Besiktas (A)

Group "H" matchday 4

Wednesday 18th October 2000 Besiktas JK 0 Leeds United 0

Half time 0 - 0 Att:20,000

"A return to Turkey for Leeds sees high security and dire warnings to the Leeds fans. However, the match ends up in a well-behaved draw."

Besiktas JK Leeds United

1) SHORUNMU Ike (GK) 13) ROBINSON Paul (GK)

2) KARHAN Miroslav 2) KELLY Gary (C)

3) TAYFUR Havutcu 3) HARTE Ian

4) ALI EREN Beserler 6) WOODGATE Jon

7) AHMET DURSUN 8) BRIDGES Michael

8) NIHAT Kahveci 9) VIDUKA Mark

10) MEHMET Ozdilek (C) 11) BOWYER Lee

11) MUNCH Markus 18) MILLS Danny *

14) UMIT Bozkurt 19) BAKKE Eirik

16) KHLESTOV Dmitry 21) MATTEO Dominic

28) YASIN Sulun 25) BURNS Jacob

* Misses next match if booked.

22) FEVZI Tuncay (GK) 26) Milosevic Dejan (GK)

6) RAHIM Zafer 12) HUCKERBY Darren

13) BAYRAM Bektas 14) McPHAIL Stephen

18) AYHAN Akman 20) JONES Matthew

20) MURAT Alacayir 31) EVANS Gareth

24) ILHAN Sahin 38) HACKWORTH Tony

Coach SCALA Nevio

Referee: WEGEREEF Jan (HOL)

STATISTICS

	Half	Full	Half	Full
Shots on goal	5	8	1	1
Shots wide	1	6	2	2
Corners	1	3	1	1
Fouls committed	9	20	11	14
Offside	2	2	2	3
Possession	54%	53%	46%	47%
Ball in play	15'	30'	13'	26'
Total ball in play	28'	56'	28'	56'

First half statistics Second half statistics

Post match reaction:

Nevio Scala:

" We had a difficult game tonight. We did not have enough chances to win this game and i have to accept that it was so difficult to score a goal with so many absent players. For the last three days we have been motivating ourselves. My players tried to win; they did their best and i am satisfied with their performance. All the teams in this group have an equal chance of qualifying. We must work hard for the remaining matches because Barcelona and Milan are very strong sides."

AC Milan 3 FC Barcelona 0

David O'Leary:

" We were not in good condition and i had to substitute one of my players who was injured because of the bad pitch. Tonight our quality of football was not good enough to win but we tried to do our best. 150 Leeds supporters came to Isatanbul: it was a hard journey for them. I was fearful when i arrived in the city but i have to say that the Turkish people have behaved very well and i thank them."

Leeds United

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