Atlético de Madrid 3-1 Beşiktaş: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 8 March 2012
Result
Atlético de Madrid 3-1 Beşiktaş
Europa League · Thursday 8 March 2012, 18:00 UTC · half-time 3-0
Atlético de Madrid 3-1 Beşiktaş: match report
Atlético de Madrid beat Beşiktaş 3-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 8 March 2012. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Eduardo Salvio opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Atlético de Madrid's goals came from Eduardo Salvio (24'), Eduardo Salvio (27') and Adrián (37'). Beşiktaş scored through Simão (53').
Discipline: Atlético de Madrid received no yellow cards; Beşiktaş received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Atlético de Madrid were 1st on 31 points from 12 and Beşiktaş 17th on 18 points from 10. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
Atlético de Madrid lined up in a 4-4-2 and Beşiktaş in a 4-3-3.
Going into the match Atlético de Madrid's last five read W-W-W-W-W and Beşiktaş's L-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 24'Goal · Eduardo Salvio
- 27'Goal · Eduardo Salvio
- 37'Goal · Adrián
- 53'Goal · Simão
- 74'Yellow card · Fabian Ernst
- 78'Yellow card · Ismail Köybasi
Team news
Atlético de Madrid line-up (4-4-2)
Thibaut Courtois, Diego Godín, Mario Suárez, Filipe Luís, Juanfran, Koke, Eduardo Salvio, R. Falcao, Adrián, Gabi, Carlos Gallego
Beşiktaş line-up (4-3-3)
Cenk Gönen, Ibrahim Toraman, Tomáš Sivok, Necip Uysal, Egemen Korkmaz, Manuel Fernandes, Veli Kavlak, Simão, Fabian Ernst, Mustafa Pektemek, Ricardo Quaresma