Beşiktaş faces Kauno Zalgiris

The black-white football team faced Kauno Zalgiris at Tüpraş Stadium.

Coach Vincenzo Italiano made 3 changes in the first 11 compared to the last match against Eyüpspor in the league.

The 48-year-old coach appointed Amir Murillo, Emirhan Topçu and Hyeon-gyu Oh in the first 11 instead of Taylan Bulut, Emmanuel Agbadou and Semih Kılıçsoy.

The black-whites started the match with the first 11 of Alexander Nübel, Amir Murillo, Tiago Djalo, Emirhan Topçu, Rıdvan Yılmaz, Salih Özcan, Junior Olaitan, Orkun Kökçü, Vaclav Cerny, Leandro Trossard and Hyeon-gyu Oh.

In the Beşiktaş bench, Doğan Alemdar, Wilfred Ndidi, Amir Hadziahmetovic, Milot Rashica, Kartal Kayra Yılmaz, Kassoum Ouattara, Emmanuel Agbadou, Taylan Bulut, Dusan Vlahovic, İlhan Fakılı, Yasin Özcan and Semih Kılıçsoy waited for a chance from the Italian coach.

Vlahovic in the squad for the first time

Beşiktaş's new transfer, Dusan Vlahovic, was in the match squad for the first time against Kauno Zalgiris.

The Serbian striker, whose name was included in the UEFA list, started the match on the bench.

On the other hand, black-white fans showed intense affection to the 26-year-old center forward in the warm-up section.

Support for Vincenzo Italiano

Beşiktaş fans supported coach Vincenzo Italiano with cheers, as in every match.

The Italian coach, who was leading his team in the warm-up section before the match, responded to the support of the stands with applause.

Two clubs met at a friendship dinner

Beşiktaş Club met with UEFA and Kauno Zalgiris delegations at a friendship dinner.

Black and white managers Toygun Batallı, Merve Öztopaloğlu, Aykut Torunoğulları, İbrahim Şafak Sağlam, Beşiktaş Club Football A Team and Nevzat Demir Facilities Coordinator Tuğkan Keçecioğlu, UEFA Delegate Ayan Alzhanov, Kauno Zalgiris Club President Mantas Kalnietis, General Manager Eimantas Püras, Sporting Director attended the dinner at the restaurant in Tüpraş Stadium. Darius Sinkunas and Communications Manager Lukas Gintautas attended.

The board members of the black-and-white club wished the guests a friendly competition after the dinner and presented a plaque and a Beşiktaş jersey to commemorate the day.

North black, south white

There were colorful images in the stands during the match between Beşiktaş and Kauno Zalgiris.

Black-white fans followed the call made on the club's social media accounts during the day: "Tonight, the south stand is wearing white and the north stand is wearing black."

Football fans from Beşiktaş dressed in black in the north stands, while in the south they waited for the first whistle in white jerseys and t-shirts.

On the other hand, while black and white fans showed great interest in the match at Tüpraş Stadium, small gaps were noticeable in the stands.

Kauno Zalgiris fans did not come

The visiting team fans did not show any interest in the Beşiktaş-Kauno Zalgiris match.

After the fans of the Lithuanian representative did not come, the black and white management put the tickets on sale for Beşiktaş fans.

While most of the tickets were sold out in a short time, fans supported their teams with cheers.