19.15. BESIKTAS (TUR) - ZURICH (SUI)
First game in Switzerland finished 1-1 (* Zurich scored goal at 94th min of the game and i think that it is very important fact)
It will be hot game at Inonu stadium tonight in Istanbul. Besiktas had a great result in first game when lead 1-0 with goal of Bobo but Zurich equilised in last moments of the game and extended their hopes for playing in champions league this season. But it will not be east job for them, no way...Refree is Peter Fröjdfeldt from Sweden and i think that he has a big expirience with turkish teams.
Besiktas started with three wins in turkish premier league ( Konya at home 1-0, Kasimpasa away 2-1 and finally Gaziantepspor away 1-0 with goal in last minutes of the game..). Their target of course in this season is top of the turkish league but Fener and Galatasaray and Trabzon are so strong this season and it will be a long way..
Zurich is leading in Switzerland with 5 wind, one draw and one lost game. At home they have 3-0-0 but in three away games have one win (big win over Sion 5-0 ), one draw (1-1 against Xamax) and one defeat (0-1 against Basel of course).
This two teams are very similar for me. Zurich is maybe best in Switzerland in last two season. Besiktas is not best in Turkey but i got some feelings that turkish league is little stronger then league from Switzerland. So we got right level there.
We have here posible starters for tonights game:
BEŞİKTAŞ
Rüştü
S.Kurtuluş
İ.Toraman
Gökhan
İ.Üzülmez
S.Özkan
Cisse
Ricardinho
Tello
Delgado
Bobo
ZÜRİCH
Leoni
Stahel
Barmettler
Rochat
Schneider
Chikhaoui
Abdi
Okonkwo
Cesar
Raffael
Alphonse
Good news for Besiktas is that their best player in this moment Bobo is coming back after injure tougheder with Mehmet Yozgatli and that is really god news for them. Koray is suspended. New signed Higuain has not right to play tonight.
Lookin to the team of Besiktas i have to agree that they seems very strong but...Rustu..I am vgery sceptic about him. He is not a man of the big games..I remember that Fener lost a very big number of important games when Rustu was there and usually he made so big mistake, unbolivable...Defence is very strong in Besiktas this time with S.Kurtuluş,
İ.Toraman, Gökhan and İ.Üzülmez. Expecially Ibrahim Uzulmez is expirience on the left side and he was rested few games coz was suspended, so he is very fresh for tonights game.
Ibrahim Toraman is also expiriences but S.Kurtulus and Gokhan are young players and to be honest have not a "big games" stil under their foots..
But in the middle Besiktas is so strong. S.Özkan, Cisse, Ricardinho and Delgado. Cisse (ex PSG), Ricardinho and Delgado (ex Basel) are very quality players. Expecially important here is Delgado wich knows Zurich very well. Also Tello (ex Sportinz Lisbon) and brasilian Bobo (ex Corinthians Paulista) are very efectivt in attack.
Besiktas have also great palyers on the bench as strikers Ibrahim Akin and Nobre, Mehmet Yozgatli and Ali Tandogan in the middle. But again i see many problems in Beisktas defence. They received just one goal (against Kasimpasa in city derby) in three games in league. But i am not sure in their defence, expecially in Rustu..
To be honest, i dont know so mach about Zurich, didnt wach them never. All i know that they are a "goal machine". But if we take fact that they play in league where always we have so many goals per game that means nothing.
This things are instresting for me:
I just faound this games of Zurich in european competetions in last few seasons. Maybe i am wrong, but they are very limited in this kind of games.
On the noather side Beisktas first knocked out Sheriff Tiraspol (1-0 in Istanbul and then 3-0 away). But Beisktas have so many expirience in this kind of games. Last season they played in CUP
UEFA nad had a very very strong group with Tottanham, Leverkusen, Brugge and DInamo Bucurest i think. Besiktas won over Brugge (2-1) in Istanbul but also lost against Tottanham 0-2. In they lost away games against Leverkusen and Dinamo with the same result, 1-2.
Also season before Beisktas also played in cup
uefa. All i want to say here is that Besiktas have a big expirience in this kind of games.
On the another side i was very suprised that i saw just this fro Zurich in this kind of games. Brondby knocked them out.
What kind of game we can expect here?
Although the played just 1-1 in first game (and it was1-0 til last minutes) and although Besiktas played three games and scored just 4 and received just one goal, i think that we can not expect a tight game here.
If Besiktas start to play seriously and let Zurich to attack, they can play that with a huge high price. That is reason why Fenerbahce never didnt been succes in this kind of games (they made same thing again against Anderlecht when they great opened a game and scored for 1-0 but then started to make just defence and Anderlech easyly could draw).
If Besiktas start to play like this, i will take a Zurich at live bet. Odds on Zurich are around 6.00 and that is great value.
But Besiktas have a great potential in middle and in the attack. If they press from the start to win, i think that they can do it in hendicep also..
My first best here will be
Besiktas to win coz i bolive in expirience. They have more quality players, expecially in attack and in the middle.
Another bet here wil be over 2.5 goals. I dont bolive that Besiktas will succes to keep clean shit. Turkish teams (except Galatasaray) are not able to do that in this kind of games (As i said Fener had a lot of chance last time agaisnt Anderlecht and game was finished 1-0). Galatasaray play this games on another wat and have a great results. Another turkish teams try to not to receive a goal and that is a big mistake.
I can not write it now, but Besiktas and Fener lost a lot of home games on the same way, defending..
This time i bolive in this team and i will put here
8/10 for Besiktas and
6/10 for over 2.5 goals coz as i said i dont bolive in Rustu and Kurtulus and Golhan in defence of Besiktas.
Besiktas will score for sue, and we have bet
Besiktas to score anytime (around 1.15-1.20 maybe) and i strongly recomind this bet for one big combo boz Zurich will not be able to keep claen shit and stop Besiktas to score.
Good Luck !!!