Besiktas draw with Adana Demirspor in riveting match

By Can Erozden

ANKARA (AA) – After an anxious game of nerves, Besiktas managed to bag a 1-1 draw with Adana Demirspor in a Monday Spor Toto Super Lig match.

Home team Adana Demirspor scored the equalizer near the end of the game. In addition, their winning goal was disallowed after a VAR (Video Assistant Referee) checked for an offside decision.

Brazilian midfielder Alex Teixeira scored a header in the 31st minute as Besiktas drew the first blood in the Mediterranean province of Adana. He was free to make a powerful header at Yeni Adana Stadium.

Adana Demirspor defender Samet Akaydin equalized for his club in the 92nd minute. Akaydin scored a close-range header. His teammate Talha Sanuc nodded the ball to find Akaydin after a corner kick.

In the 94th minute, Akaydin also unleashed a right-footed volley to score the winner for his team in a scramble in the Besiktas box. But it was declared offside after a VAR review.

It was not the first time that Adana Demirspor got their goal canceled after a VAR check.

In the 42nd minute of the match, Balotelli fired a low shot to put the ball into the Besiktas net. But it became void for a foul before the Italian forward scored.

Balotelli's teammate Matias Vargas fouled Besiktas' Rachid Ghezzal before the goal.

So Besiktas, who escaped with a draw, has 38 points in 25 league matches to be in the eighth spot in the league table.

Adana Demirspor are in the third position in Super Lig with 41 points.

Under the Italian manager Vincenzo Montella, Adana Demirspor has a fruitful season in the league.

- Results

Altay - Caykur Rizespor: 0-0

Medipol Basaksehir - Gaziantep FK: 2-0

GZT Giresunspor - Fenerbahce: 1-2

Galatasaray - Yukatel Kayserispor: 1-1

Demir Grup Sivasspor - Oznur Kablo Yeni Malatyaspor: 2-1

Fraport TAV Antalyaspor - VavaCars Fatih Karagumruk: 3-0

Kasimpasa - Aytemiz Alanyaspor: 2-2

Trabzonspor - Ittifak Holding Konyaspor: 2-1

Atakas Hatayspor - Goztepe: 2-1

Adana Demirspor - Besiktas: 1-1

- League table

P W D L GF GA +/- Pts

1.TRABZONSPOR 25 18 6 1 44 18 26 60

2.ITTIFAK HOLDING KONYASPOR 24 14 6 4 36 18 18 48

3.ADANA DEMIRSPOR 25 11 8 6 39 27 12 41

4.MEDIPOL BASAKSEHIR FK 24 12 4 8 34 23 11 40

5.AYTEMIZ ALANYASPOR 25 11 7 7 44 36 8 40

6.FENERBAHCE 25 11 7 7 38 30 8 40

7.ATAKAS HATAYSPOR 25 12 3 10 37 39 -2 39

8.BESIKTAS 25 10 8 7 36 32 4 38

9.GAZIANTEP FK 24 10 5 9 32 31 1 35

10.YUKATEL KAYSERISPOR 25 9 8 8 36 36 0 35

11.DEMIR GRUP SIVASSPOR 25 8 10 7 33 30 3 34

12.VAVACARS FATIH KARAGUMRUK 25 9 6 10 30 39 -9 33

13.GALATASARAY 25 7 8 10 30 35 -5 29

14.KASIMPASA 25 7 7 11 32 34 -2 28

15.FRAPORT TAV ANTALYASPOR 25 7 7 11 26 34 -8 28

16.GOZTEPE 25 7 6 12 29 35 -6 27

17.GZT GIRESUNSPOR 25 7 5 13 23 28 -5 26

18.CAYKUR RIZESPOR 25 6 5 14 22 42 -20 23

19.ALTAY 25 6 4 15 26 38 -12 22

20.OZNUR KABLO YENI MALATYASPOR 24 4 4 16 19 41 -22 16