Vlahovic Scores Hat Trick as Besiktas Beats Corum 6-2
Dusan Vlahovic climbed into the stands to celebrate with fans and picked up a yellow card, after scoring in the 43rd, 59th and 66th minutes to give Besiktas a 6-2 win over Corum.
After his third goal, Dusan Vlahovic did not stay on the pitch to celebrate with his teammates. He ran to the fence, climbed it and embraced Besiktas fans in the stands. The referee called him straight back and showed him a yellow card, in the 67th minute, but by then the scene had already traveled across Turkish media faster than the score itself.
The score told its own story too. Besiktas thrashed Corum 6-2 in Istanbul on August 31 in the third round of the Trendyol Super Lig, with Vlahovic scoring in the 43rd, 59th and 66th minutes for his first hat trick since arriving in Turkey. It was only his fourth appearance for his new club and his second start, and he waited exactly that long for his first three goals and his first real chance to show why Besiktas signed him.
The match started fast. Vaclav Cerny put the hosts ahead as early as the 9th minute, after a corner and a string of blocked shots inside the box. Vlahovic had a goal ruled out for offside before the break, then won a penalty in the 43rd minute after a VAR review, when Corum’s defense handled the ball inside the area. Captain Orkun Kokcu left the spot kick to him, and Vlahovic did not miss.
Mohamed Diomande pulled Corum back into the game in the 52nd minute with a powerful strike from distance, but Besiktas answered within seven minutes. Vlahovic converted a rebound after a cross in the 59th minute to restore the hosts’ two-goal lead, then completed his hat trick in the 66th, when the ball fell right at his feet in the box after a blocked clearance. A celebration in the stands and a yellow card followed, then a goal from Ilhan Fakili in the 73rd minute and Amir Murillo in the 83rd sealed the 6-2 final score. Ermin Mahmic pulled one back for the visitors in the 77th minute, while Besiktas debutant Ernest Poku, on loan from Bayer Leverkusen, saw a goal scored off the bench chalked off for offside.
After the match, Vlahovic did not hide that the game had been difficult before he opened the scoring in his own favor.
“We played very well, but the most important thing was taking three points,” said the Serbian striker.
He singled out the teammate who set him up for the penalty.
“My performance wouldn’t have been possible without the team. I want to thank Orkun Kokcu, because if he hadn’t given me the ball for the penalty, I might not have managed to score a hat trick,” Vlahovic said.
He also explained what sent him into the stands after his third goal.
“The fans give us huge energy and strength. They always support us. After the third goal I climbed into the stands, I didn’t know I shouldn’t have. That’s why I got the yellow card. But even so, I’m happy I did it, because the welcome from the fans, the love they showed me and the support for our team were incredible,” Vlahovic said after the match against Corum, in a statement carried by Espreso and Kurir.
The win took Besiktas to six points after three rounds, while Corum stayed on one. The next test is far tougher: a trip to Fenerbahce on Saturday, the first big derby of this Turkish league season and the first derby of Vlahovic’s career in Turkey altogether.
After two straight defeats, Besiktas got exactly what it needed, a striker who does not wait for a chance but makes one himself. The penalty Kokcu handed him was a gesture of trust, not a coincidence, and the picture from the stands shows that Vlahovic already sees himself as part of the club, not as a guest still settling in. Saturday’s derby at Fenerbahce will not just test his form, it will test whether this rhythm can hold up when the opponent is not Corum.
