Pathetic? I'm not so sure. Didn't watch the match, but the highlights indicate that Besiktas had a difficult time until that red card, which changed the match in their favour
You gotta' be kidding. Higlights do not show anything. They first show Stoke's goal and then the penalty position. Then how come you say BJK had a difficult time? On the contrary, the game were played in Stoke's side when Ismail lost the ball and BJK conceded the goal. Second half was really great and one could sense the goal was about to come
Well, Besiktas didn't have two of their big names, namely, Quaresma and Simao, who are usually the names behind the goals Besiktas score. And as far as I remember Besiktas was the better team in the first game but that additional aerial resource of Stoke City had made the difference. The funny thing is that Dynamo Kiev, the best team in this group I suppose (who had eliminated Manchester City last year when they reached the quarter finals), couldn't go through at the end of the day
After the first game away, my comment was saying that the game in Istanbul will be very hard for Stoke and did not give a chance to them. Good to see that I'm right.
In the first half, BJK was better but last choices and movements were crap. Eh, you know the second half....
Manuel Fernandes is a beast. He's truly man of the match. Well done for bringing him to team. As a Fenerbahce fan myself, I'm so glad to see him on the pitch doing great.
Manuel Fernandes is a top player, I can't understand why he havent been called for Portugal national squad, hang on I know it now is because he is black in it!