all attempts by the burgundy & blue team to tie the score were successfully choked off  by Besiktas’stightened up defense as Black&Whites held on to a well deserved  3-2  win at the end of the final whistle. With this unique victory Besiktas Youth B team successfully past 1750 participant teams and became the new Turkish Champion for the 2006-07 football season.

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