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Palace v Newcastle Utd
A draw on matchday three

A point in Istanbul.
Both teams might have felt they could have taken more from the game, but for different reasons: Beşiktaş given how the red card stemmed their late momentum...
... and Palace for having controlled much of the contest, created most of the chances, and completed a stunning turnaround early in the second-half.
Four points from three league phase games is a decent return and keeps us on course for the next round.
Thanks to all of you who joined us in Turkey tonight!
Comes to nothing

The referee ends the attack by awarding a free-kick for pushing.
And that, most surely, is that. A point tonight.
Now a long throw for Palace...

45 seconds left. Richards will launch it.
Into the dying seconds...

Is there time? A move involving Osorio and Kamada breaks down, and the hosts have a throw.
Besiktas win a late free-kick
In a promising position to deliver. It's Trossard who goes down under the challenge of Richards.
Near enough a corner kick here. Cerny to take it... Palace must remain focused...
Thankfully, it's a terrible delivery.
Five additional minutes signalled

Time for some late drama in Turkey?
Trossard teases in a cross for Besiktas...

... but Canvot wins an important header above the towering Dusan Vlahovic.
Neither team are without threat, that's for sure.
Osorio with the whipped ball in...

... and Djalo with the standing clearance in front of his own goal.
Is there time left for a winner here? You sense we're going to get a healthy dose of stoppage time.
Nketiah shoots wide!

Involved immediately, the No. 9.
It's a lovely quick interchange of passes with Sarr in midfield, before the striker runs into the left channel and ultimately drags an effort wide on his weaker foot.
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Strand Larsen can't continue here

The Norwegian clearly still feeling the aftershock of that initial challenge, as he goes up for a header but pulls out, limping.
Eddie Nketiah is getting ready to come on from the sidelines.
Penalty appeal!

Palace are going to see plenty of the ball now so they'll have to get used to this humongous noise from the home crowd.
Their latest spell of possession ends with Wharton reverse passing to Kamada, who appears to be dragged back as he gets into the box. Once more, nothing doing.
RED CARD - Besiktas down to 10 men

The drama's not letting up here!
A ball in behind and Strand Larsen pushes it beyond Ümit Akdağ, who responds with a lunge of a challenge, full-blooded a euphemism for it.
It connects with Strand Larsen above the boot and the referee immediately reaches for the straight red card.
Opportunity now for Palace.
Red Card

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Besiktas level - Olaitan

He's only been on the pitch 10 minutes, but Junior Olaitan has made his mark.
The powerful midfielder gets past both Kamada and Osario - then swings, from the edge of the 'D', a powerful right boot at it.
It skips up off the ground and bounces beyond the grasp of Benítez - no chance for the 'keeper there.
We're level again.
Beşiktaş Goal

Besiktas think they have a corner...

... and it's awarded by the linesman, but after an official rethinks it, a goal-kick is instead given.
Looking at the slo-mo replay, it does indeed touch Canvot - but also Fakili - before crossing the touchline. Good decision.
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Pushing for a third...

Pino takes a quick free-kick into the feet of Wharton, who checks inside and has an effort - blocked.
It spins to Kamada, who also has a go - but the ball hits Canvot, forward for the initial set-piece, and the attack is over.
Palace are managing the game well, but a third goal would be so valuable in this kind of arena.
Yellow Card

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"You're not singin' anymore!'

Is the chant from the away end, who are delighting in that stunning turnaround.
The home fans responds with whistles galore.
And as we hit the hour mark, it's looking like we'll be seeing some changes afoot...
MATETAAAAAAAAAA - THIS ONE COUNTS!

Palace have turned it around in a flash!
First start since the opening day of the season, first goal of the season for JP!
It's a terrible backpass from Djalo and Mateta seizes onto it, holds off Akdog, shifts it onto his left foot and absolutely hammers it in, high at the near post!
What a turnaround in Turkey!

