Beşiktaş-Fenerbahçe derby ended goalless. While the authorities did not like the football played, there were 9 goals and great excitement in the Manchester derby. The situation brought the question “What are we playing while they are playing football?”. Those who watched the two games in a row to spend the Sunday at home had the same question in their minds: "What are we playing?"
In the 8th week of the SUPER League, Beşiktaş hosted Fenerbahçe in Vodafone Park, and the match ended in a 0-0 draw. While the authorities did not like the football played, there were 9 goals and great excitement in the Manchester derby in the cradle of football on the same day. Those who watched the two games in a row to spend the Sunday at home had the same question in their minds: "What are we playing?" Two of the three football teams that have the biggest fan support of the country's football shared their trump card in Dolmabahçe on Sunday evening. Contrary to the expectations of the fans and the public, the game watched on the field was disappointing. According to Instat data, in the 8th week of the Super League matches were played, Beşiktaş-Fenerbahçe derby, the match in which the ball remained in the game with the lowest time, was in the 6th place in the whole season with a time of 46 minutes and 43 seconds. Football fans watched a lot of goals and a good game on the field in the Manchester derby played on Sunday morning. In Istanbul, on the other hand, the understanding of the coach who took the field on ‘not losing in the derbies’ almost put the fans to sleep.
While we claim that we are the country of football at every opportunity, this game and understanding in derbies, which we see as the brand values of our league, actually hit us with the bitter truth. No solution to Jorge Jesus' tactic.
In the derby match played between Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe, the Black and White team could not find a solution to Jorge Jesus' tactic, and the record of 8 weeks was broken. In Fenerbahçe, entering the season under the management of Jorge Jesus, the most obvious change of this season is the desire to play the game in the opponent's field and the tactical moves made in this direction. According to Opta data; Beşiktaş has the most offside flag this season while playing the Super League match against Fenerbahce (7); The only match in which Jackson Muleka (3) spent more offside in his Super League career was against Göztepe (4) in March 2022. Fenerbahce defense, which welcomes the opponent in a line, has been maintaining this understanding since the beginning of the season, while trying to act as a team in order to leave the opponents on the offside. Especially in the last 5 weeks, the offside figures of the competitors reveal that special studies have been carried out on this issue.
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The giant derby played between Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe disappointed the fans. While there was no sound of goals in the match, we waited 90 minutes in front of the screen after both teams thought of not conceding a goal rather than scoring a goal. The best part of the Beşiktaş-Fenerbahçe derby was the comments on social media.