beşiktaş: oscar cordoba, ahmet yıldırım, zago, ronaldo guiaro, tayfur havutçu, federico giunti, ibrahim üzülmez (tümer metin 72), daniel pancu, kaan dobra (ahmed hassan 62), sergen yalçın (ahmet dursun 90), ilhan mansız.
sparta prag: jaromir blazek, vladimir labant, petr johana, tomas huebschman, pavel pergl, lukas zelenka, karel poborsky, pavel krmas (igor gluscevic 84), radoslav kovac, marek kincl (rastislav michalik 77), libor sionko (tomas jun 60).
sergen yalçın bu maçtaki golü için ''yetenek sizsiniz'' programında bir yarışmacının hafızasının ne kadar güçlü olduğunu ispatlarken bu maçtaki golü kimn attığını sormuştu. yarışmacı da ''tam emin değilim ama ya sendin yada ronaldo'' dedi. sergen de kahkaha atarak, ''doğru. çünkü ortayı ben kalenin içine doğru yapmıştım, top tam kale çizgisini geçecekken ronaldo'nun ayağına ya çarpmıştı yada çarpmadı gibimsi bir şeyler olmuştu'' dedi.
yardımcı hakemler: matthias arnet (sui), stéphane cuhat (sui)
4. hakem: carlo bertolini (sui)
beşiktaş: óscar córdoba (gk), tayfur havutçu (c), ahmet yıldırım, ronaldo guiaro, daniel pancu, sergen yalçın (dk. 90+2 ahmet dursun), kaan dobra (dk. 62 ahmed hassan), ibrahim üzülmez (dk. 72 tümer metin), federico giunti, ilhan mansiz, zago
yedekler: ramazan kursunlu(gk), emre aşık, yasin sülün, okan koç
teknik direktör: mircea lucescu (rou)
sparta praha: jaromír blažek (gk), vladimír labant, pavel pergl, lukáš zelenka, karel poborský (c), marek kincl (dk. 77 rastislav michalík), pavel krmaš (dk. 84 igor glušcevic), libor sionko (dk. 60 tomáš jun), radoslav kováč, tomáš hübschman, petr johana
yedekler: petr kouba (gk), jiří němec, jiří homola, martin zbončák
teknik direktör: jirí kotrba (cze)
goller: 1-0 ronaldo guiaro dk. 82
sarı kartlar: dk. 32 ronaldo guiaro (beşiktaş) dk. 26 petr johana (sparta praha)
ronaldo guiaro to the rescue published: tuesday 4 november 2003, 23.09cet
besiktas jk 1-0 ac sparta praha ronaldo guiaro's late header keeps besiktas on course to qualify.
ronaldo guiaro powered in a header eight minutes from time to leave the inönü stadium in raptures and besiktas jk on course to qualify from group g after victory against ac sparta praha.
magic touch the brazilian rose unmarked to knock in a pinpoint cross from sergen yalçin just when it had begun to appear that a determined sparta side would hold out for a point.
slow start the two sides had produced a compelling game on matchday 3 when sparta emerged 2-1 winners, but neither could match the heights of that night in a quiet opening period. libor sionko shot straight at óscar córdoba in the besiktas goal on seven minutes after a bright start from sparta, but after that they were content to sit back and look to strike on the break.
besiktas take initiative in contrast, besiktas, who started the match bottom of the group on three points, one less than their czech rivals, looked to take the initiative and in ronaldo guiaro had a player capable of turning defence into attack. on 15 minutes he picked out kaan dobra's run, but the polish international, clean through on goal, shot wide from five metres.
johana booked besiktas had at least upped the tempo and moments later ilhan mansiz, back after suspension, narrowly missed as he dived to connect with daniel pancu's left-wing cross. slowly the the game opened up and on 26 minutes ilhan broke clear of his marker, petr johana, only to be pulled back by the defender. johana was booked and will now miss the crucial visit to chelsea fc.
blazek saves besiktas were beginning to find some room behind the sparta defence, but still clear chances were hard to come by. on 27 minutes, dobra shot powerfully from the edge of the area, but straight at blazek, then ilhan worked a close-range shooting chance only for johana to slide and block brilliantly.
poborský miss sparta were looking to karel poborský and lukáš zelenka for inspiration and the pair combined on 30 minutes, the latter cutting to the line then pulling the ball back for the veteran czech international who shot wide.
ilhan comes close there was still time for pancu to shoot powerfully at blazek before the end of the half, after which the home side pushed forward again. on 53 minutes ibrahim üzülmez crossed for an unmarked ilhan to head goalwards from three metres but without the power to trouble blazek. then the striker latched on to a soft backpass from vladimir labant and rounded blazek only for his shot to be cleared off the line.
lucescu frustrated besiktas coach mircea lucescu paced the touchline, the frustration clear on his face as he considered his options on how to break down a dogged sparta defence. on came ahmed hassan, but the story remained the same, blazek stretching on 70 minutes to keep federico giunti's cross from reaching the egyptian striker as he waited to pounce at the far post.
breakthrough finally the breakthrough came. yet another corner was cleared by sparta but this time it was played back into the box to sergen yalçin who looked up and crossed for ronaldo guiaro who, standing on the goalline, headed in.
relief what relief in the inönü stadium - an already boisterous crowd raised the volume still further, now knowing that, with chelsea fc having beaten s.s. lazio, besiktas were now second in the group and well aware that a point in rome on matchday 5 would leave them close to qualification.
