Ajax-Besiktas is a match from the first day of the Europa League and is played on Thursday at 9 p.m.: live TV, likely lineups, prediction.
To get to play in the new Europa League league phase Ajax had to pass three preliminaries. The Lancers, from this year led by young Italian coach Francesco Farioli – back from a successful season at Nice in Ligue 1 – between July and August won over Vojvodina, Panathinaikos – eliminated after an endless series of penalty kicks – and Jagiellonia.
In the league, however, the Amsterdam club is stuttering. Yes, it’s true, it still has two games to make up (those with Feyenoord and Utrecht were not played), but the gap to top-ranked PSV Eindhoven is already substantial.Last weekend, for example, Ajax did not go beyond a draw at home to the GA Eagles (1-1), slowing down again after three straight cup and league victories.
In short, Henderson and his teammates are struggling to carbonize and internalize the dictates of Farioli, a coach who has proven to be very tactically prepared. The challenge with Besiktas, valid for the first day of the Europa League, will be quite a test. The Bianconeri, big players in the last market – in addition to the Immobile coup (the former Lazio player is already on 4 league goals), Rafa Silva and Joao Mario from Benfica have also landed in Istanbul – have not lost a single game so far and in Super Lig they are second on equal points (13) with Fenerbahçe. Last Sunday, Besiktas got back to winning ways, beating Eyupspor 2-1: the decisive goal was scored by Immobile himself, who converted a penalty in the midst of recovery.
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The Prediction
On the bench of Besiktas sits a former Feyenoord – a historical rival of the Lancers – as van Bronckhorst, who will do everything to “spite” Farioli’s team, which is promising but all too discontinuous in this first part of the season. The Turkish club, then, seems to have all the makings of an unbeaten exit from Cruijff Arena in a match that promises spectacle and at least three goals in total.
The probable lineups of Ajax-Besiktas
AJAX (4-3-3): Pasveer; Rensch, Sutalo, Kaplan, Hato; Klaassen, Henderson, Taylor; Traoré, Akpom, Godts.
BESIKTAS (4-2-3-1): Gunok; Svensson, Paulista, Uduokhai, Masuaku; Gedson Fernandes, Al Musrati; Joao Mario, Rafa Silva, Rashica; Immobile.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-2
