Very tight schedule in the Turkish Super League

First, over the weekend, there was a huge earthquake in Van,Turkey area, I am very sad to see people died in this earthquake .

It has been very tragic a couple of weeks for Turkey and Turkish people,,,

First it was Terrorists attacks by PKK terrorists organization now, earthquake....

Turkey and Turkish people will overcome this pain , I believe in that....

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Now back to Turkish Super League........

7th week ended on Monday and week 8 will start on Wednesday and end on Thursday , and week 9th matches will played on Saturday Sunday and Monday.....

Get ready for a lot of matches in the next seven days!

Everything I said in my last article, happened in the week 7!


Except,leage leader, Fenerbahce....

The most disappointed score came form Fenerbahce when they lost two pints to last place team Samsunspor at home in front of their own fans!

Out of all the Istanbul teams Besiktas was the only team who earned win and three points...


Galatasaray, Fenerbahce and Istanbul Buyuksehir all lost points....


Galatasaray had a chance to even the points with Fenerbahce on Friday, but they were no show in Antalya! they were lucky to earn a point there...

When we looked back to week 7, we see Orduspor as most impressive team, and surprising team in the league this season...

As I predicted, they had no problem beating Ankaragucu in Ankara...

also, as I predicted Gaziantep won their first match of the season and earned their first three points...

As I mentioned in my last article on this blog, Karabuk beat a strong Buyuksehir team at home.

And Kayserispor with scoring six goal against Sivasspor showed they are coming back to normal form in the league....

Manisaspor beating Eskisehirspor in Eskisehir with two goals was the biggest surprise in the seventh week!

At the end of the week 7, Fenerbahce still on top with 17 points,Galatasaray on second with 14 points, Orduspor who is on third with same points(14), Buyuksehir is on fourth 134 and Besiktas on fifth with same points(13)...


Trabzonspor on sixth place with 12 points and Manisaspor on seventh place with 11 points...

Trabzonspor earning point in Bursa was also huge ...

Burak Yilmaz's PK goal gave them one points on the other hand Bursaspor lost the three points with a very bad back pass by their young captain Serdar Aziz to keeper Scott Carson, cost the PK , after Carson tripped Burak Yilmaz in the box!

It was the ninth league goal for Burak Yılmaz with TRabzonspor uniform this young season....

At the end of the seventh week, Ankaragucu is the only team who has not won a match in the league yet! they have only one point....

VERY BUSY SCHEDULE.................

Like I said before, week 8 and week 9 will be played in next 7 days.......

Week 8, matches will start on Wendsday and end on Thursday...

There will be 5 matches on Wendsday and four matches on Thursday .....

Perhaps, "the match of the week 8" will be the derby match between Besiktas and Fenerbahce..

On Thursday night in Istanbul Besiktas will host Fenerbahce ...

On Wendsday Galatasaray will play against Gaziantep at home . a win could put them in first place over Fenerbahce if they score two or more goals against Gazinatep, before Fenerbahce plays Besiktas on Thursday!

Also on Wendsday third place Orduspor could even the points with Fenerbahce if they beat Bursaspor in Ordu, Turkey...

So, before the week 9th starts on Saturday we could see a new league leader at the end of Thursday night!

Like I said, the biggest match of the week 8 , will be Besiktas vs Fnerbhace match...

I win for Besiktas will put them in top three , a win for Fenerbahce will stillthem on top of the league...

Looking at last two matches for Fenerbahce, they are in scoring drought!

And they are not playing well......

On the other hand, Besiktas is just like Fenerbahce too!

The only difference is they won their last match....

A strong Besiktas should have no problem beating Fenerbahce but, Fenerbahce will be more aggressive in this match after losing points at home against Sansunspor,,,,,


WEEK 8.....


26 Oct 2011... Wendsday
17:00 CET Buyuksehir ? : ? Eskisehirspor
17:00 CET Samsunspor ? : ? Karabukspor
17:30 CET Orduspor ? : ? Bursaspor
19:30 CET Galatasaray ? : ? Gaziantepspor
19:30 CET Trabzonspor ? : ? Antalyaspor

27 Oct 2011... Thursday
17:00 CET Genclerbirligi ? : ? Kayserispor
17:30 CET Sivasspor ? : ? Mersin
19:30 CET Besiktas ? : ? Fenerbahce
19:30 CET Manisaspor ? : ? Ankaragucu


STANDINGS....

