What happened to Beşiktaş team? They were ahead 0-2 against Rizespor, who were in good form, and ended the first half ahead 0-2.
They haven't even trained with Fernando Santos yet and they haven't received anything in terms of tactics, but Beşiktaş is ahead 0-2.
So some things are completely psychological. Because the players are trying to win the favor of the new coach.
I think this is a temporary thing and Rizespor will finish the worst match with a draw in the second half.
The team that played the ball the most was Rizespor as of the first half. If Rizespor scores an early goal in the second half, they will participate in the match.
Semih Kılıçsoy, who plays as Beşiktaş's left wing forward, draws attention. He scored a goal in the Kasımpaşa match and was the star of his team. He scored a goal in the first half today.
He is only 18 years old and can use both feet. If he continues like this, he can easily be transferred to big teams in Europe.
Rizespor was better in the first half, but Beşiktaş scored the goals in the first half.
Rizespor has been playing very well in the last few weeks. They didn't have any missing players in this game, they played with a full squad. Beşiktaş had lost a lot of points in the last weeks and their performance was very bad. I think everyone expected Rizespor to win this match, but Beşiktaş managed to score two goals in the first half even though they couldn't find a clear goal position.
By the way, Beşiktaş had an xg* ratio of 0.4 in the first half. It is really a miracle that they scored 2 goals with this ratio.
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https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/08/what-is-expected-goals-xg/