BESIKTAS gets Federico Higuain!

Besiktas have agreed a transfer fee with River Plate for Federico Higuain,He is the elder brother of Real Madrid's Gonzalo. He will sign officialy with Besiktas on Thursday.The deal will be for three years and River Plate will earn $1.5 million and Federico will make $900.000 a year. I just hope Besiktas team did not mix him up with his Brother who is playing for Real Madrid!...

WE COULD NOT BEAT ROMANIA IN 42 YEARS !..

Romanian national team beat Turkey 2-0 in the international friendly match in Bucharest on Wednesday.

This must be the trend now, changing the line up or hide the line-up from people among the coaches in Turkey. After Zico and Ertugrul Saglam National team coach Terim,confused a lot of people before the match. I think he confused his own organization too. One hour before the match on TFF web site announced different line-up .
The match:

Second-half goals from Nicolae Dica and Adrian Mutu gave Romania a 2-0 win over Turkey .

Striker Ciprian Marica's cross was converted from close range by Dica to put Romania ahead on 62 minutes.

Eight minutes later Mutu scored his 25th goal in 55 matches for Romania when he was set up by Dorinel Munteanu.

Turkey had enjoyed the better of the first half, Arda Turan going close when he struck the post in the fourth minute.

Stadium: Lia Manoliu

Referees: Markus Merk, Mathias Auklam, Holger Hesnchel

Turkey: Serdar, Sabri (Gokdeniz), Ibrahim Toraman, Gokhan Zan, Ibrahim Uzulmez (Volkan Yaman), Mehmet Topuz (Huseyin), Hamit, Emre (Nihat), Arda (Tumer), Tuncay, Gokhan Unal (Halil)

Romania: Lobont, Rat, Chivu, Rasoi, Florentin Petre (Nicolita), Marica (Niculescu), Marin Petre, Codrea (Munteanu), Goiam, Mutu, Dica (Cristea)

Scorers: Dica (min. 62), Mutu (min. 71)

TURKIYE(TURKEY) National SQUAD !......

Turkiye( TUrkey)National Team will face Romania in a friendly match on 22 August.
Today Fatih Terim called theese players to National Team.....

1- Rüştü RENÇBER (Beşiktaş A.Ş.)
2- Hakan ARIKAN (Beşiktaş A.Ş.)
3- İbrahim ÜZÜLMEZ (Beşiktaş A.Ş.)
4- İbrahim TORAMAN (Beşiktaş A.Ş.)
5- Gökhan ZAN (Beşiktaş A.Ş.)
6- Servet ÇETİN (Galatasaray A.Ş.)
7- Volkan YAMAN (Galatasaray A.Ş.)
8- Arda TURAN (Galatasaray A.Ş.)
9- Sabri SARIOĞLU (Galatasaray A.Ş.)
10-Hakan ŞÜKÜR (Galatasaray A.Ş.)
11-Serdar KULBİLGE (Fenerbahçe)
12-Mehmet AURELİO (Fenerbahçe)
13-Tümer METİN (Fenerbahçe)
14-Hüseyin CİMŞİR (Trabzonspor A.Ş.)
15-Gökdeniz KARADENİZ (Trabzonspor A.Ş.)
16-Gökhan ÜNAL (Kayserispor)
17-Mehmet TOPUZ (Kayserispor)
18-Hamit ALTINTOP (Bayern Münih)
19-Halil ALTINTOP (Schalke 04)
20-Emre BELEÖZÜ (Newcastle United)
21-Tuncay ŞANLI (Middlesbrough)
22-Nihat KAHVECİ (Villarreal)

GALATASARAY WOKE UP LATE!.....and KAYSERI ERCIYESSPOR DREW IN AWAY MATCH

Maccabi Tel Aviv's Yannick Kamanan, at centre in yellow, scores a goal against Kayseri Erciyesspor of Turkey during their UEFA Cup second qualifying round 1st leg soccer match at Bloomfield stadium in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007. (AP Photo)



Galatasara came behind and beat Slaven Koprivnica of Croatia 1-2 in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round in Koprivnica.
Galatasaray's Hasan Sas (R) fights for the ball with Dejan Somoci of Slaven Belupo during their UEFA Cup second qualifying round first leg soccer match in Koprivnica August 16, 2007. (Photo by REUTERS )

Galatarasay drew 1-1 with Slaven Koprivnica in the first half of the game.
Galatasaray's goals were scored by Ayhan and Volkan Yaman.

I can't belive UEFA Organization permits this match to play in this little stadium!..
I was watching the match on LIGTV , the play by play man, was actualy in the stands doing his job!...Where are the UEFA credentials for other Countries, besides Turkey?.
I would like some answers!....
Stadium: Gradski

Referees: Stephan Lannoy, Eric Castellani, Laurets Ugo (France)

Slaven Koprivnica: Ivesa, Bosnjak, Kristic, Poldrugac, Posavec, Sehic, Sopic, Poljak (Delice), Vrucina (Kresinger), Jajalo (Somoci), Radeljic

Galatasaray: Orkun, Ugur, Servet, Volkan, Song, Sabri (Okan), Hasan Sas (Baris), Mehmet Guven (Mehmet Topal, Ayhan, Umit Karan, Hakan Sukur

Scorers: Slaven Koprivnica: Posevec (min 16) Galatasaray: Ayhan (min 42), Volkan (min 73)

Erciyesspor happy!....
Kayseri Erciyesspor of Turkey drew 1-1 with Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel in the UEFA Cup second qualifying round in Israel on Thursday.

