Besiktas-Fenerbahce

The time has finally arrived for the much anticipated derby in Turkish Soccer as Istanbul giants Besiktas and Fenerbahce clash at Besiktas's Fiyapi Inonu Stadium in Istanbul, Turkey.

The starting lineups are as follows:

Besiktas

Rustu Recber
Ekrem Dag
Ibrahim Toraman
Matteo Ferrari
Ismail Koybasi
Necip Uysal
Fabian Ernst
Simao Sabrosa
Guti Hernandez
Ricardo Quaresma
Hugo Almeida

Fenerbahce

Volkan Demirek
Gokhan Gonul
Diego Lugano
Joesph Yobo
Andre Santos
Mehmet Topuz
Selcuk Sahin
Emre Belezoglu
Issiar Dia
Alex De Souza
Mahamadou Niang


Besiktas begin with possession of the ball as the game kicks off.

The first three minutes of the game sees fouls given by either side.

4 minutes into the game, the visitors take the lead when Fenerbahce captain Alex De Souza takes the free kick by crossing the ball into the Besiktas area and is headed home by Necip Uysal who scores an unfortunate own goal.

6 minutes in Issiar Dia dribbles towards the 18 yard box and rips a shot past the near post.

Besiktas win a corner kick as Gokhan Gonul acidentally kicks the ball out behind him.

Ten minutes in Fenerbahce get a great chance to score as Emre Belozoglu sends Issiar Dia down the left hand side of the 18 yard box and he then crosses the ball to a leaping Mahamadou Niang who kicks the ball out for a goal kick.

The first yellow card of the game is given to the home side due to a foul by Ekrem Dag who runs into Issiar Dia who falls down to the ground.

13 minutes in Guti crosses the ball to the right side of the 18 yard box to Quaresma who gets past the defender but shoots past the near post.

About 15 minutes in Ekrem Dag slides to clear the ball way from Niang who gets caught by Ekrem Dag's cleats. He was just cautioned a few moments ago and the referee has a word once more.

16 minutes in Fabian Ernst shoots the ball from over 20 yards out but the ball is caught with ease by Turkish international Vollkan Demirel.

A minute later at the 17th Issiar Dia drags the ball right then left past Besiktas defender Ibrahim Toraman then shoots the ball to the near post but is slapped away by Rustu.

Besiktas in a free kick on the right side of the field near the out-of-bounds touch line when Andre Santos trips Ricardo Quaresma. Santos receives the game's second but his team's first yellow card. The teams are constantly fouling one another disallowing the game to flow freely.

20 minutes in Mahamadou Niang slips away from two Besiktas players in the middle of the field and runs al the wa inside the 18 yard box of Beisktas and rips a shot which is hit away for a corner by Rustu. Emre receives the ball after the corner kick and lops the ball beautifully which is about to go into the top corner for a second goal but Rustu tips the ball over and out at the last second for another Fenerbahce corner.

Matteo Ferrari clears the ball away for a corner kick afet Andre Santos looked for a cross to the right side of the field.

After great passing between Issiar Dia to Niang to Alex and back to Dia, Issiar shots the ball from 7 yards out only to be denied by the near post.

Besiktas have a counterattack at the 27th minute with Guti sprinting towards the Fenerbahce goal and has help from Ekrem Dag on the right side of the field but decides to go for glory himself when he shoots into the arms of Volkan Demirel.

28 minutes in Fenerbahce win a free kick. Alex steps up to take and he does and after a few deflections Mehmet Topuz takes a shot bu it is deflected away from goal to the right side of the Besiktas defense who are away from danger.

Ricardo Quaresma receives a yellow card for arguing with the referee due to a foul by fellow teammate Hugo Almeida on Fenerbahce defender Diego Lugano.

Quaresma finds himself inside the 18 yard box on the right side and he takes a shot wiht the outside of his right foot but due ot teh lack of power on the shot, Volkan catches the ball easily in his arms.

36 minutes in after a quick give and go from Simao and Almeida, Simao shoots the ball fiercely towards the bottom right corner but Volkan Demirel saves.

41 minutes in Simao shoots the ball straight at Volkan Demirel on the ground whi easily rolls out his arms and gathers possession of the ball.

