FORTIS Turkish Cup Groups Announced

Group:(A) Beşiktaş, Ankaraspor, Ankaragücü, Çaykur Rizespor, Diyarbakır Büyükşehir Belediyesi DİSKİ Spor

Group (B): Trabzonspor, Gençlerbirliği, Vestel Manisaspor, Adana Demirspor, Kırıkkalespor

Group(C): Fenerbahçe, Kayserispor, Gaziantepspor, Şanlıurfaspor, Alanyaspor

Group(D): Galatasaray, Bursaspor, Denizlispor, Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ Spor, Sarıyer

First matches in the groups will be played on October 31th,2007.
The teams will play two home and two away matches in their group and top two two teams in the each group will advance to the next round.
FIRT MATCHES.....
Group A
Beşiktaş - MKE Ankaragücü
ÇAYKUR Rize - Diyarbakır BB DİSKİ
Ankaraspor bye
Group B
MKE Kırıkkalespor - VESTEL Manisaspor
Adana Demirspor - Trabzonspor
Gençlerbirliği bye
Group CŞanlıurfa - Fenerbahçe
Alanya - Gaziantepspor
Kayseri bye
Group D
Sarıyer - Galatasaray
Gençlerbirliği OFTAŞ - Denizlispor
Bursaspor bye

ERTUGRUL SAGLAM SUSPENDED!...

Besiktas coach Ertugrul Saglam has been handed a one-match touchline ban by UEFA's Control and Disciplinary Body after being sent off in the UEFA Champions League game against FC Porto in Istanbul on 3 October.
He will not be allowed on the bench for next Wednesday's match at home to Liverpool FC. In addition, the Besiktas coach will not be permitted to enter the technical area, tunnel or dressing rooms for the game.

WATCH TURKEY(TURKIYE) V GREECE MATCH GOAL....

GREECE BEATS TURKEY.....0-1

Greece qualified for next year's European Championship after beating Turkey 1-0 Wednesday. Ioannis Amanatidis scored the only goal in the 79th minute, sending a shot over Turkey goalkeeper Volkan Demirel.

The match at Ali Sami Yen stadium was largely missing action in the first half as Greece kept a tight defense and Turkey failed to penetrate it. The match gained momentum in the second half after both sides replaced some players with Turkey bringing in striker Hakan Sukur and Arda Turan.
NORWAY UP!....TURKEY DOWN!...

Greece leads Group C with 25 points, while Turkey has 18.Now, after Norway beating Bosnia, Turkey now has to battle for the second spot from the group.Norway has 20 points.

79' High drama as Greece take the lead with just eleven minutes remaining. Ioannis Amanatidis gets the goal for the holders - drilling a low shot past Volkan Demirel after being set up by substitute Georgios Samaras.

Qualifying round - October 17, 2007 20:30 GR

Result: Turkey 0:1 Greece

Stadium: Ali Sami Yen - Istanbul

Scorers: Amanatidis 79'

Yellow Cards: Emre 55' (Turkey) - Torosidis 64' (Greece

Turkey (Fatih Terim): 1 Demirel, 2 Cetin, 4 Zan, 22 Altıntop, 5 Emre (14 Turan 71'), 3 Uzulmez, 7 Aurelio, 10 Gokdeniz (9 Sukur 65'), 8 Karan (11 Metin 46'), 18 Gokhan, 17 Sanli

Greece (Otto Rehhagel): 12 Chalkias, 5 Dellas, 25 Kyrgiakos, 28 Antzas, 2 Seitaridis, 15 Torosidis, 10 Karagounis, 6 Basinas, 9 Charisteas (4 Samaras 59'), 20 Amanatidis, 17 Gekas (33 Lymperopoulos 56')

Referee: Manuel Mejuto Gonzalez (Spain)

Assistant Referees: Juan Carlos Yuste Jimιnez (Spain), Antonio Artero Gallardo (Spain)

FATIH TERIM VERY TENSE BEFORE THE GREECE MATCH..

I WATCHED THE PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY ,WHERE FATIH TERIM TALKED TO TURKISH AND GREEK MEDIA AND FOREIGN MEDIA MEMBERS....

EVERYTHING STARTED WELL, FATIH TERIM ANSWERED THE GREEK JOURNALIST AND FOREIGN JOURNALIST QUESTIONS...HE EVEN TRY TO SPEAK ENGLISH WITH VERY BAD BROKEN ENGLISH.
THAT WAS FINE AND DANDY ....
BUT, WHEN ONE OF THE TURKISH JOURNALIST ASKED HIM "IF HE WAS MAD AT TURKISH PRESS"
HE REPLIED WITH THAT FACE(ABOVE PICTURE) HE GOT REALLY MAD!...
HE SAID HE WAS NOT MAD AT TURKISH PRESS BUT, HE SAID, HE IS REALLY MAD ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN WRITING ABOUT HIS DAUGHTER ...HE WENT ON TO AND SAID VERY HARSH WORDS TO TURKISH JOURNALISTS.
AT THE END , HE PUNCHED THE DESK AND GOT UP!......
BEFORE VERY IMPORTANT MATCH, FATIH TERIM SHOULD NOT EVEN ANSWER THAT QUESTION IN MY OPINION.... I SAW HIM VERY TENSE BEFORE THIS IMPORTANT MATCH...HE DID NOT NEED TO DO THAT... THAT WAS NOT THE PLACE TO TAKE UP THAT ISSUE...
HE MUST REMEMBER THIS IS ALL TURKISH PEOPLE'S SOCCER*FOOTBALL TEAM..HE WILL BE REPRESENTING TURKEY ON WENSDAY NIGHT..AND ALMOST ALL WORLD WILL BE WATCHING OR FOLLOWING THIS MATCH.......

WATCH TURKEY V GREECE LIVE ON LINE...

Watch Turkey (Turkiye) v Greece Match Live Here
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TURKEY V GREECE MATCH SOLD OUT!.....

All tickets for Turkish National Soccer Team's match with Greece on Wednesday, October 17th have been sold out, it was reported on Monday.

The tickets went on sale at 11.00 a.m. on Monday, October 15th.

The ticket seller, Biletix company, announced that all tickets have been sold out in a period of several hours.