Crystal Palace Goal!


After review, it counts!

PALACE ARE LEVEL! Khalaili was just onside!
Get in there! The least the Eagles deserve, and Pino has his third goal in as many European games this season!
The away end is bouncing!

VAR
Crystal Palace Goal!


Pino has it in the net!

Kamada plays round the corner for Khalaili, whose low pull-back is met on the slide by Pino...
The ball sails through the 'keeper's legs, but the effort is immediately ruled out for offside, with Khalaili having been beyond the last man.
But hang about... VAR check incoming...
Palace still on the attack

Mateta bustles past one challenge and, stumbling, looks like he's shovelled it into the path of McNeil... it just runs through and Bulut clears behind.
Richards launches the long throw in, Mateta wins the near-post flick, but the goalkeeper gets down low to catch with Kamada in hot pursuit.
There's definitely at least one goal in this game for Palace, you would suggest based on the evidence so far.
Palace immediately on the attack...

... with Khalaili crossing towards McNeil, who appears to get there first - only to go over a defender's leg. Nothing given.
It comes out to Pino who drills it across goal, but Djalo makes a good intervention for the hosts.
Besiktas get the second-half underway...

Let's go, Palace.
That's half-time

The Black Eagles strike first in a half in which, I'd argue, Palace otherwise dominated.
Work to be done for Pierre Sage's side in Turkey.
Besiktas take the lead - Ndidi
So much of Palace's good work in the first-half undone in the closing seconds of the half.
Ndidi makes a 30/40-yard dash from the centre of the park and is unmarked when the ball finds him.
He finishes calmly across goal on his left foot - and the hosts have the lead.
The home fans enjoyed that one.
Beşiktaş Goal

Yéremy is booked

The World Cup winner loses a 50/50 with Ndidi, and then drags the opposition captain back.
Yellow Card

Not long to go...

... now until half-time, and Walter Benítez has just made a confident claim from Trossard's whipped cross.
In truth, the hosts have barely laid a glove on Palace in this first-half – so far.
The atmosphere hasn't let up!

"Woahh, ohhhohohohhh, Crystal Palace!" sing the away end, up high to my left. A couple of thousand of them here tonight, doing us proud on the continent once more.
The home crowds, too, are giving their all. One of those special European nights – let's hope we can cap it with the result.
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Khalaili's close!

Another strong spell for Palace, with Pino and McNeil both testing the Beşiktaş back line with threatening deliveries in quick succession.
Then, Khalaili embarks on a storming run down the right-hand side and sees his slide-rule ball deflect goalwards... ah, but land on the outside of the netting.
Corner to Palace, Mateta attacks it, but it comes to nothing this time.
Pino wins a corner...

... off Bulut, who deflects the ball behind.
The Spaniard then takes it and it's aimed towards Mateta... only for a white shirt to get there in front of him and deflect behind for a corner on the opposite side.
This one comes in from Wharton, flat, and Mateta's ahead of his marker... sidefoots goalwards... ahh, just too close to Nübel in goal, who claims. Decent chance that.
A calmer spell in the game...

... now, as the hosts are seeing plenty of the ball, but Palace are holding firm and not giving much away.
The Eagles have also seen lots of joy on the break thus far, and have created the better chances – so an intriguing opening quarter all round.
A good chance for Besiktas now
The hosts win a corner which Kartal Yılmaz whips towards the near post, and hero of their last matchround, Oh Hyeon-Gyu, is in a fair bit of space - but glances over.
Mateta close again!

Palace are carving out some decent chances here early doors.
Wharton plays an impudent outside-of-the-boot prodded pass over the top and Mateta has spun behind his marker. He has to take it first time, on the bounce...
... and sidefoots it towards the near bottom corner. Considering how difficult that chance was, it's not far away, you know.
Richards goes close

The American isn't far away from finding the top corner with a header across goal from Pino's clipped delivery – but it lands on top of the netting.
Ndidi is booked

The Beşiktaş skipper clinically clips Mateta's heels after the Frenchman had burst clear of him, and that's a familiar sight to Premier League watchers: Ndidi picking up a booking!
Yellow Card

How did that stay out?!

