TURKEY: BESIKTAS DEPARTS FOR BRITAIN AHEAD OF THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL MATCH WITH LEEDS UNITED

Record ID: 584818

  • Title: TURKEY: BESIKTAS DEPARTS FOR BRITAIN AHEAD OF THEIR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FOOTBALL MATCH WITH LEEDS UNITED
  • Date: 25th September 2000
  • Summary: ISTANBUL,TURKEY SEPTEMBER 25, 2000 (REUTERS) 1. VARIOUS OF BESIKTAS ARRIVING AT AIRPORT 2. RAHIM, ALI EREN GETTING OUT OF THE BUS 3. PLAYERS AND SCALA PASSING THE SECURITY 4. PRESS MEMBERS 5. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) Besiktass Spokesman Erol Kaynar: "Depending to the deal we met over, there will be a procedure for both sides supporters to travel away. Our fans will go to England in tranqility and won't travel around the city. They will only go to the stadium, watch the game and turn back to Turkey, as Leeds fans will do. 6. PLAYERS PASS PASSPORT CONTROL Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 10th October 2000 13:00
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  • Location: ISTANBUL TURKEY
  • Country: Turkey
  • Reuters ID: LVAA9UDGQEC3994BIRYOOY4SU4FV
  • Story Text: Turkey's Besiktas departed for Britain on Monday
    (Sahead of their Champions League Group H match on Tuesday
    with Leeds United.



    Besiktas of Istanbul departed from Ataturk airport to
    Leeds for Champions League Group H match on Tuesday against
    Britain's Leeds United. Group H is a dead heat, with each
    member holding three points.

    Tight security is expected for both legs of the match,
    after two Leeds supporters were stabbed to death in street
    clashes in Istanbul last April before a UEFA Cup match with
    Turkey's Galatasaray.

    Kaynar also said that Leeds United and Besiktas will link
    fans from both countries, and that Besiktas needed to win to
    make it out of a tight race in its group.

    Besiktas has won 3 consecutive games consecutivly since
    suffering a humiliating 4-1 defeat to AC Milan, and upset
    powerful Barcelona 3-0 in Istanbul last week, when Leeds
    downed AC Milan 1-0 on the road. Besiktas is entering the
    match at full strength.


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