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Beşiktaş lost away to Celtic in the UEFA Europa League. The first half of the match in Glasgow ended 0-0.
The Turkish side’s head coach fielded Kassum Ouattara in place of Rıdvan Yılmaz at left-back and Ernest Poku instead of Wilfred Ndidi in midfield. Hyeon-gyu Oh played up front, while Dušan Vlahović was not in the starting lineup. Alexander Nübel was in goal. Amir Murillo, Emmanuel Agbadou and Emirhan Topçu also started in defense. Junior Olaitan, Salih Özcan and Leandro Trossard played in midfield, with Václav Černý in attack.
Oh joined Celtic from Suwon Bluewings in the 2024-25 season. Poku made his first start in the Europa League. Orkun Kökçü missed four matches after being injured in the game against Hoffenheim and was on the bench for this match.
Beşiktaş fans supported their team on the streets of Glasgow before travelling to the stadium under police escort. There was tension in the stands before the match, but police intervened and the situation did not escalate. Before kick-off, the players observed a minute’s silence in memory of Jesús de Miguel Alameda, a player for Spain’s Tenerife.
Nygren’s shot in the eighth minute of the first half went over the goal. After Murillo crossed from the right in the 28th minute, an opposing defender diverted the ball for a corner at the last moment.