Pino with a sumptuous backheel into the path of Wharton, who's made an overlapping run. Nobody saw that pass coming.
The skipper has space but needs to sprint to catch up with it, and manages to turn it back into the danger zone... where Mateta stretches, but can't reach it.
Really solid start from Palace in Turkey.
That's given the home fans...

... a bit of a fillip, as the noise has dialled up a notch again.
Bulut spins past Canvot near the touchline and puts in a dangerous cross from the byline – Khalaili does well to clear the midriff-height ball in first-time.
MATETA.... ah, disallowed!

Palace appear to be the Eagles who strike first...
It's a lovely move down the left side, Wharton spraing out to Kamada, who reerse passes it to Mitchell. He prods across goal, McNeil sends it on, Pino appears to be fouled... and it runs on to the unmarked Mateta at the far post, who slots calmly past the 'keeper!
Stunning start... or so it would seem, as VAR rules it out for offside. JP was beyond the last defender when the ball came in...
VAR
Daichi Kamada gets us underway...

... on the occasion of his 100th Palace appearance.
COME ON YOU PALACEEEE!
Here come the two teams...

Palace in their change strip of red and blue, the hosts in their signature black-and-white shirts-and-shorts.
Kick-off is moments away, and it's absolutely deafening here. I can't hear the guy next to me in the press box!
Here comes the pre-match display...

After the dark, the Eagle rises is the message – amidst a thunderous backdrop of noise, epic music, and a truly spectacular TIFO, it must be said.
We're 10 minutes from kick-off, and the noise around this place is staggering!
Let's, indeed!

I have to say...

... it's quite the atmosphere inside Beşiktaş Park – and we're still over 30 minutes away from kick-off!
Coordinated flag waving and shirts – black and white kit colours all around the ground – as well as call-and-response songs already from the stands.
We were promised an intense atmosphere. So far, we've got one – and it's not even kicked off!
An almighty battle...

... already developing ahead of kick-off – as the Palace 'keepers come out for their warm-ups, the home end produce a pretty visceral whistling noise.
Palace fans, high up to my left, respond with a cycle through the songbook – singing for South London.
It's going to be quite the atmosphere here tonight!
The Besiktas team news...

For Beşiktaş, it's eight changes, with only three players who started against Trabzonspor in a 2-0 defeat on Monday in the starting XI: Alexander Nübel, Fabio Miretti and former Premier League forward Leandro Trossard.
That means Oh Hyeon-Gyu – who scored a brace and provided an assist in a 3-2 win over Hoffenheim last week – starts up top, with Dušan Vlahović, who has scored six times in six league appearances this season, on the bench.
Besiktas: Nubel (GK), Bulut, Djalo, Akdag, Ouattara, Trossard, Miretti, Ndidi, Yilmaz, Fakili, Oh Hyeon-Gyu.
Subs: Dogan Alemdar (GK), Özcan, Agbadou, Olaitan, Poku, Černý, Vlahović, Rıdvan Yılmaz, Emirhan Topçu, Yasin Özcan, Murillo, Semih Kılıçsoy.
Daichi's milestone!

PALACE XI ANNOUNCED
Good evening and a warm welcome...

