TURKISH (TURKEY) National Team ANOUNCED THE SQUAD FOR MOLDOVA and GREECE MATCHES

Turkish National soccer(football) team coach Fatih Terim selected the squad for the next two matches!... Turkey will play the first match on October 13Th Saturday at Moldova than back in Turkey in Ali Samiyen Stadium on October 17Th, Wednesday.

Looking at the roster it is same old ...same old!............
I don't know what Fatih Terim is thinking?...

Here is the Roster for Turkish National Team:
Servet Çetin, Arda Turan, Hakan Şükür, Ümit Karan, Volkan Yaman (Galatasaray A.Ş.), Hakan Arıkan, İbrahim Üzülmez, İbrahim Toraman, Gökhan Zan (Beşiktaş A.Ş.), Mehmet Aurelio, Volkan Demirel, Tümer Metin (Fenerbahçe), Hüseyin Çimşir, Gökdeniz Karadeniz (Trabzonspor A.Ş.), Gökhan Ünal, Mehmet Topuz (Kayserispor), Necati Ateş, Emre Aşık (Ankaraspor A.Ş.) Mehmet Yıldız (Sivasspor), Serkan Kırıntılı (MKE Ankaragücü), Selçuk İnan (Vestel Manisaspor), Hamit Altıntop (Bayern Münih), Emre Belözoğlu (Newcastle United), Tuncay Şanlı (Middlesbrough)

WATCH GALATASARAY 5-1 SION HIGHLIGHTS...

Galatasaray won the revenge game against FC Sion in the first round of UEFA Cup with a score of 5-1 and qualified for the next round. FC Sion had won the first game with 3-2.

Turkish soccer team Galatasaray defeated 5-1 to Swiss FC Sion in the return match in second leg of the UEFA Cup First Round in Istanbul.

Galatasaray overwhelmed Sion in last night's game with five goals, qualifying for the UEFA groups.

Sion had won the previous game with a score of 3-2.

Galatasaray, however, won the game last night by a score of 5-1. Galatasaray had to win the game against FC Sion in order to qualify for the next round of UEFA Cup. G

alatasaray started the game fast and conquered the rival team's goal immediately.

The first half ended with a score of 3-0 with the two goals scored by Ümit Karan and one goal scored by Lincoln.

FC Sion wanted to use the advantage of the previous score of 3-2 and started with an emphasis on defense.

Lincoln scored the first goal at the 22nd minute after getting the ball passed by Linderoth.

At the 29th minute, Hakan Şükür passed and Ümit scored the second goal.

At the 36th minute, Arda passed the ball to the penalty field and Lincoln scored the third goal.

Lincoln passed the ball to Arda who entered the penalty of Sion at the 68th minute and then scored the fourth goal of Galatasaray.

At the 90th minute Reset of Sion passed the ball to Nwaneri who scored the first and only goal of FC Sion.

Then again at the 90th minute, Bouzid scored the fifth goal of Galatasaray.

The game ended with a score of 5-1 with the triumph of Galatasaray.

Stadium: Ali Sami Yen

Referees: Michael Weiner, Volker Wezel, Tobias Welz (Germany)

Galatasaray: Orkun, Ugur, Song, Servet, Volkan, Baris, Linderoth, Lincoln, Arda, Umit, Hakan Sukur

FC Sion: Vailati, Alioi, Goncalves Kali, Bühler, Nwaneri, Obradovic, Galindo, Vanczak, Dominguez, Mucana Paito, Adeshina

Goals: Umit, Lincoln, Arda, Bouzid (Galatasaray), Nwaneri (FC Sion)

WATCH BESIKTAS 0-1 PORTO HIGHLIGHTS

BESIKTAS GOES DOWN WITH A LATE GOAL

I HAVE SAID THIS BEFORE...LET ME SAY IT AGAIN!.....BESIKTAS NEEDS A GOOD KEEPER WHO WILL MAKE STATEMENT ON THE FIELD LIKE HELTON!......
BESIKTAS DOES NOT HAVE A LEADER IN THE BACK FIELD.....AND THE GOAL KEEPER IS THE LEADER OF THE DEFENSE... HELLO!....BESIKTAS.....WAKE-UP!....AND SMELL THE AIR!.....Besiktas 0 - 1 Porto0-1 Quaresma 90+2'

Ricardo Quaresma scored an injury-time goal to earn his side a 1-0 victory over Besiktas in their Champions League Group A match on Wednesday.

