Before the international break, Beşiktaş drew with Gaziantep FK and will try to win back the hearts of their disappointed fans with the match against Konyaspor at home. The match started at 16:00, officiated by referee Kadir Sağlam. In the league, van Bronckhorst’s team has achieved 5 wins and 2 draws in 7 matches, and they aim to gain morale before their midweek Europa League match against Lyon by overcoming the challenge of Konya.
BESIKTAS 1 – 0 KONYASPOR (First half underway)
29’ Immobile (Penalty)
4 ABSENT, SEMIH IN THE STARTING 11 AFTER 7 MATCHES
In the Black and White team, 4 players were not included in the squad for the Konyaspor match. Injured players Milot Rashica, Gabriel Paulista, and Ersin Destanoglu, along with Jean Onana, were absent from the roster. Besiktas’s national player Semih Kilicsoy made his first start after 7 matches across all competitions. The 19-year-old, who was last in the starting lineup on August 29 in the UEFA Europa League playoff return match against the Swiss team Lugano, had not been chosen by van Bronckhorst in the starting XI for the last 7 matches. Semih Kilicsoy came off the bench in 6 of these matches and did not play in one.
ALI CAMDALI IN THE STANDS DUE TO SUSPENSION
Konyaspor head coach Ali Camdali was unable to be on the sidelines during the Beşiktaş match due to his suspension. Camdali received a one-match ban after being shown a red card in the match where his team defeated Eyüpspor 2-1 in the 8th week of the Super Lig.
CELEBRATION OF REPUBLIC DAY AT DOLMABAHCE
Tüpraş Stadium was decorated with Turkish flags as part of the celebrations for the 101st anniversary of Republic Day on October 29. Turkish flags were placed on all the seats in the stadium, and the Black and White fans displayed a banner featuring the image of Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, which read, “We are the guardians of the Republic.”
Before the match, Norm Ender performed a mini concert with the BJK Kabataş Foundation Schools Children’s Choir. Norm Ender and the children sang the National Anthem and the song “Parla,” composed for the 100th anniversary of the Republic. The Black and White football team warmed up with a banner reading “We are the guardians of the Republic” and took to the field in a specially prepared red jersey for Republic Day.
