The Turkish Cup was contested between Besiktas and Fenerbahce. Ambition, rivalry, unpredictable clash. Fenerbahce was great this season, Besiktas – second best. Perhaps the fact that the title was lost early made Besiktas more eager and they prevented Fenerbahce from winning a double by beating them 3-1.
Such is football life… champions, but no double. In great derbies the winner is never sure, no matter how strong one of the opponents would be otherwise. Schumacher perhaps ate his gloves after losing the final… he came, he won the Turkish championship, but lost the Cup.
Besiktas lost the title, but took revenge on Fenerbahce at the Cup final and ended with a trophy in their hands. Which was wonderful. It may be surprising to many, but this only the second Cup Besktas won – thus, the victory was even sweeter, for Besiktas was lacking trophies when compared to the other two giants of Turkish football.
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