Besiktas creating a series of chances but, could not find the net tonight.

Porto who broke the deadlock when Quaresma poked the ball from close range in the second minute of injury time, beating Besiktas goalkeeper Hakan Arikan.

The result lifted Porto to second in the group with four points, two behind Marseille. Besiktas remained pointless after their second defeat.

Besiktas: Hakan Arkan; Serdar Kurtulus (Ali Tandogan 71), Gokhan Zan, Ibrahim Toraman Ibrahim Uzulmez; Serdar Ozkan, Cisse, Tello; Delgado; Bobo (Marcio Nobre 27), Ibrahim Akin (Higuain 67).
Yellow Cards: Marcio Nobre 57, Ali Tandogan 86.

Porto: Helton; Bosingwa, Bruno Alves, Stepanov, Fucile; Paulo Assuncao; Lucho Gonzalez, Raul Meireles (Leandro Lima 88); Quaresma, Sektioui (Cech 66); Lisandro (Adriano 75).

Yellow Cards: Lucho Gonzalez 45, Bruno Alves 67.

Watch CSKA Moscow 2-2 FENERBAHCE HIGHLIGHTS here...

Late goal gives F Bahce 2-2 CL draw

Turkish soccer team Fenerbahce tied 2-2 with Russian CSKA Moscow in an away game in European Champions League Group G on Tuesday.

Fenerbahce grabbed a late 2-2 draw in Moscow in what a free-spirited and flowing game of football that had a little bit of everything.

An opportunistic finish from a poor header, a back pass that misfired, a silly hack to concede a penalty, and a goalkeeper letting the ball slip under him were all on offer in this comedy of errors.

CSKA were perhaps the better team for much of the game, but credit is due to Fenerbahce for mounting a comeback after falling 2-1 behind away from home, and refusing to throw in the towel.

In the end, it was a deserved point for both sides, though the home side will feel aggrieved.

Fenerbahçe took an early lead through their Champions League hero Alex, the Brazilian adding to his two against Inter by latching ont a poor clearance from Aleksei Berezutski after Mehmet Aurelio slipped as he prepared to strike.

CSKA were stunned, but proceeded to find their rhythm and run the show with the backing of the home fans.

They got a much deserved lead through the superb Krasic, who hassled Edu into a poor back pass, and latched onto it to finish in two attempts.

The Russians then got their second, with Edu once again guilty, this time of a clumsy challenge on Vagner Love.

The Brazilian picked himself up and tucked away the penalty to put his side ahead, and get the usually serious Gazzaev jumping in delight on the touchline.

It was to be Fenerbahces turn to raise their game, and they crowded the CSKA goal as the game headed into its final minutes.

They got their reward in fortunate circumstances, with Deivid's 25-yard drive squeezing under Veniamin Mandrykin.

Fenerbahce have four points from two games, while CSKA have just the one.

Stadium: Lokomotiv

Referees: Knut Kircher, Kai Voss, Thorsten Schiffner (Germany)

Fenerbahce: Volkan Demirel, Onder, Edu (Mn. 72 Yasin), Lugano (Mn. 77 Gokhan), Roberto Carlos, Deivid, Deniz (Mn. 72 Kazim), Aurelio, Vederson, Alex, Kezman

CSKA Moscow: Mandrykin, Vasili Berezutski, Ignashevich, Aleksei Berezutski, Semberas, Rahimic, Krasic, Dudu (Mn. 90 Aldonin), Zhirkov, Vagner Love, Jo

Goals: Mn. 9 Alex, Mn. 85 Deivid (Fenerbahce), Mn. 49 Krasic, Mn. 53 Vagner Love (penalty) (CSKA Moscow)

Yellow Cards: Mn. 52 Edu, Mn. 65 Lugano (Fenerbahce), Mn. 67 Krasic, Mn. 78 Zhirkov (CSKA Moscow)

WATCH THE HIGHLIGHT HERE..........CSK MOSKOV V FENERBAHCE VIDEO...

TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE....THE WAY I SEE IT!

Turkish Turkcell Super League week 7, wrapped up with a lot of interesting things!.
Starting from Friday night to Sunday night Turkish soccer fans witness a lot of strange stuff. At the end of the week seven, Galatasaray maintain their unbeaten series and stayed on top of the league with 19 points. Fenerbahce gave some hope to Fenerbahce fans after winning a match after 34 days!.This was turning point for Fenerbahce in the league.

