Beşiktaş gained an advantage by defeating Kauno Zalgiris 3-0

Beşiktaş hosted Lithuania's Kauno Zalgiris team in the first match of the UEFA Europa League play-off round.

The black-white team finished the first half of the match played at Tüpraş Stadium 2-0 ahead with the goals scored by Oh and Murillo.

Beşiktaş, who scored another goal (penalty) with Orkun Kökçü in the second half, won the match 3-0 and gained a significant advantage before the rematch.

HE WON ALL 6 OFFICIAL MATCHES THIS SEASON WITHOUT CONCERNING A GOAL

Beşiktaş, which won all the official matches it played this season, increased the number of matches without conceding a goal to 6 by keeping a clean sheet in 5 matches in Europe and 1 match in the league.

OH, HE MEET GOAL THIS SEASON

Hyeon-gyu Oh, who plays in Beşiktaş's forward line, scored his first official goal this season.

The South Korean player, who played in the league once as well as in the 4 European matches played by the Black-Whites this season, headed the ball into the net from the corner kick taken by Rıdvan Yılmaz in the 6th minute.

Oh, who started the 4 matches played against Midtjylland and Hradec Kralove in the eleven, started the Eyüpspor match on the bench and replaced Semih Kılıçsoy in the 63rd minute.

GOAL CONTRIBUTION FROM FULL-BACKS

Beşiktaş scored the second goal with the cooperation of two players playing on the right and left of the defense.

The ball was centered by Rıdvan Yılmaz, playing on the left of the black-white defense, in the 12th minute, and Amir Murillo, playing at right-back, sent it to the net and put his team ahead 2-0.

Rıdvan Yılmaz, who passed the ball to Oh in the first goal, contributed to both goals by making the last pass in Murillo's goal. This goal was also Murillo's first goal this season.

SIFTAH FROM VLAHOVIC

Beşiktaş's star player Dusan Vlahovic appeared before the fans for the first time in the black and white jersey.

The Serbian football player, who started the game on the bench, replaced Oh in the 60th minute. The goalkeeper did not allow Vlahovic, who entered the game with intense cheers from Beşiktaş fans, to score a header in the 69th minute.

ORKUN KÖKÇÜ SCORED HIS 3RD GOAL

Black-whites captain Orkun Kökçü recorded his third goal of the season.

The national player, who scored the first official goal of the season for Beşiktaş in the match against Midtjylland, also scored from the penalty spot in the rematch with the Danish team.

Orkun took charge again in the penalty won after Oh was brought down and made the score 3-0 in the 59th minute.

BEŞİKTAŞ EVALUATION FROM GÜNTEKİN ONAY

Güntekin Onay, one of the writers of Hürriyet, evaluated Beşiktaş's game against Kauno Zalgiris in his column today. Here is that article;

GÜNTEKİN ONAY: ITALIANO'S FULL-BACKS WERE ON STAGE

It must be admitted that Beşiktaş played against a weak team. He made it 2-0 with early goals and played the entire match in the opponent's half.

Frankly, Beşiktaş, which constantly pressed effectively in the opponent's half, gave the Zalgiris team no respite. The black and whites have not conceded a single goal in the 6 official matches they played under the management of Vincenzo Italiano. High game discipline, cooperation and a group of players who know the value of bilateral matches are the most important elements that stand out.

THERE IS NO ONE LIKE OLAITAN AND SALİH ÖZCAN IN THE SUPER LEAGUE

I also wrote in previous matches; Beşiktaş is on the right track and is on its way to becoming an aggressive team that does not let the opponent move when the ball is in the opponent's possession. Maybe everyone is obsessed with the names, but do other teams in the Super League have a player like Junior Olaitan, who is dynamic, energetic, carries the ball forward, can make goal-scoring passes and puts pressure on the opponent? I don't think so. The same thing goes for Salih Özcan.

THE STAR OF THE MATCH WAS RIDVAN YILMAZ

The star of the match yesterday was Rıdvan Yılmaz... He made 2 assists and made Dusan Vlahovic score a goal. Fellow fullback Amir Murillo also scored. Two full-backs contributed to 3 goals yesterday. This is important in Italiano's system. Dusan Vlahovic played for the first time yesterday. He was willing, only once did he get the ball he wanted in the goal area. It is important that Oh also scored a goal yesterday. Beşiktaş should have won differently yesterday. The black and whites play a strong team game and are extremely enthusiastic. He doesn't concede a goal, he doesn't give away any chances. The only thing missing is higher scores. This will come in time.