Derby slipped away after taking the lead
Your team led 1–0 and still lost. Beşiktaş came back to win 2–1 in Kadıköy on Saturday evening (1) (7). A first-half lead, then a fiery second-half comeback from the visitors. That is your first league defeat of the season. Beşiktaş overturned the deficit in a tense derby at Şükrü Saracoğlu (7).
Vlahović and Škriniar tension
The Italian press picked up on friction between Dušan Vlahović and Milan Škriniar during the derby (3). The reports describe tension between two of your biggest names on the pitch. Nothing is confirmed beyond those reports.
Italiano had Fenerbahçe scouted
This was not luck. Beşiktaş coach Vincenzo Italiano spent the week studying your team's weaknesses and drilled his side accordingly (5). Rıdvan Yılmaz's goal was reportedly worked on 30 times in training (5). Sergen Yalçın also weighed in on the derby win from his side (12).
Roma in four days, and the stakes are real
The Champions League opener against AS Roma is Thursday, September 10 (4). Lose this one and the word being floated is upheaval (9). Long years away from the competition and this is how the home return is going, with the derby loss still fresh.
UEFA bans land, club fighting back
UEFA has banned Mattéo Guendouzi and Mason Greenwood following the post-match chaos after the play-off win at Lyon (6). The club is not accepting it. "Our club is evaluating the decisions and reasoning behind them issued by UEFA through our legal departments, and will pursue the necessary arbitration and appeal processes to the UEFA Appeals Committee against the penalties imposed" (6). Those absences will be felt when the Champions League squad is named.