... to Beşiktaş Park, where it's almost 9pm – a late kick-off in a spectacular setting for Crystal Palace in the UEFA Europa League!
The stunning city of Istanbul plays host to the Eagles' second away game in the competition tonight, as Pierre Sage's side look to bounce back from a bruising defeat last time out with a potentially historic result here tonight.
We'll have team news with you at 18:45 BST UK time, ahead of the 20:00 kick-off.
COME ON YOU PALACEEE!
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Palace v Newcastle Utd
A draw on matchday three

A point in Istanbul.
Both teams might have felt they could have taken more from the game, but for different reasons: Beşiktaş given how the red card stemmed their late momentum...
... and Palace for having controlled much of the contest, created most of the chances, and completed a stunning turnaround early in the second-half.
Four points from three league phase games is a decent return and keeps us on course for the next round.
Thanks to all of you who joined us in Turkey tonight!
Comes to nothing

The referee ends the attack by awarding a free-kick for pushing.
And that, most surely, is that. A point tonight.
Now a long throw for Palace...

45 seconds left. Richards will launch it.
Into the dying seconds...

Is there time? A move involving Osorio and Kamada breaks down, and the hosts have a throw.
Besiktas win a late free-kick
In a promising position to deliver. It's Trossard who goes down under the challenge of Richards.
Near enough a corner kick here. Cerny to take it... Palace must remain focused...
Thankfully, it's a terrible delivery.
Five additional minutes signalled

Time for some late drama in Turkey?
Trossard teases in a cross for Besiktas...

... but Canvot wins an important header above the towering Dusan Vlahovic.
Neither team are without threat, that's for sure.
Osorio with the whipped ball in...

... and Djalo with the standing clearance in front of his own goal.
Is there time left for a winner here? You sense we're going to get a healthy dose of stoppage time.
Nketiah shoots wide!

Involved immediately, the No. 9.
It's a lovely quick interchange of passes with Sarr in midfield, before the striker runs into the left channel and ultimately drags an effort wide on his weaker foot.
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Strand Larsen can't continue here

The Norwegian clearly still feeling the aftershock of that initial challenge, as he goes up for a header but pulls out, limping.
Eddie Nketiah is getting ready to come on from the sidelines.
Penalty appeal!

Palace are going to see plenty of the ball now so they'll have to get used to this humongous noise from the home crowd.
Their latest spell of possession ends with Wharton reverse passing to Kamada, who appears to be dragged back as he gets into the box. Once more, nothing doing.
RED CARD - Besiktas down to 10 men

The drama's not letting up here!
A ball in behind and Strand Larsen pushes it beyond Ümit Akdağ, who responds with a lunge of a challenge, full-blooded a euphemism for it.
It connects with Strand Larsen above the boot and the referee immediately reaches for the straight red card.
Opportunity now for Palace.
Red Card

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Besiktas level - Olaitan

He's only been on the pitch 10 minutes, but Junior Olaitan has made his mark.
The powerful midfielder gets past both Kamada and Osario - then swings, from the edge of the 'D', a powerful right boot at it.
It skips up off the ground and bounces beyond the grasp of Benítez - no chance for the 'keeper there.
We're level again.
Beşiktaş Goal

Besiktas think they have a corner...

... and it's awarded by the linesman, but after an official rethinks it, a goal-kick is instead given.
Looking at the slo-mo replay, it does indeed touch Canvot - but also Fakili - before crossing the touchline. Good decision.
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Pushing for a third...

Pino takes a quick free-kick into the feet of Wharton, who checks inside and has an effort - blocked.
It spins to Kamada, who also has a go - but the ball hits Canvot, forward for the initial set-piece, and the attack is over.
Palace are managing the game well, but a third goal would be so valuable in this kind of arena.
Yellow Card

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"You're not singin' anymore!'

Is the chant from the away end, who are delighting in that stunning turnaround.
The home fans responds with whistles galore.
And as we hit the hour mark, it's looking like we'll be seeing some changes afoot...
MATETAAAAAAAAAA - THIS ONE COUNTS!

Palace have turned it around in a flash!
First start since the opening day of the season, first goal of the season for JP!
It's a terrible backpass from Djalo and Mateta seizes onto it, holds off Akdog, shifts it onto his left foot and absolutely hammers it in, high at the near post!
What a turnaround in Turkey!

