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FENERBAHCE FINALLY WINS A MATCH AFTER 34 DAYS!..
As I wrote before, this was the turning point match for Fenerbahce.That's why ,they had to win this match . If they would loss this match, they would be way behind the leader of the League. With a win against Ankaragucu who had 11 points before this match was front of Fenerbahce in the Standings. Now, Fenerbahce went infront of Ankaragucu with 12 points. The other reason ,they had to win this match ......they play against strong Vestel Manisaspor next week. That's why this was a needed win, for Fenerbahce before Champions League match in the mid week and weekend match against Fnerbahce killer Giray Bulak and his Vestel Manisaspor.

Fenerbahace scored the first goal in the 38th minute by Mehmet Aurelio and second goal came in the final minutes of the match by Ali Bilgin .

TFF Signs the Grassroots Charter with UEFA

Michel Platini, the President of UEFA and Haluk Ulusoy, the Chairman of Turkish Football Federation (TFF), signed a contract that seals Turkey's membership to Grassroots Charter.The charter, which was created in 2004, represents an endorsement of a national association's grassroots programmes.

UEFA's work is about around encouraging and supporting the associations in reinforcing their grassroots activities.
Signing the charter means that a national association satisfies certain basic minimum criteria.

Associations enter with basic one-star status, and additional stars are given in relation to specific grassroots areas - these include the nurturing of women's and girls' football, social programmes, including disability football, number of participants, and the promotion of grassroots football.

Up to seven stars are possible. "Our aim is to reach the highest level in the charter. Our federation qualifies children and teenagers as a potential for the future of Turkish football, and therefore we attach great importance to them. We plan to make best use of this potential," said Haluk Ulusoy after the signature ceremony held at Istanbul's Ciragan Palace. "We also support wheel-chair organizations," he added.
"Turkey has become the 21st country signing the Grassroots Charter," stated UEFA General Secretary David Taylor who also attended the ceremony.

UEFA summit ends
The UEFA Executive Committee, headed by President Michel Platini, concluded its two-day summit at Cıragan Palace Kempinski in İstanbul on Thursday.

According to a press release issued by UEFA at Çırağan shortly after the meeting, the draw for the 2008 European Championship finals will take place in the Swiss city of Lucerne on Dec. 2, 2007. Host nations Switzerland and Austria will be competing in groups A and B while the remaining 14 teams will be divided into four categories. If Greece, the current European champion, makes it to the finals, it will be competing in the first category with the team that has the highest points. The remaining 12 teams will be divided into three categories on the basis of their average points from the 2006 World Cup and the qualifying round for the Euro 2008.

The categories of European teams that will join the qualifying round for the 2010 World Cup will be determined according to their FIFA rankings. Fifty-three national teams will compete to be one of the 13 teams that will play at the World Cup in the qualification stage.

Meanwhile at his press conference, Platini repeated the policy of zero tolerance toward violence and racism in soccer stadiums and also toward those who engage in such practices. "We can take strong decisions -- if we have to exclude supporters from stadiums or suspend clubs, we will, until the day that we have people in the stadiums who come to watch soccer, not to cause problems."

Platini also said he would applaud any referee who, in agreement with the match delegate, decides to stop a game because of racist conduct in stadiums. "Some things are fundamental in life," he explained. "A soccer match is important but there are certain behaviors we cannot tolerate at stadiums."

At its meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, the Executive Committee heard a report on the club licensing scheme after four years of implementation. It stressed the necessity of continuing the excellent work that has been done since the scheme was introduced at the start of the 2004-05 season.

In the meantime, Platini, replying to questions from the press, explained his popularity in Turkey by recalling that he did not score a single goal against Turkey during his years as a footballer. Platini also said Turkish soccer has come a long way in the past 20 years. “You finished third in the 2002 World Cup and Galatasaray won the UEFA Cup and European Super Cup in 2000. There were great players at that time. This is a problem of generations. The players get old and a new generation has to emerge.

UEFA President Platini in Istanbul

UEFA President Michel Platini arrived in Istanbul on Tuesday to chair UEFA Executive Board meeting.

Co-chairmen Senes Erzik, Geoffrey Thonson, Angel Maria Villar Llona, Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder and Marios Lefkaritis, and members Franco Carraro, Viacheslav Koloskov, Gilberto Madail, Joseph Mifsut,Per Ravn Omdal, Mircea Sandu, Mathieu Sprengers ve Gregory Surkis will attend the meeting.

UEFA honorary president Lennart Johansson and UEFA SG David Taylor will also attend the meeting.

A press conference will be held after the meeting to announce the decisions made at the meeting.

The same day, Platini and Turkish soccer(football) Federation Chairman Haluk Ulusoy will sign a contract for Turkey's membership to the Grassroots Charter.

TURKEY TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE REVIEW BY AHMET TURGUT

Those of you who read my article before the Saturday and Sunday matches, would know I have talked about watching a good soccer matches in both days.
Also, I talked about the sleeper team Sivasspor, when Turkish soccer news media never mentioned Sivasspor.

Looking back at sixth week in the Turkish Turkcell Super League,there were only few good moments!...
Top dogs in the League ,Galatasaray and Besiktas won... but ,wining was not easy for both teams!.... Galatasaray almost lost the top spot to League's sleeper team Sivasspor. But,Striker Umit Karan, after missing a penalty kick scored Galatasaray's only goal with scissor kick his back turn to goal!...
This goal will go in archives as a one of the fantastic Turkish goals in my opinion....
When ever Galatasaray plays in Ataturk Olympic Stadium, they struggle!....Kasimpasaspor, really played though against Galatasaray in this match.

