Beşiktaş fell far behind Shakhtar in terms of physical quality. Beşiktaş didn't just lose the first leg. Abraham was also injured and forced to leave the field. From what I understand, Abraham could be sidelined for at least two or three weeks, perhaps even longer.
Beşiktaş opened the season on June 28th despite knowing they would be playing in the knockout stages. Shakhtar opened the season on June 20th. There's only an eight-day difference between them.
Beşiktaş needs to make urgent transfers. They need right and left backs.
I saw Orkun was significantly absent. Jurasek was quite poor. Beşiktaş could improve in the coming weeks.
After watching this game it's clearly understandable they are not ready for challenging top spots their performance from start was on lowest level and Shakhtar was in much better position their last few results were clearly showing it's going to be interesting game but Besiktas fail to resist against this lethal attack.
Abraham injury is surely wake-up call now they needed to spend some funds for having few quality players which can bring good results and challenges for top clubs in coming season Solskjaer fail to give anything positive which is also problem for them. If they fail to bring suitable players then surely things are going to be problematic for them this result give impression about their preparation for next season which is big disappointment for fans.