Galatasaray beat Beshir's Rize 2-1!

Galatasaray beat Beshir's Rize 2-1!

Date: 23-8-2004
Wrote: EP's reporter Islam Issa

Necati sunk Beshir and his defense, scoring both goals for Galatasaray as they beat Rizespor 2-1 on home turf.

Beshir El Tabei was present in defense as usual, with a shaven head. Once again, as in the previous matches of the season, Rizespor changed their kit from white to green at half time!!

Just 7 minutes in, Sukur passed the ball around Beshir and found Necati, who scored the first from a powerful strike from just outside the area! 1-0!

Following this, Rizespor attacked and there were chances for both sides.

In the 40th minute, a great move by Rizespor saw a cross played in from the right, and it was headed into the side of the net to equalise the score!

Just five minutes later, a free-kick was played square. The first shot was blocked but was then scrambled in and tapped in from three yards out by the man Beshir was marking.

The second half saw more attacks from Galatasaray. A square ball was played in for Hakan Sukur, whom Beshir seemed to leave. The eventual shot was saved but it was rebounded in. The flag was up though for the player who passed initially to Sukur.

Later, a through ball was played for Sukur between Beshir and a team-mate, but the finish was saved by the goalie and put for a corner.

Rizespor tried to get the counter attack going, and an attack saw a Rize striker slide the ball past the keeper, unable to avoid the oncoming defender though.

Beshir almost gave away a penalty!! The ball was played in for Gala, and the Egyptian seemed to push the striker, but nothing was given, much to Hagi's [Gala manager] annoyance.

The last chance of the game was for Gala. El Tabei was out-paced on the left wing, and the attacker played a pass into the centre. Luckily, a defender was there to clear the danger.

The game ended 2-1 to Galatasaray.

Rizespor played a game where the defenders were clearly told to stay back deep, and this left them vulnerable to long strikes and made it a busy and disorganised penalty area.

Galatasaray: Mondragon xx, Cihan xx, Song xxx, Tomas xx, Hakan Unsal xx, Hasan xx (Min. 33 Sabri xxx), Conceiçao xxx, Ergün xxx (Min. 78 Ayhan x), Baliç xx, Hakan ?ükür xx, Necati xxx (Min. 73 Volkan x)

Caykur Rizespor: Zdravkov x, Cem xx, Kür?at xx, El Tabei xx, Alper xx (Min. 79 Seydihan x), Gürol xx, Unal x (Min. 46 Koray x), Fahri xx, Serkan x (Min. 15 Ersin xx), Murat x, Okan x

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