1 Fenerbahce 7 5 2 0 12-5 17
2 Galatasaray 7 4 2 1 11-5 14
3 Orduspor 7 4 2 1 8-4 14
4 Buyuksehir 7 4 1 2 11-7 13
5 Besiktas 7 4 1 2 8-6 13
6 Trabzonspor 7 3 3 1 11-7 12
7 Manisaspor 7 3 2 2 8-7 11
8 Bursaspor 7 3 1 3 13-9 10
9 Kayserispor 7 3 1 3 12-10 10
10 Mersin 7 3 1 3 10-10 10
11 Antalyaspor 7 2 2 3 5-8 8
12 Genclerbirligi 7 2 2 3 8-12 8
13 Sivasspor 7 2 2 3 10-15 8
14 Karabukspor 7 2 1 4 9-11 7
15 Eskisehirspor 7 2 1 4 7-9 7
16 Samsunspor 7 1 3 3 6-11 6
17 Gaziantepspor 7 1 2 4 5-8 5
18 Ankaragucu 7 0 1 6 6-16 1

Turkish Super League : Week 7, Preview

Turkish Super League week 7, will take a start on Friday and end on Monday night...

In the week 6, Fenerbahce with winning in away match kept their form and won in Mersin.

Buyuksehir, Galatasaray, Orduspor, with winning, kept the pressure on top...

Besiktas losing against Kayserispor at home was the upset of the week 6!

As we start the 7th weekend ,Fenerbahce is the only team who did not lose a match in Turkish Super League!

7th week, will start with Antalya vs Galatasaray match on Friday and there will be three matches on Saturday, four on Sunday and one on Monday night....

On Friday, Antalya vs Galatasaray match will be action packed...

Antalya coming off a loss will give Galatasaray their moneys worth in this match....

One other thing, Fatih Terim, will face his former assistant coach at Turkish National team Mehmet Ozdilek for the first time in the league...

This match will be good to watch....

With a win Galatasaray could even the points with Fenerbahce on top!

But, it will not be easy ....

On Saturday, Trabzonspor and Istanbulspor will have a very rough away matches....

Trabzon will travel to Bursa nad Buyuksehir will be in Karabuk. Karabuk is hurting and desprete for points, Since Emenike left the team, they are not the Karabuk that we knew one time...

But, this match could be turning point for the at home...

On the other hand Trabzonspor in Bursa will face a strong Bursaspor....

Bursa after losing to Galatasaray last weekend, they need to win this match....

This match will be war of points...because with a win Bursaspor will go on top of Trabzonspor in the standing..

This is huge match for Bursaspor......

A draw or win for Trabzonspor will keep them in top four or five...

Another match between Eskisehir and Manisa will be a match for points too...

Manisa who is with 8 points and Eskisehir who is with 7 points will clash in Eskisehir, who ever wins the match will gain advantage....

On Sunday, League Leader Fenerbahce will host Samsunspor...

Samsunspor, has been really bad......

They have only one match so far.....

They have very bad defense and they let in 11 goals in just 6 weeks!

Fenerbahce should have no problem in Samsun...

But, they can't play the way they played against Mersin!

A draw for Samsun will be huge and will be really bad for Fenerbahce...

The team who surprise a lot of people this season, Orduspor, will be in Ankara to play Ankaragu on Sunday.

Ankaragucu the team who is in turmoil, will have no chance against Orduspor....

Ankaragucu along with Gaziantep is the only two teams who has not won matches in the league this season, so far!

Could they do it this weekend?

We shell see.....

Gazinatep and Ankaragucu both playing at home, in the normal circumstances, they should...

I think , Gaziantep could do it against Gencelerbirligi....

Turkish Super League week 7, will close with Mersin vs Besiktas match on Monday..

Besiktas and Mersin are dead luck with 10 points in the standings.....

This is a must win match for Besiktas...

A loss for Besiktas who is on 7th place before this match, could see them selfs in the lower standings!

Lastly, most of the matches in the 7th weekend will be point wars ,between the teams!

See you next time.

WEEEK 7:

21 Oct 2011
19:00 CET Antalyaspor ? : ? Galatasaray
22 Oct 2011
14:00 CET Eskisehirspor ? : ? Manisaspor
18:00 CET Bursaspor ? : ? Trabzonspor
18:00 CET Karabukspor ? : ? Buyuksehir
23 Oct 2011
14:00 CET Ankaragucu ? : ? Orduspor
14:00 CET Kayserispor ? : ? Sivasspor
18:00 CET Fenerbahce ? : ? Samsunspor
18:00 CET Gaziantepspor ? : ? Genclerbirligi
24 Oct 2011
19:00 CET Mersin ? : ? Besiktas

Dynamo Kiev 1- Besiktas 0

Besiktas had the one point in their hand, but they lost it with stupid plays in the stoppage- time!