Crystal Palace Goal!


After review, it counts!

PALACE ARE LEVEL! Khalaili was just onside!
Get in there! The least the Eagles deserve, and Pino has his third goal in as many European games this season!
The away end is bouncing!

VAR
Crystal Palace Goal!


Pino has it in the net!

Kamada plays round the corner for Khalaili, whose low pull-back is met on the slide by Pino...
The ball sails through the 'keeper's legs, but the effort is immediately ruled out for offside, with Khalaili having been beyond the last man.
But hang about... VAR check incoming...
Palace still on the attack

Mateta bustles past one challenge and, stumbling, looks like he's shovelled it into the path of McNeil... it just runs through and Bulut clears behind.
Richards launches the long throw in, Mateta wins the near-post flick, but the goalkeeper gets down low to catch with Kamada in hot pursuit.
There's definitely at least one goal in this game for Palace, you would suggest based on the evidence so far.
Palace immediately on the attack...

... with Khalaili crossing towards McNeil, who appears to get there first - only to go over a defender's leg. Nothing given.
It comes out to Pino who drills it across goal, but Djalo makes a good intervention for the hosts.
Besiktas get the second-half underway...

Let's go, Palace.
That's half-time

The Black Eagles strike first in a half in which, I'd argue, Palace otherwise dominated.
Work to be done for Pierre Sage's side in Turkey.
Besiktas take the lead - Ndidi
So much of Palace's good work in the first-half undone in the closing seconds of the half.
Ndidi makes a 30/40-yard dash from the centre of the park and is unmarked when the ball finds him.
He finishes calmly across goal on his left foot - and the hosts have the lead.
The home fans enjoyed that one.
Beşiktaş Goal

Yéremy is booked

The World Cup winner loses a 50/50 with Ndidi, and then drags the opposition captain back.
Yellow Card

Not long to go...

... now until half-time, and Walter Benítez has just made a confident claim from Trossard's whipped cross.
In truth, the hosts have barely laid a glove on Palace in this first-half – so far.
The atmosphere hasn't let up!

"Woahh, ohhhohohohhh, Crystal Palace!" sing the away end, up high to my left. A couple of thousand of them here tonight, doing us proud on the continent once more.
The home crowds, too, are giving their all. One of those special European nights – let's hope we can cap it with the result.
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Khalaili's close!

Another strong spell for Palace, with Pino and McNeil both testing the Beşiktaş back line with threatening deliveries in quick succession.
Then, Khalaili embarks on a storming run down the right-hand side and sees his slide-rule ball deflect goalwards... ah, but land on the outside of the netting.
Corner to Palace, Mateta attacks it, but it comes to nothing this time.
Pino wins a corner...

... off Bulut, who deflects the ball behind.
The Spaniard then takes it and it's aimed towards Mateta... only for a white shirt to get there in front of him and deflect behind for a corner on the opposite side.
This one comes in from Wharton, flat, and Mateta's ahead of his marker... sidefoots goalwards... ahh, just too close to Nübel in goal, who claims. Decent chance that.
A calmer spell in the game...

... now, as the hosts are seeing plenty of the ball, but Palace are holding firm and not giving much away.
The Eagles have also seen lots of joy on the break thus far, and have created the better chances – so an intriguing opening quarter all round.
A good chance for Besiktas now
The hosts win a corner which Kartal Yılmaz whips towards the near post, and hero of their last matchround, Oh Hyeon-Gyu, is in a fair bit of space - but glances over.
Mateta close again!

Palace are carving out some decent chances here early doors.
Wharton plays an impudent outside-of-the-boot prodded pass over the top and Mateta has spun behind his marker. He has to take it first time, on the bounce...
... and sidefoots it towards the near bottom corner. Considering how difficult that chance was, it's not far away, you know.
Richards goes close

The American isn't far away from finding the top corner with a header across goal from Pino's clipped delivery – but it lands on top of the netting.
Ndidi is booked

The Beşiktaş skipper clinically clips Mateta's heels after the Frenchman had burst clear of him, and that's a familiar sight to Premier League watchers: Ndidi picking up a booking!
Yellow Card

How did that stay out?!

