Visiting Black Eagles went down 2-1 to Büyükşehir Belediyespor at Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium on Day 19 of the Spor Toto Turkish Super League.

Playing in front of a vocal Beşiktaş crowd, who braved the cold weather, the Black and White started the game brightly and came close to scoring on two occasions in the first 10 minutes. After stopping Vinicius back pass from going in with a last-second save, Büyükşehir goalkeeper was right on-the-spot to deny Nobre from close range. The Black Eagles kept up the pressure with a number of crosses from İbrahim Üzülmez and Simao but unexpectedly fell a goal behind in the 35th minute. When Beşiktaş’s young goalie Cenk Gönen dropped the ball coming from a corner-kick, Vinicious easily tapped it into the empty net to put the home side 1-0 up. One minute before half time, referee Fırat Aydınus sent midfielder Mehmet Aurelio to early showers after he committed a harsh foul, and the Eagles had to continue the game with 10 men for the remainder of the match. Büyükşehir Belediyespor, who did not show anything offensively during the entire first half except a corner-kick, carried a one-goal lead into the dressing room at the interval.  
Beşiktaş Manager Bernd Schuster brought on Fernandes for Nobre in the second half as shorthanded Beşiktaş, led by Quaresma, pushed relentlessly for the equaliser. Despite a flurry of attacks from both flanks, they had to wait until the 66th minute to get on the scoresheet when Simao beat Hasagiç with a perfectly-taken free-kick that went through the wall and into the top right corner. Buoyed by the goal, the Eagles redoubled their efforts for the second but also left large gaps at the back for the home team to advantage of. It appeared as though, only an extraordinary event would slow Beşiktaş down, and twelve minutes before the end that moment came when referee sent Shuster to the stands for arguing a call. Then Forward Ali Güzeldal entered the game for İbrahim Akın to bolster Büyükşehir’s front line and keep the ball in Beşiktaş’s half. The substitution paid its dividend in injury as İskender caught Cenk Gönen off guard with long drive to score the winner and pick up all three points.
Match Details
Venue: Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadium, Istanbul
Referees: Fırat Aydınus, Serkan Ok, Cem Satman, Koray Gençerler (4th Referee)
Büyükşehir Belediyespor: Hasagiç, Cihan, Ekrem, Vinicius, Rızvan, Mahmut, Tevfik (Gökhan Süzen, 89’), Serhat, Holmen, Gökhan Ünal (İskender, 82’), İbrahim Akın (Ali Güzeldal, 82’)
Reserves: Oğuzhan, Metin Depe, Abdülkadir, Efe İnanç, Ali Güzeldal, İskender, Gökhan Süzen
Manager: Abdullah Avcı
Beşiktaş: Cenk Gönen, Ekrem Dağ, İbrahim Toraman, Guti (Necip Uysal, 89’), Tomas Sivok, İbrahim Üzülmez, Mehmet Aurelio, Mert Nobre ( Fernandes, 46’), Simao (Ernst; 87’), Quaresma, Almeida
Reserves: Hakan Arıkan, Erhan Güven, İsmail Köybaşı, Fabian Ernst, Necip Uysal, Bobo, Fernandes
Manager: Bernd Schuster
Goals: Vinicius (35’), Simao (66’), İskender (90’)
Yellow Cards: Rızvan (18’), Cihan (60’), Gökhan Ünal (63’), Quaresma (90’+3’)
Red Card: Aurelio (45’)