Beşiktaş Captain İbrahim Üzülmez claimed the Eagles are capable of eliminating Dynamo Kiev:

“I think it is not a bad draw. Since we faced them many times before, they are no strangers to us. In our last encounters, we beat them in Istanbul and drew them over there. This time around, we are more experienced and will not repeat the same mistakes. A positive result at home will take us to the next round. But the weather conditions in Kiev worry us the most, because it is not easy to play under extreme cold and heavy snow. I remember our match in Kiev. It was so cold that one of my teammates Amaral kept crying the entire match.”