It's very huge weekend for Galatasaray and Besiktas .....Last years defending Champions Galatasaray will host Besiktas who is one step ahead of them on Saturday night in their noisey home at Turk Telekom Arena !It is very huge next few days for Galatasaray ....
After Besiktas match they will host Chelsea team, in their nest , next week.
While Besiktas focuses only to the league Galatasaray has to think and prepare for Champions League and Turkish Cup too along with chasing the league's top team Fenerbahce !
That's is why this match is very important .....
It is important for Mancini's Galatasaray and Bilic's Besiktas !
A win for Besiktas will be huge on Saturday ...
That would put them 2 points behind Fenerbahce and Fenerbahce will feel the heat on Monday night in Elazig when they face Elazigspor .
But, it will not be easy !
Besiktas is much young and inexperienced team....
On the other hand, Galatasaray have Drogba, Sneijder, Muslera and Selcuk Inan .
If, Drogba shows that he is clutch player, Galatasaray could win this match before the big one !
Besiktas's Oguzhan Ozyakup did not practiced with the team until Friday .
It is not for sure he will play on Saturday.....
Almeida and Fernandes and keeper Tolga Zengin will be Besiktas's clutch player if they want to win this match.
Besikta's American soccer player Jermaine Jones did practice with the team and he looked good in the practice sessions, this week.
We might just see, Jermaine Jones on the pitch ,tomorrow ....
Here is the last thing.....
In the first half, before Galatasaray match Besiktas was 4-0 !
Besiktas lost the match 2-1 in the very seconds of the match when Besiktas fans invaded the pitch while stoppage time was playing....
The Turkish Football Federation punished Besiktas four matches without the spectator ban
and match stand as forfeit 3-0 in favor of Galatasaray !
After that , Besiktas was in slum for long time !
Now ,at the week 22, the story is little different ....
Besiktas is one step above Galatasaray, but ,this match could change that !
So, I just hope we will not see that kind of absurd behavior again on Saturday ...
The pressure will be on both teams ....
I just hope, we see a good derby match on Saturday.
AHMET TURGUT
@turkishsoccer