When you look at the Turkish Super League in general....there was hardly any spectacular matches except Sivasspor against Bursaspor and Istanbul Buyuk Sehir Belediyespor against Vestel Manisaspor. Adriano Padilha scored hat trick against Vestel Mansisapor as Istanbul B.B.S,won the match 4-1.

The Sleeper team Sivasspor, came behind two goal deficit and beat Bursaspor 3-2 and hold on the second place in the league behind Galatasaray with 18 points.Although Pini Balili did not score but he setup the three goals for Sivasspor.
In week 7, teams scores 25 goals and on Sunday, in 6 matches, teams scored 18 goals.
There were a lot of goals in the league but, stadium in most cities again was empty!.
What ever the reason, as I have said this before, Turkish soccer fans don't go to matches any more!... League's sleeper team Sivasspor, is the only team played the 7Th match in front of full house!...Even Feerbahce, the team has all the stars,did not draw a full house!....this is serious problem for Turkish Turkcell Super League in my opinion.

Leagues first derby match between Galatasaray against Besiktas match was disaster before the match and during the match.
Just hours before the match , Galatasaray coach Feldkamp, punished Hakan Sukur and Brazilian Lincoln for disobeying the rules in the camp and took them of the team roster. on the other hand,one of Besiktas team board member was taking shots at coach Ertugrul Saglam and team.
When you add the mistakes by referee,Besiktas Goal Keeper , and Besiktas coach Ertugrul Saglam....they caused the defeat for Besiktas!..

After the match , Ertugrul Saglam said, "Galatasaray deserved the win!....they wanted more than us" Now, When you have a player like Delgado, when Besiktas paid seven million dollars, why won't you put him in starting line up?...and than, you decide put him in the match ,last 25 minutes of the match!.. Do You think he is going give you his hundred percent!....he won't!... and he did not....just like you, dear Saglam, no one in Besiktas team including you, did not show any heart to win this match...just watch the match again you will see what I am talking about it!

As far as the match referee, Selcuk Dereli, he was just awful!....Just before the first goal, when ball went out by Galatasaray player he called it corner-kick!..From that corner kick , Gala scored the first goal with a huge mistake by Besiktas Keeper Hakan Arikan. I said this before, I'll say It again.....Big teams need experience Keepers!... just look at the league.. is there any outstanding keepers that you could show?!.... Galatasaray, Fenerbahce,Besiktas, and Trabzonspor all has same goal keeper problems!.

Two of the Genclerbirligi teams, Genclerbirligi and Genclerbirligi OFTAS, won their matches!...But, there was only hand full fans in the stands!...( I wonder my friend from Ankara , Oz Kanka and his entourage when to these matches?!...)
There was new coach for Genclerbirligi Mr.Stumph, this was his first match as a head coach in the Turkish Super League...Nick Carle scored the first goal as Genlerbirligi beat Kasimpasa 3-1.

OFTAS, won their second match against CAYKUR Rizespor with the score of 2-0. Mile Sterjovski, scored the both goals for OFTAS.
The home teams.... Trabzonspor,Denizlispor and Gaziantepspor, all won their matches... Trabzonspor after winning the match against Konyaspor took a deep breath!
They were really under pressure by their fans....Like,Galatasaray,Trabzonspor played the match in front of empty stadium.....

Denizlispor beat strong Kayserispor and they showed a different Denizlispor in this match...if they play like this week, They will move up in the standings too....
One of the best teams in the last three matches is Gaziantepspor....They beat Ankaraspor without their star Mexican player De Nigris.he was injured for this match.. De Nigris,shares the top goal scoring spot with Gokdeniz Karadeniz ,they both have five goals so far....

After week seven, on top, Galatasaray closely chased by Sivasspor,Besiktas at third place with 14 points 5 behind Galatasaray.....Trabzonspor,Buyuksehir,Fenerbahce and Gazinatepspor all tied up with 12 points.The team that has not win a match yet, Ankaraspor, stands in last place of the league with only 2 points...
CAYKUR Rizespor and Konyaspor on top of Ankaraspor with 4 points.
Former Turkish Junior National team coach Unal Karaman , took the helm at Konyaspor and he lost his first match, against his former team Trabzonspor...
With that last interesting note, we wish Turkish teams in European League much luck!..
They will need it!....

AHMET TURGUT