Ismail Koybasi latches onto a through ball towards the out of bounds goal kick line and crosses the ball right before it goes out and Volkan hits it out for a corner.

44 minutes in Ekrem Dag cuts the ball left away from Andre Santos and rips the ball with his left foot into the top crease of the goal leaving Volkan helpless. 1-1

The first half ends 1-1 with Besiktas grabbing the equalizing goal just seconds before the half whistle was blown.

The second half begins with Fenerbahce kicking off.

48 minutes in Fabian Ernst's shot is deflected out for a Besiktas corner.

Besiktas wins a free kick within the same minute due to a handball by captain Alex De Souza.

Simao Sabrosa steps up to take the kick and it is deflected off the wall right in front of captain Ibrahim Toraman who kicks the ball past Volkan Demirel fron close range. 2-1 Besiktas

Alex's corner is headed out for another corner thanks to a diving header by Fabian Ernst.

Besiktas gain a counter attack and Riacrdo Quaresma attempts a cross towards his teammates but the ball goes towards goal and Volkan Demirel slaps the ball over the bar for a corner.

Besiktas gai yet another counter attack with Quaresma crossing the ball across the face of goal just over the outstretched head of Portuguese international teammate Hugo Almeida.

Dia's cross headed away by the Besiktas defense at the 57th minute.

Alex's free kick is headed away by forward Almeida who ran back to help his defense.

Hugo Almeida gains possession of the ball between two Fenerbahce defenders and finds himself one on one with Volkan Demirel who slaps away Almeida's shot which was inteded for Volkan's goal's bottom left corner.

Immense pressure by Besiktas wins them a free kick and corner kick rapidly and respectively.

Dia's cross right in front of goal is hit away by Ferarri for a corner kick. Ferarri has been ejected form the game for hitting Lugano in the face with his forearm after clearing the ball. A penalty kick has been given for the incident even though the ball has already been cleared. Goal keeper Rustu has been yellow carded as well for his arguing and appealing.

Alex steps up to take the penalty kick and....scores at the 65th minute. 2-2 Twenty five minutes left in the game.

Niang shoots the ball from close range only to be hit out by Necip Uysal for a corner.

Mehmet Topuz following a Fenerbahce counter attack shoots the ball from inside the 18 yard box past the far post of the goal.

Fenerbahce take the lead at the 72nd minute after Emre Belozoglu crosses the ball from the left side of the 18 yard box and is headed home by captain Alex De Souza.

Fenerbahce after going up a man due to Ferarri's ejection are piling up the pressure as Rustu slpas away another goal attempt.

Alex makes it 4 and gets his hat trick after he crosses out former Fenerbahce keeper Rustu and slots the ball into the goal from a tough angle. 4-2 Fenerbahce

Besiktas win a corner at the 81st minute.

Ricardo's cross into the bos is hit away by Joseph Yobo.

Simao's free kick hit away towards Ricardo Quaresma who sees his shot blocked.

Final score Besiktas 2-4 Fenerbahce--man of the match Fenerbahce captain Alex De Souza

The match was very exciting from the beginning with Fenerbahce taking the early lead through an own goal and during the brinkn of half time, Ekrem Dag equalizes for the home side. The second half started off even brighter for BJK (Besiktas) as they scored through captain Ibrahim Toraman. Besiktas heavily pressured the Fener (Fenerbahce) defense but to no avail.

Matteo Ferarri received his marching orders after deliberately hitting Diego Lugano in his face with the back of his arm and not only did he receive a red card, a penalty kick was given even though the ball was no where near the scene.

Issiar Dia missed the chance to put up Fenerbahce 2-0 in the first half and Hugo Almeida missed the chance to make it 3-1 in the second half for Besiktas. There were chances for each team bu in the end the away side finished the job.

Fenerbahce went on to score 3 goals beginning with a penalty kick, a header, and an easy slot all by captain Alex De Souza. Fenerbahce now have a one point lead over Trabzonspor in the league table and Trabzon have the chance to regain the lead when they play Vestel Manisaspor tomorrow.

The game lost its balance and excitement after the red card was given but in the end the away side prevailed fully taking advantage of being a man up. Fenerbahce next host Kasimpasaspor next week and Besiktas visit Antalyaspor.