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Helllo and welcome to our live coverage of the Europa League last 32 first leg tie between last season's beaten finalists Braga and Turkish club Besiktas.

Europa League / 1/16 Final
Estádio Municipal de Braga / 14.02.2012
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    Tom Adams

    Updated 14/02/2012 at 19:21 GMT


    41'
    Alan takes the following set-piece and he floats the ball to the back post, where Gonen is waiting to pluck it out of the air.
    40'
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    A corner is headed back out to Alan on the left and Kavlak brings the forward down with a clumsy bodycheck.
    39'
    Fernandes tries to pick out Simao with a nice pass but it is cut out by the Braga backline.
    38'
    Alan goes down in a lot of pain after being dumped to the ground by Simao. However he appears fine to continue.
    37'
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    GOAL! Braga 0-1 Besiktas! Defender Tomas Sivok exploits from dreadful marking to get to Fernandes's delivery and beat Quim with a firm header, even if the goalkeeper got his fingers to it.
    36'
    Ibrahim Toraman breaks down the right for Besiktas and wins a corner. Now Besiktas have another as Alan turns the ball behind from Fernandes's delivery.
    35'
    Salino embarks on a clever run from the right that takes him into the centre 30 yards from goal but Besiktas shirts converge on him as he runs out of options.
    33'
    Quim anticipates a Besiktas through-ball so hurtles off his line to boot the ball into the stands.
    32'
    Either way, Braga are down to 10 men and now face a stern challenge in front of their home fans. They are very good on the counter-attack though.
    30'
    He anticipated the contact from Korkmaz, which never actually came, and technically did dive. It might be a tad harsh to send him off though as he was brushed slightly.
    29'
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    Viana plays in Barbosa, who throws himself to ground on the edge of the box to earn a second booking! Oh dear.
    28'
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    Anyway, Viana takes the free kick and goes close with a curling, dipping effort that left Gonen stationary on his line. If that had gone under the bar it wouldn't have been saved.
    27'
    Meanwhile, Miguel Lopes requires treatment after going down injured on the far side. He looks in some pain.
    26'
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    Egeman Korkmaz is hugely unfortunate to be booked when Alan runs into him 25 yards from goal. There was hardly any contact.
    24'
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    Barbosa miscontrols the ball and in an attempt to win it back clumsily slides in on Veli Kavlak. That's a booking all day long.
    22'
    It has been a rather slow game so far in truth, with neither side really testing the opposition keeper.
    20'
    Alan whips in a neat cross from the right but can't find Lima with the delivery as Gonen claps the ball.
    19'
    It sounds as though the travelling Besiktas fans are making plenty of noise here in Portugal.
    18'
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    Quaresma does look a persistent threat though. Now he cuts in again from the left, slaloms past a couple of markers and fires wide from inside the box.
    17'
    Quaresma is told to get to his feet after throwing himself to ground on the edge of the box under minimal contact from Salino. The referee wasn't going to be fooled there.
    16'
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    Quaresma goes close! The winger cuts in from the left and hammers a dipping effort at goal from 25 yards that flies narrowly over the bar. What a shot.