Keeper Cenk Gonen's trying to delay the match and getting yellow card and Besiktas caretaker coach Carlos Carvalhal's substitution in the stoppage-time was biggest mistake in this match...

So, with this last-gasp goal Besiktas ,not only lost the match, they also lost the second place in the group to Dynamo Kiev.


Besiktas after losing a chance to capture the second place in the Turkish Super League this past weekend lost the second place with this last second minute lost in the Europa League in Group E.

Besiktas who spend million dollars in the transfer season,really surprising their fans with on and off the pitch.

Lastly, I have said this many times, Big teams should have smart and experience keepers in goal!

Yesterday , we saw this one more time again.....

Cenk could be young upcoming keeper but last night,he did not show that in the stoppage-time of the match!

Garmash scored in the third minute of stoppage time as Dynamo Kiev earned 1-0 win over Besiktas....

Besiktas looking for revange in Kiev

Besiktas willbe looking for revenge in Kiev on Thursday's Europa League Group E clash against Dynamo Kiev.

Besiktas met Dynamo Kiev in the last 32 of last season's competition, and found themselves comprehensively beaten as they suffered an 8-1 aggregate defeat.

Besiktas currently sit above Dynamo in the standings after beating Maccabi Tel Aviv but suffering a defeat against Stoke.

Besiktas will be without goalkeeper Rustu Recber while defender Ibrahim Toraman has undergone surgery on a broken nose and midfielder Manuel Fernandes has an abdominal problem.

Guti, also wont play on Thursday's match...


1 Stoke 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 4
2 Besiktas 2 1 0 1 6 3 3 3
3 Dynamo Kiev 2 0 2 0 2 2 0 2
4 Maccabi Tel- 2 0 1 1 2 6 -4 1

Trabzonspor goes down in Moskow to CSKA in Champions League 3-0

Champions League Group B leaders Trabzonspor loss to CSKA Moskow on Tuesday in Moskow with a surprise score 3-0.


Seydou Doumbia scored twice ......

Doumbia opened the scoring in the 29th minute after Vagner Love’s neat back heel pass near the box.

Seydou Doumbia fired a low right-foot shot into the corner. Substitute Aleksandrs Cauna made it 2-0, volleying home Love’s high cross in the 76th, and Doumbia finished the scoring after a rapid counterattack 10 minutes later.

This was first win for Moskow in the group and put them with Trabzonspor same level, on four points from three games in Group B.

Trabzonspor will host CSKA on November 2.....

CSKA's Doumbia has scored four goals in three games so far.

Trabzonspor's only clear opportunity was when Adrian Mierzejewski volleyed wide and Brazilian Alanzinho went through on goal but collided with the goalkeeper.

The ball rebounded to striker Halil Altintop, who shot straight at defender Sergei Ignashevich with the goal wide open.


TEAMS.....

CSKA Moscow: 30-Vladimir Gabulov; 59-Semen Fedotov, 24-Vasily Berezutsky, 4-Sergei Ignashevich, 6-Alexei Berezutsky; 21-Zoran Tosic (19-Aleksandrs Cauna 62), 22-Yevgeny Aldonin, 17-Pavel Mamayev (2-Deividas Semberas 70), 10-Alan Dzagoyev; 9-Vagner Love, 8-Seydou Doumbia (25-Elver Rahimic 87)

Trabzonspor: 29-Tolga Zengin; 5-Marek Cech (27-Marek Sapara 75), 6-Arkadiusz Glowacki, 23-Giray Kacar, 28-Ondrej Celustka, 30-Serkan Balci; 15-Didier Zokora, 20-Gustavo Colman, 25-Alanzinho (32-Pawel Brozek 46); 9-Halil Altintop (24-Aykut Akgun 90+1), 10-Adrian Mierzejewski

CSKA vs Trabzonspor Preview

Trabzonspor coach Senol Gunes has challenged his team to build on their thrilling start to the Champions League by claiming four points against CSKA Moscow.

In their first tilt at the Champions League, after being called in to replace scandal-hit Fenerbahce, Trabzonspor have started by beating Inter Milan at the San Siro and drawing at home against French champions Lille.

