Bernard Mensah wins Turkish league with Besiktas

Ghana’s Bernard Mensah has won the Turkish League title with his side Besiktas after a nervy and nail biting experience in the season finale on Saturday.

Besiktas won the Super Lig from rivals Galatasaray via the slenderest of margins – by one goal on goal difference – in an incredibly dramatic final day of the Turkish league season.

All three of the major Istanbul sides had a chance to win the Super Lig going into the last round of games. Fenerbahce were two points back, but Besiktas and Galatasaray sat level on 81 points.

Galatasaray were actually winning the title after an hour, as they led 2-1 over Yeni Malatyaspor while Besiktas were drawing 1-1 Goztepe. However a 69th-minute penalty from Algerian winger Rachid Ghezzal – on loan from Leicester City – gave Besiktas a 2-1 win.

That meant Galatasay had to overhaul their rival’s narrowly superior goal difference and they did score again, through Oculgan Caglayan, to triumph 3-1.

But that left Galatasaray on 84 points with a goal difference of +44, while Besiktas ended the season on 84 points with a goal difference of +45.

Mensah who is in his debut season with the Black Eagles was an unused substitute as Besiktas won over Goztepe. He made 31 appearances for them this season, scoring 4 goals.

He has the chance to win the League and Cup double when Besiktas come up against Antalyaspor in the Turkish Cup Final.