Knowing quite well what a single goal meant in these types of two-legged knock-out ties, Beşiktaş started their Europa League’s Round of 32 first leg in Beersheba, Israel cautiously. When the home side thought the same way, the teams had to wait until the dying stages of the first half to score. First, a 42nd-minute own goal by William Ribeiro Soares put the Black Eagles on the scoresheet. Then two minutes later, Beer-Sheva equalised through Elyaniv Barda and took a 1-1 draw into the half-time. Beşiktaş looked more offensive in the second half and regained the lead on 60 minutes, thanks to a fine, inside-the-box effort from Cenk Tosun. Beer-Sheva tried to level the matters with quick but occasional attacks, only to see Atiba Hutchinson push the game out of their reach through a stoppage-time goal and give the Black Eagles a serious, two-goal advantage for the second leg in Istanbul.
Toto Jacob Turner Stadium
16 FEBRUARY 2017 23.05
Atiba Hutchinson
Cenk Tosun - Ömer Şişmanoğlu
Ricardo Quaresma - Gökhan İnler
Elyaniv Barda - Ben Sahar
Tolgay Arslan - Anderson Talisca
Ovidiu Hoban - Michael Ohana
Cenk Tosun
Maor Melikson - Muhamad Gadir
Elyaniv Barda
Cenk Tosun
Shir Tzedek
David Goresh
Ben Turjeman
Shir Tzedek
Ben Biton
William Soares
Ovidiu Hoban
Maharan Radi
Maor Melikson
John Ogu
Anthony Nwakaeme
Elyaniv Barda
YEDEKLER
Guy Haimov
Loai Taha
Mattan Ohayon
Vladimir Broun
Michael Ohana
Ben Sahar
Muhamad Gadir
Fabricio Ramirez
Dusko Tosic
Marcelo Guedes
Gökhan Gönül
Matej Mitrovic
Ryan Babel
Atiba Hutchinson
Necip Uysal
Ricardo Quaresma
Tolgay Arslan
Cenk Tosun
YEDEKLER
Tolga Zengin
Fatih Aksoy
Atınç Nukan
Anderson Talisca
Gökhan İnler
Oğuzhan Özyakup
Ömer Şişmanoğlu