MOSCOW, Aug 25 Besiktas head coach Senol Gunesh said that the ex-football player of CSKA Moscow Bakhtiyor Zainutdinov showed his best side in his debut match for the Turkish team.
On Thursday in Bucharest, Zainutdinov scored his first goal for Besiktas in his debut game for the team and gave the Eagles a 3-2 victory over Dynamo Kiev in the first leg of the play-off round of the Conference League qualification. He entered the field at the beginning of the second half as a substitute, and in the fifth stoppage minute he scored the winning goal. The second leg will take place in Istanbul on 31 August.
Conference LeagueAugust 24, 2023 • Start at 20:00End
Dynamo KyivUkraine2 : 3
BeshiktashTurkey
60' • Nikolay Shaparenko (Vitaly Buyalsky)
66' • Nazar Voloshyn (Vitaly Buyalsky)
40' • Vincent Abubakar (R)64' • Omar Kolli (Amir Khadzhiakhmetovich)
90' • Baktiyor Zainutdinov (Milot Rashica)
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«Bakhtiyor had the advantage because he had I preferred him when defender Artur Masuaku was injured. He, together with Umut, controlled attacks from the right flank, leveling the deficit in defense, and showed his best side. There are pluses and minuses, but the main thing is that we won» Gunesh said.
Zainutdinov moved to Besiktas from CSKA on August 21. The midfielder has been playing for the army since 2020, he also played in Russia for Rostov (2019-2020). Since 2018, he has been called up to the Kazakhstan national team, for which he played in 30 matches.