Beşiktaş completed its overseas camp, which started in Slovakia on July 1, with six friendly matches.
Continuing their preparations for the new season at the Slovakia Olympic Training Center in the city of Samorin, the black-whites experienced two wins, a draw and a defeat each in the six preparation matches they played.
Beşiktaş's overseas camp, which returned home last night, was important beyond the field results for the new coach of the black-and-whites, Vincenzo Italiano, to get to know the team.
While some of the new transfers in Beşiktaş could not attend the camp due to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, some players stood out with their performances.
Italiano will have a tough test with Midtjylland, the Black-Whites' opponent in the UEFA Europa League second qualifying round, in Istanbul on Thursday, July 23.
Beşiktaş played six friendly matches in the Slovakia camp, where they mostly trained twice a day.
Beating the Hungarian team Gyirmot 2-1 in the first friendly match, Beşiktaş drew 0-0 with MTE 1904 KFT from the same country.
In the two preparation matches played in two 35-minute halves of the tournament in which they participated, the black-whites defeated the Austrian representative SV Mattersburg 1-0, and lost 2-0 to the Polish team Widzew Lodz.
On the last day of the camp abroad, Beşiktaş drew 1-1 with the Slovak team Dinamo Malzenice and lost 3-2 to Spartak Trnava from the same country.
The black-whites scored 6 goals in six matches and conceded 7 goals.
17 players trained from the football academy took part in Beşiktaş's Slovakia camp.
In the overseas camp, Beşiktaş' Emir Yaşar, Emre Bilgin, Ahmet Okutan, Mehmet Tuğra Yeşilyurt, Semih Kılıçsoy, Kartal Kayra Yılmaz, Rıdvan Yılmaz, Devrim Şahin, Mustafa Erhan Hekimoğlu, Ahmet Sami Bircan, Ali Pağda, Cumali Gürsel, Fahri Kerem Ay, Kartal Cengizer, Mustafa Azem Yortaç, Ozan Sevim and Asım Efe Işık, prepared for the new season.
The young football players managed to show how much they wanted the black and white jersey with their performance.
Beşiktaş Club President Serdal Adalı came to Slovakia two days before the end of the overseas camp. Adalı, who personally managed the transfer activities, reached Samorin, where the team was camping, on Sunday, July 12.
Adalı, who helped four transfers (Kassoum Ouattara, İlhan Fakılı, Doğan Alemdar and Salih Özcan) to the camp abroad, also met with coach Vincenzo Italiano there.
Serdal Adalı, who left Slovakia yesterday for the transfer of the Belgian player, returned home with Trossard in the evening.
Vincenzo Italiano communicated with the players one-on-one
Beşiktaş' Italian coach Vincenzo Italiano communicated one-on-one with all the players in the Slovakia camp.
It did not go unnoticed that Italiano, who was closely interested in young players, got to know the football players from the infrastructure one by one.
One of the striking details was that the Italian coach came to the field at least 30 minutes before the training and prepared.
Beşiktaş Coach Vincenzo Italiano said that his team should be careful in both aspects of the game and fight with a balanced approach.
Stating that they could score more goals after the last friendly match, which they lost 3-2 to Spartak Trnava, the 48-year-old coach said, "We were able to create more scoring chances. We have that capacity. Because when we think about the old friendly matches, I think we created more chances in front of the goal, but there is another very important thing here: balance. We must be balanced. The better we are at the front, the better we must be in defence. The more pressure we are in the front, the more careful we must be in defence. The key word here is balance. I think the team is more ruthless." "He must be, he must be hungrier." he said.
Good start from new transfer İlhan Fakılı
İlhan Fakılı, whom Beşiktaş signed from French representative Clermont, became one of the prominent names of the camp.
The 20-year-old winger, who scored two goals in the friendly matches, scored in the matches between SV Mattersburg and Spartak Trnava.
This performance of the young football player made the technical staff of the black and white team happy.
Good performance from infrastructure patented Mustafa Azem Yortaç
18-year-old football player Mustafa Azem Yortaç, who trained in Beşiktaş's infrastructure, attracted attention especially with his play in the SV Mattersburg match.
Mustafa Azem, who stood out with his tempo in defense, managed to apply Vincenzo Italiano's forward pressure game against the opponent.
The performance of the young football player gave great hope for the future.
In addition to goalkeepers Emir Yaşar and Emre Bilgin, the development of black-whites' goalkeepers Devrim Şahin, Ahmet Sami Bircan and Ali Pağda was carefully followed in the camp.
Close follow-up from Melih Aydoğdu and Önder Özen
In the Slovakia camp, Beşiktaş Football Inc. Board Member Melih Aydoğdu and football director Önder Özen followed the team closely.