After Turkish national team beat Greece in Greece ,
Turkish National team took a nose dive for the worst!...
At the time Fatih Terim was talk of the town in every paper
and TV in Turkey....
We were leading the pack in the Group C.....
The Imparator!....said, we should not have any problem finishing
the group in first place....that was his own words....not mine or yours!....
Ladies and Gents, look where we are now!.... Third place in the Group C and almost lost to Malta... a little island Country with a population of four hundred thousand.
Disappointment with Fatih Terim started first against Norway (2-2) and than against Bosnia (3-2) now Malta train crash!....(2-2)
Before the match, Fatih Terim said, he and his team was confident to prevail in Malta...he said this to even Malta media!....http://www.timesofmalta.com/core/article.php?id=273802
And he went on to say that he does not underestimate the Malta team before the match...So, did he really study this Malta team or Not!....
Obviously not!..... Here is, our, team stats, for this match....
Turkey took 10 corner kicks while Malta had only three....
While Malta keeper had three saves, We had none!,,,,
and shot on goal we had only three and Malta had six!...
HOME WORK DONE BY DUSEN FITZEL NOT FATIH TERIM!.....
Lets listen the Malta coach !...what he said after the match....
"After watching Turkey in recent outings, I noticed there was something wrong in their defence. That's why I planned to focus on counter-attacks."
"I had told the players that if we were to score first, we would not lose. In such games, our opponents always panic,"
Dusan Fitzel definitely did his "homework" well before the game,in my opinion!....
As far as our Terim, I think, He flunked, the class, one more time!...
His, hey days in Galatasaray and before in the Turkish National team
no where to be found now!....
He, him self, like the players, not hungry any more!.....
They better be hungry this Wednesday against Hungary in Istanbul...Because this will be one way street for Fatih Terim and his players!...
Instead of thinking records and favoring old timers , we need players who run and play with their harts....we saw in Malta match who played with their harts!,,,
It was not Turkiye nor Fatih Terim....it was Malta.....
AHMET TURGUT/WWW.TURKISHSOCCER.COM/EDITOR
