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Hassan Assists as Besiktas Edge closer to Cup Final

Date: 5-4-2006
Wrote by: EP's webmaster

Ahmned Hassan's Besiktas managed to make an impressive comeback in the Turkyie Kupasi semifinal clash with Gaziantepspor. Besiktas were 1-0 behind when Hassan made the assist to their equalizer early on in the 2nd half. Besiktas added a couple of goals through Bobo and won the first leg match with impressive 1-3 score.

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Egyptian star Ahmed Hassan played an excellent match in the first leg of the Turkish Cup semi-final and lead his side Besiktas to an impressive 1-3 away win. This victory will make Besiktas job much easier in the 2nd leg and the team will likely reach the final after this impressive display.

Hassan played the game from the start and was taken off just four minutes before the final whistle. The Egyptian had a free role behind the strikers in the first half and almost won a penalty kick for Besiktas early on in the game but the referee didn't count it. In the 2nd half, Hassan played in the right flank and through one of his crosses, Tumer managed to score the equalizer.

The game started with pressure from Besiktas side and Tumer attempted a shot on goal but it went over the bar.

Minutes later, the ball reached Ahmed Hassan in the right wing, he cut into the middle and tried to cross the ball into the box but it came off the hand of a Gaziantep defender. The match referee waved play on as he thought that the handball wasn't intentional.

In the 16th minute, Gaziantep started a quick attacking move and a powerful shot from the edge of the box was aimed at Besiktas' goal, Cordoba managed to parry the ball but it fell to the ex-Besiktas forward Veysel who made the follow and slotted the ball home to make the score 1-0 for Gaziantep.


Besiktas couldn't come back into the game in the first half as they couldn't create any more chance on goal and so did their opponents. However, the 2nd half witnessed their great come back.

Just a few minutes after the kick off of the 2nd half, Hassan tried a shot from long range but the goalkeeper of Gaziantep made a good save and hold onto the ball.

Minutes later, Besiktas' Brazilian midfielder Kleberson tried a shot this time with his left and it misserd the target by inches.

In the 57th minute, Ahmed Hassan got the ball in the right wing and sent it back to Ali Gunes, the latter chipped the ball again to Hassan who crossed brilliantly to Tuner Metin in the box, Metin met Hassan's clever pass with a powerful direct shot and the score became 1-1.

In the 64th minute, Kleberson sent a though pass to Bobo at the edge of the box, he managed to outpace his marker and placed the ball superbly with his right into the far corner to make the score 1-2 for Besiktas.

In the 75th minute, Besiktas added the 3rd goal through Bobo as well. This time the goal came through a clever cross from the left wing by Tumer Metin and Bobo met the cross with a powerful header into the back of the net to make the score 1-3 for Besiktas.

In the 86th minute, Tigana decided to rest the Egyptian Hassan and so, he replaced him with Jun.

With this impressive win, Besiktas should not face major problems in the 2nd leg and will hopefully qualify with ease to the Turkish cup final.

More on Ahmed Hassan and Besiktas soon...