In the first half of the match the teams drew 1-1.

Stadium: Bloomfield

Referees: Igor Egorov, Vladislav Khodeev, Anatoli Tsvetnov (Russia)

Maccabi Tel Aviv: Dragoslav, Shpungin, Martinovic, Oz, Mesika, Romann, Yeini, Nimny (Enry), Kamanan (Haddad Aviv), Haddad (Azran, Peretz

Kayseri Erciyesspor: Yusuf, Huseyin, Kemal, Osman (Emrah), Ramazan, Koksal, Adem (Ilker), Kamil, Aydin, Ilhan, Burhan

Scorers: Kayseri Erciyesspor: Ilhan (min 4) Maccabi Tel Aviv: Kamanan (min 42).

Beckham Scores His First Goal!

WATCH DAVID BECKHAM'S GOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLL HERE.............


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David Beckham scored his first goal for Los Angeles Galaxy in their SuperLiga semi-final against D.C. United on Wednesday, striking with a free kick in the 27th minute.

The 32-year-midfielder, wearing the captain's armband in his first start for the Major League Soccer (MLS) club, curved one of his trademark strikes into the top left corner of the net from 25 metres, leaving goalkeeper Troy Perkins stranded.

The Galaxy advanced to the Aug. 29 tournament final in Carson against Mexican club team Pachuca, which tied Houston 2-2, but won 4-3 on penalty. kicks
The winning team earns $1 million, which the Galaxy could put toward paying Beckham's $6.5 million yearly salary.

Beckham also earned his first yellow card after fouling United's Jaime Moreno in the 18th minute. Beckham got fouled once in the first half, when he also took two corner kicks.
Beckham played 63 minutes. He clapped his hands above his head while turning in a circle to acknowledge the cheers before putting the captain's armband on Donovan and heading to the bench.
Source: Wires

FENERBAHCE WIN AT HOME, BESIKTAS BLOWS THE LEAD IN AWAY MATCH!.

Fenerbahce's Alex De Souza (L) of Brazil celebrates his goal against Anderlecht with team mates Marco Aurelio (C) and Mateja Kezman (R) in their Champions League third qualifying round first leg soccer match at Sukru Saracoglu Stadium in Istanbul August 15, 2007.<PHOTO BY REUTERS/Fatih Saribas

WHAT DID YOU DO HAKAN ARIKAN!..BUT, THIS IS WHAT I TALKED ABOUT BEFORE!.....Besiktas'coach Ertugrul Saglam reacts after his young Keeper Hakan Arikan makes a huge mistake, during their Champions League third round first leg qualification soccer match in Zurich.Photo By REUTERS

Besiktas players celebrate their team's first goal during the Champions League, first leg, third qualifying round match between FC Zurich and Besiktas Istanbul at the Hardturm stadium in Zurich, Switzerland, Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007. (AP Photo)


In the qualification round of Champion League's matches , Fenerbahce beat Anderlecht in Istanbul on the other hand Besiktas was winning in away math in Zurich until 90th minute but, bad luck of Europe struck Besiktas and Zurich team scored the goal in the 90th minute of the match. Alexandre Alphonse popped up the equalise the match.

Over all, this was still good score for Besiktas .Besiktas will have the away goal advantage in Istanbul... But, They have to win the match.Besiktas scored the goal in the very beginning of the match at the 3rd minute by Matias Emilio Delgado. This is what they have to do in the second leg match in Istanbul .....

Fenerbahce, in the front of their own fans, beat Anderlecht with only one goal .
The Brazilian master and team captain Alex De Souza scored the Fenerbahce's only goal
in the 32th minute of the match.
Fenerbahce must score goal or goals in the second leg match.

This win, could build the confidence for Fenerbahce, in the Turkcell Super League, after a bad start!.

Lastly, The Broadcaster of the both matches in Turkey, "D SMART" Digital platform, really smart!.... or they just think, the followers of Turkish Football(Soccer) are stupid?...
Until now, these games were on local normal Chanel's, Now, you have to buy their digital receiver to watch these matches in Turkey....Fans, in Europe and the rest of the World can't watch it either...Nice going!....."D SMART".....YOU ARE REALY SMART..

AHMET TURGUT

SHAME OF TURKISH SOCCER!...HOW DO YOU CALL THIS LEAGUE, "SUPER LEAGUE"

Is it Israeli,Egyptian clash on the field or STUPID THUG FANS AND PLAYERS?.....
The Turkcell Super League season started this weekend on a BAD and violent note when Sivasspor's Israeli striker Pini Balili was violently tackled by Trabzonspor's Egyptian defender Ayman Abdelaziz.

At the time Trabzonspor were up 1-0, on their home turf when Ayman tackled Balili. After the players push and showing,the thugs,(only few) Trabzonspor fans stormed the pitch kicking and punching the Sivasspor players. the referee ran to dressing room, from where he declared the game prematurely terminated.
Now Ladies and Gentelman, How do we call this League, Super League?...
What we withness last year ,it started, on week one again!...Who is going to stop this?....Lastly, In my opinion Ayman and Balili are both very hard nose players... but< they should leave the religion politics outside of Turkish soccer....This is Turkiye....
AHMET TURGUT
(TurkishSoccer.com, Editor)