Fortschritt 0 - 3 Besiktas (384283642)

A brilliantly sunny day had enticed a crowd of 35967 to Fortschritt München Arena. Roberto Ribichini was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Vidar Grøtterud and Zeki Lami. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Fortschritt. The following players had been chosen: Vehab - Alves Lima, Padovani, Klusáček, Bindels - Decrauzat, Cuvelier, Soheili, Brodersen - Fjeler, Correia.

Besiktas decided to use a 4-5-1 set up. Starters: Escuredo - Ölçüm, Everett, Tüdeln, Pejřil - Hunter, Kamcke, Bon Nielsen, Eyerich, Maas - Rikalovski.

Fortschritt clearly had decided to counter-attack when they could. Today, Besiktas's strategy involved concentrating on the flanks for their attacks. L. Eyerich delivered a good free kick from an excellent position 13 minutes into the game, but luck wasn't on Besiktas's side this time and the ball went wide. After 31 minutes, Besiktas put themselves up 0 - 1, as A. Kamcke finished off a strike from the left with a real cannonball of a shot. The visitors' S. Tüdeln took advantage of a misunderstanding between the home side's goalie and centre backs 33 minutes into the match. 0 - 2 for Besiktas. Attacking on the wings was the choice for Besiktas, and they were successfully passing the ball from the middle to the wings to attack. After 40 minutes of game time, E. Maas had an excellent opportunity to add to the visitors' lead, clipping a volley hooked in from the right, but Z. Vehab was in the right place and tipped the ball over for a corner. 43 minutes into the game, Besiktas worked the left side industriously creating several opportunities to add to their lead, but just couldn't apply the finishing touch. Halftime score was 0 - 2. Possession in the forty-five minutes was dominated by Besiktas, with 57 percent of the ball.

G. Brodersen dispatched a majestic long shot 55 minutes into the match, but missed the goal by a few metres. With 57 minutes played, a quick exchange of passes on the left wing freed A. Kamcke of Besiktas to slip through the defence and score another goal for the visitors. That made the score 0 - 3. As the game started to slip away for Fortschritt, the manager decided to change the tactical approach. The Fortschritt coach was desperate to reverse his team's fortunes in the game, and ordered his team to change strategy. After 79 minutes a very unfortunate collision in the penalty area led to Besiktas's C. Bon Nielsen being carried off the pitch and replaced by M. Smith. It wasn't a good day at all for G. Soheili. His powerful style of play just didn't fit the bill on this warm day. Besiktas claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 54 percent.

Fortschritt's best player was N. Decrauzat. F. Cuvelier was a disappointment, however. The most dominating Besiktas player was without a doubt E. Maas. On the other hand, M. Smith's play was disheartening. The match ends 0 - 3.