Antalyaspor faces Besiktas in the Turkish Cup final. The match will be played on Tuesday, May 18th at Gürsel Aksel Stadyumu (Izmir)
Antalyaspor was considered a fairly strong middle peasant of the Turkish Super League. And the team confirmed this status in the previous season, climbing to 8th place. Now Ersun Yanal has a quite combat-ready squad. First of all, we may note Fyodor Kudryashov - the player of the Russian national team is in the lead in terms of involvement in the matches of the current championship. But there is also Nuri Sahin, the ex-player of Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid, the Germans Sidney Sam and Lucas Podolski, the Belgian goalkeeper Boffin, as well as Naldo and Jahovic who played in the RPL. But now the results in the Super League are quite modest. Fortunately, the Scorpions managed to stay above the relegation zone. All attention and emotions seem to go to the cup, where Antalyaspor reached the final for the second time in history.
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Besiktas recently rolled back to supporting roles in the Turkish championship. After the titles of 2016 and 2017, the Eagles had not managed to gain gold medals again. In 2020, they took only 3rd place. And the team was eliminated from both international tournaments, the Champions League and the Europa League, losing to the first opponents in qualification. It seemed that the Eagles would make up for all these failures with the successful current season. But Besiktas managed to create problems for itself. The team lost to Galatasaray in the derby, as the neighbor was motivated and wanted to win. But then Sergen Yalcin's charges lost 1-2 to the modest Fatih Karagyumruk, conceding the decisive goal in the majority. As a result, the Red-and-Yellows caught up with the competitor. And the Eagles managed to win the title only thanks to a difficult victory over Goztepe in the last round (2-1, with a decisive goal from Ghezzal from the penalty spot in the middle of the 2nd half).
Besiktas could not win in three head-to-head matches in a row. Antalyaspor even won away in 2020, and then two draws were recorded. Of course, Besiktas spent a lot of energy. But it must find the strength and make a gold double. We think that the Black Eagles will manage to win in regulation time.
Prediction for the match: Besiktas to win