As you know,Galatasaray team was punished with five mathes by TFF,to play their matches with no fans!..what I don't understand is, Kasimpasa is Istanbul team and the match in Istanbul, and there was only hand full Galatasaray fans in this match...
What is the problem?...is it the Stadium!...

Besiktas and Ertugrul Saglam!.....

Besiktas won the match against Denizlispor after falling two goals behind in the first ten minutes of the match....

This was total collapse by Besiktas defense and Goal Keeper. Besiktas came back, first with Chilean player Tello and than Brazilian young player Bobo and Turkish youngster Serdar Kurtulus.

Besiktas won the match but, I did not like Besiktas defense and Ertugrul Saglam's attitude about Delgado.... I can not understand why Ertugrul Saglam won't use Delgado!..

TWO DIFFERENT FENERBAHCE!...
Fenerbahce made a lot of noise when they beat Inter-Milan in Istanbul!..
They made a great start in the CL......but, in the Turkish Turcell Super League, Fenerbahce is not doing so great! In Bursa, against Bursaspor they came behind to tie the match. with this draw, Fenerbahce dropped to eight place with 9 points.
I have said this before, let me say it again....as long as Roberto Carlos, plays on the defense the teams play against Fenerbahce will score goals from that side...
That is how Bursaspor scored the goal against Fenerbahce. Fenerbahce is seven points out of first place Galatasaray.

HONOR MENTIONS!....
Kayserispor and Ankaragucu earns the honor mention, showing the consistency in the league.Kayserispor and Ankaraguc both have 11 points.

COMING UP!.....
A DERBY WITH NO FANS!...
Turkcell Super League's two unbeaten teams Galatasaray and Besiktas will clash in the League's first Derby match on Saturday. The fans of the both teams will not watch this match live in the stadium.This is disgrace in my opinion!...
If there is a draw in this derby , Sivasspor could claim the first place if they win their home game against Bursaspor.

UEFA overturns Gera's suspension after appeal from Hungarian federation

TURKISH SOCCER(FOOTBALL) BLOG IS THE FIRST TO REPORT THIS FLASH NEWS....

WE BEAT ALL THE TURKISH MEDIA!....PRINT..INTERNET....TV....RADIO......


THIS SHOULD BE A GOOD LESSON TO TFF AND COACH FATIH TERIM!.....


Hungary captain Zoltan Gera has had his one-game suspension for a red card overturned.

Gera received a second yellow card in a European Championship qualifier against Turkey on Sept. 12 for diving, but video replays showed goalkeeper Hakan Arikan had made contact with the midfielder.

"It actually should have been (recorded as) a legitimate foul. It should have been a penalty, too," UEFA spokesman Rob Faulkner said Friday. "We can't go back and change that, but we can take the second yellow card away."
The Hungarian soccer federation appealed the red card to UEFA after the match, which Turkey won 3-0.

"It was self-evident that we have to stand by our truth to the very end and the UEFA decision supports this from all aspects," federation chairman Istvan Kisteleki said in a statement.

Faulkner said the decision was taken Thursday at a disciplinary meeting and means Gera will be available to face Malta on Oct. 13 in Hungary's next Euro 2008 qualifier. Hungary lost to Malta 2-1 last year, leading to the resignation of coach Peter Bozsik.
Source:AP

TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE WEEK 6:

FRIDAY WRAP AT TSL:

After busy week in the European matches, Turkcell Super League matches started on Friday with two matches.In Manisa,Trabzonspor came from behind to salvage a 1-1 draw against Manisaspor in a clash which saw both sides reduced to 10 men.



Filip Holosko opened the scoring for the hosts nine minutes after the break, but his joy was short-lived as he saw red shortly afterwards.Trabzonspor failed to capitalise on their numerical advantage and were reduced to 10 themselves when Umut Bulut was given his marching orders just after the hour-mark.

But Gokdeniz Karadeniz rescued a point with an equaliser 18 minutes from time.

In the only other game ,Ankaragucu moved up to third in the Turkish Turkcell Super League after a dramatic 1-0 win over Istanbul Buyuksehir BSK.



The match looked to be heading for a goalless draw until defender Abdullah Sume netted a late winner for the hosts deep into injury time.

COMING UP!.....
On Saturday, Besiktas will host Denizlispor at Istanbul's Inonu Stadium. The Black Eagles have disappointed their fans twice this week, as they drew against Ankaraspor at home grounds and lost 2-0 in the first match of the Champions League French club Marseille. To order to stay in the race Besiktas have to win this match, if they don't ,They could lose the second place!...



On the other side, Denizlispor is low in morale as they lost 1-0 against Istanbul team Kasimpasa in last weeks encounter. Saturday's other encounter will be between Kayserispor who will host Ankaraspor and Konyaspor who will host Genclerbirligi.

On Sunday, Kasimpasa will host Galatasaray while Fenerbahce will travel to Bursa to take on Bursaspor. The Canaries in high spirits after beating European giant Inter Milan, will probably want a crushing victory. Sunday's other matches are : Caykur Rizespor- Sivasspor and OFTAS - Gaziantespor

Sunday will be very important for the top place. if Galatasaray upset by Kasimpasa and League's news second place team Sivasspor gets by Caykur Rizespor , they could capture the first place!.

This will be first in Sivasspor history ....they have made the history with capturing second place after TFF's decision. So, Saturday and And Sunday will be fun to watch good soccer on TV!....

That is my hope!......