The 81-week transformation of leader Beşiktaş

Beşiktaş, who started the season under Sergen Yalçın, lost their Champions League and Europa League chances in the knockout phase, and were disappointed in the Super League.

The black and white who lost 4 points in the first 4 weeks of the League with 2 losses, 1 victory and a draw, spent the 5th week for BAY. Beşiktaş, who entered week 6 with 4 points in 18th place, then won 9 wins in 11 games and lost 2 times.

27 points accumulated in 4 months led the black whites to the leadership at the end of week 16. In this process, in addition to the adaptation of transfers to the team, the system of Sergen Yalçın, Medipol Başakşehir and Fenerbahçe’s victories in the ninth and 10th weeks played an important role.

Beşiktaş, who came out with 6 points in two challenging matches in a row, began to gain the identity of ‘team’. As the players gained self-confidence, the negative criticisms made of Sergen Yalçın were replaced by words of praise.

Vincent Aboubakar, who could not play in the last 2 games due to the death of his mother, became the names that contributed the most to the score at the end of the 16th week with 8 goals and Cyle Larin 6 goals.

6 assists by Rachid Ghezzal, the charts in ascending form of Valentin Rosier and Rıdvan Yılmaz, the experiences that Ersin and Utku have won each week, the effective midfield games of Atiba, Josef, Necip, N’Koudou, Dorukhan and Mensah. It was a factor in Beşiktaş’s rise to leadership.

When Beşiktaş closed the week as Super League leaders, the deadline was August 19, 2018. The Blue and Whites defeated Büyükşehir Belediye Erzurumspor 3-1 on the road that day.

Beşiktaş played that match under the leadership of Şenol Güneş with Tolga, Gökhan, Pepe, Vida, Adriano, Necip, Medel, Oğuzhan, Quaresma, Babel and Negredo 11. With Hes Kayserispor’s match, Domagoj Vida was the only name that participated in the eleventh of that game 3 seasons ago.