They face CSKA on Tuesdayevening in the Russian capital, where temperatures are expected to dip close to freezing, and then again in Trabzon on November 2.
Should they reach eight points after those games they will be handily placed to push for a place in the knock-out stage.

Gunes, who returns to the bench after a two-game touchline ban, told todayszaman.com: "We have never played our opponent before. But we know for sure that they are a good team.
"If we win, that will be a great advantage for us in the group. If we lose, then we will fall behind.

"Simply put, if we can draw there and win at home in Istanbul, then we will earn four points and that's what we're looking for."

CSKA have dropped to second place in the Russian league behind Zenit St Petersburg after winning just twice in 10 games, while Trabzonspor have made a mixed start to the Turkish season, taking 11 points from their opening six matches, and leaking late goals has been a problem.
Trabzonspor won at the weekend against Ankaragucu while CSKA were held at home by Terek Grozny after throwing away a two-goal lead.

At least CSKA have been able to count on striker Seydou Doumbia for goals, with eight in nine games his running total.

Trabzonspor have their own prolific marksman, but Burak Yilmaz has been suspended in European competition since his red card against Athletic Bilbao in the Champions League play-offs, and serves the final game of his ban on Tuesday.

CSKA head coach Leonid Slutski said: "Burak is a very good striker of course, but Trabzonspor have won four points without him."
Slutski is expected to be without midfielder Sekou Oliseh, who suffered a hamstring injury in training last week, but has indicated he will look again at the Liberian midfielder's fitness on Tuesday.

CSKA have drawn with Lille and lost to Inter Milan so far in this European campaign, but defender Kirill Nababkin still holds out hope of a top-two finish in Group B.
Nababkin said on uefa.com: "We're playing at home, so we need to win.

"We have our backs against the wall, but we're still capable of progressing from the group."

Source :Wires

Turkish Super League: Week 6, Preview

It will be, back to Turkish Super League on Friday with Trabzonspor vs Ankaragucu match..

With a win against Ankaragucu at home could move Trabzonspor to second place with 11 points, before the Saturday, Sunday matches.

There will be three matches on Saturday , four matches on Sunday and one match on Monday in the week 6.

The first place team and last season's Champion Fenerbahce will have to wait until Monday night to play.

On Saturday if Besiktas beats Kayseri at home they will even the points with Fenerbahce before Monday.


On Sunday, Galatasaray and Buyuksehir will be both home and will try to get three poinst to reach Fenerbahce too..

Buyuksehir will host Samsunspor while Galatasaray will have first real test against Bursaspor this season!

Galatasaray team has not lost a home match at their new nest Turk Telekom Arena "Aslantepe",

this season..

On the other hand Bursaspor who is only one point behind, would want to earn point or points against Galatasaray on Sunday....

Bursaspor, after a shaky start in the first couple matches, they are on the right track...

Bursaspor is the only team scored 11 goals in last five matches in the league....

Look for Bursaspor give hard time to Galatasaray, in this match!

On Monday, week 6, will come to end with Fenerbace traveling to Mersin....

Mersin is the leagues new team and with a lot of good experience players and good coach.

Mersin is the other team who has 10 points too...

They are better team in away matches....

At home, withe pitch being very bad, they don't play that good...

Monday's Fenerbahce match will be huge match for Mersin...

I think, this is first time a Turkey's giant Fenerbahce will be visiting this city in over thirty years!

Fenerbahce looks better on the scale but don't underestimate Mersin....


So,busy football fixture will start once again, for Turks and Turkish football team...

Football almost every day!

For Trabzonspor and Besiktas it will be much harder playing their European matches too..

Until, National team brake ,Turkish Super League will be in full force mode!

Remember the goal for very team is to finish in top four....

And for some team ti finish in top eight,,,,,,,,

In the new play-off system this season.....


WEEK 6.....

14 Oct 2011 FRIDAY
19:00 CET Trabzonspor ? : ? Ankaragucu

15 Oct 2011 SATURDAY

14:00 CET Orduspor ? : ? Eskisehirspor
18:00 CET Besiktas ? : ? Kayserispor
18:00 CET Sivasspor ? : ? Gaziantepspor


16 Oct 2011 SUNDAY

14:00 CET Buyuksehir ? : ? Samsunspor
14:00 CET Genclerbirligi ? : ? Antalyaspor
18:00 CET Galatasaray ? : ? Bursaspor
18:00 CET Manisaspor ? : ? Karabukspor

17 Oct 2011 MONDAY

19:00 CET Mersin ? : ? Fenerbahce