Unpleasant start for the Eagles! Beşiktaş lost 4-0 away to Ajax.

Beşiktaş hosted the Dutch representative Ajax in the first week of the UEFA Europa League. The black-and-whites left the field with a 4-0 defeat, starting the league stage of the tournament with a loss.

ONANA AND MUSTAFA ERHAN SURPRISE

Beşiktaş's head coach Giovanni van Bronckhorst made 2 surprises in the starting 11. The Dutch coach started Joao Mario and Ciro Immobile on the bench instead of his ideal 11. Van Bronckhorst faced Ajax with Jean Onana and Mustafa Erhan Hekimoğlu in place of these 2 players.

FITZ-JIM OPENED THE SCORING

Ajax, who was the effective side from start to finish in the match, took the lead 1-0 with a goal from Kian Fitz-Jim in the 31st minute. With no other goals in the remaining minutes of the first half, the teams went into halftime with the home team leading 1-0.

2 GOALS IN 4 MINUTES FROM AJAX

Continuing their effective play in the second half of the match, the Dutch representative scored 2 goals in just 4 minutes. Ajax made it 2-0 with Mika Marcel Godts in the 51st minute and increased the lead to 3 with Kenneth Taylor in the 55th minute.

GODTS STEPPED UP FOR THE SECOND TIME

In the 73rd minute of the match, Mika Marcel Godts found the net again, scoring his second goal and the team's fourth. With this goal, Ajax reached 4-0 and left the field with the same score.

BEŞİKTAŞ LOST FOR THE FIRST TIME

Beşiktaş suffered its first defeat of the season in official matches by losing 4-0 to Ajax away in the first week of the UEFA Europa League. Before the match against Ajax, the black-and-white team had not experienced any defeats in their previous 8 matches across all competitions, winning 6 of the 8 matches in the Trendyol Super League, Turkcell Super Cup, and UEFA Europa League qualifiers, while drawing 2.

NEXT OPPONENT

Starting the UEFA Europa League with a heavy loss of 4-0 to Ajax, Beşiktaş will host the German representative Eintracht Frankfurt in the second week match. The match will be played on October 3rd, Thursday at 22:00. Ajax will also travel to Slavia Prague for their next match.