Pino with a sumptuous backheel into the path of Wharton, who's made an overlapping run. Nobody saw that pass coming.
The skipper has space but needs to sprint to catch up with it, and manages to turn it back into the danger zone... where Mateta stretches, but can't reach it.
Really solid start from Palace in Turkey.
That's given the home fans...

... a bit of a fillip, as the noise has dialled up a notch again.
Bulut spins past Canvot near the touchline and puts in a dangerous cross from the byline – Khalaili does well to clear the midriff-height ball in first-time.
MATETA.... ah, disallowed!

Palace appear to be the Eagles who strike first...
It's a lovely move down the left side, Wharton spraing out to Kamada, who reerse passes it to Mitchell. He prods across goal, McNeil sends it on, Pino appears to be fouled... and it runs on to the unmarked Mateta at the far post, who slots calmly past the 'keeper!
Stunning start... or so it would seem, as VAR rules it out for offside. JP was beyond the last defender when the ball came in...
VAR
Daichi Kamada gets us underway...

... on the occasion of his 100th Palace appearance.
COME ON YOU PALACEEEE!
Here come the two teams...

Palace in their change strip of red and blue, the hosts in their signature black-and-white shirts-and-shorts.
Kick-off is moments away, and it's absolutely deafening here. I can't hear the guy next to me in the press box!
Here comes the pre-match display...

After the dark, the Eagle rises is the message – amidst a thunderous backdrop of noise, epic music, and a truly spectacular TIFO, it must be said.
We're 10 minutes from kick-off, and the noise around this place is staggering!
Let's, indeed!

I have to say...

... it's quite the atmosphere inside Beşiktaş Park – and we're still over 30 minutes away from kick-off!
Coordinated flag waving and shirts – black and white kit colours all around the ground – as well as call-and-response songs already from the stands.
We were promised an intense atmosphere. So far, we've got one – and it's not even kicked off!
An almighty battle...

... already developing ahead of kick-off – as the Palace 'keepers come out for their warm-ups, the home end produce a pretty visceral whistling noise.
Palace fans, high up to my left, respond with a cycle through the songbook – singing for South London.
It's going to be quite the atmosphere here tonight!
The Besiktas team news...

For Beşiktaş, it's eight changes, with only three players who started against Trabzonspor in a 2-0 defeat on Monday in the starting XI: Alexander Nübel, Fabio Miretti and former Premier League forward Leandro Trossard.
That means Oh Hyeon-Gyu – who scored a brace and provided an assist in a 3-2 win over Hoffenheim last week – starts up top, with Dušan Vlahović, who has scored six times in six league appearances this season, on the bench.
Besiktas: Nubel (GK), Bulut, Djalo, Akdag, Ouattara, Trossard, Miretti, Ndidi, Yilmaz, Fakili, Oh Hyeon-Gyu.
Subs: Dogan Alemdar (GK), Özcan, Agbadou, Olaitan, Poku, Černý, Vlahović, Rıdvan Yılmaz, Emirhan Topçu, Yasin Özcan, Murillo, Semih Kılıçsoy.
Daichi's milestone!

PALACE XI ANNOUNCED
Good evening and a warm welcome...

... to Beşiktaş Park, where it's almost 9pm – a late kick-off in a spectacular setting for Crystal Palace in the UEFA Europa League!
The stunning city of Istanbul plays host to the Eagles' second away game in the competition tonight, as Pierre Sage's side look to bounce back from a bruising defeat last time out with a potentially historic result here tonight.
We'll have team news with you at 18:45 BST UK time, ahead of the 20:00 kick-off.
COME ON YOU PALACEEE!






