BESIKTAS TRANSFER FILIP HOLOSKO !.....

The deal finally is done according to Turkish Daily Hurriyet and other Turkish news papers!....

Vestel Manisaspor got they wanted and let go under stress Filip Holosko!..

I just hope Besiktas is not getting a head case!...

After what he said and did to his coach Giray Bulak in the last match of the first half against his new team Besiktas, he really put a question marked on my mine about his character.

I wonder how he is going to treat a young coach Ertugrul Saglam when he gets there?!..

Vestel Manisspor will get five million Euro and two other players on loan. Those players are Koray and Burak.

The deal will seal this weekend according to Turkish media.

Again, I just hope we wont see ugly side of Holosko in Besiktas team....

That is my wish!...

Fenerbahce's coach Zico Hosts Charity Match in Rio

Fenerbahce's soccer team coach Brazilian Zico kicks the ball during a friendly soccer game called the Game of the Stars, in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007.
(Photo by AP )

Fenerbahce coach Zico returned to his native country this week to organize a charity football match between his former club Flamengo and a team assembled from stars from around the world.

The famous Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro played host to the end of year fundraising football(soccer) match.

Player-organized fixtures like these are becoming a familiar feature with Brazilian crowds these days, but this one was different - the star of the show was a returning hero who still holds the record for goals scored at the 57-year-old ground.

Arthur Antunes Coimbra - better known the world over as Zico - called in a few favors and set up a match between the 1987 Flamengo team and a side made up from rest of the world - the 'Friends of Zico'.

During a 12-year career with Flamengo, Zico was a key player in a golden era.

He led the team to victory in both the 1981 Copa Libertadores and the 1981 Intercontinental Cup, and four national titles came his way either side of a two-year spell in Italy.

Now 54 and coach of Turkish champions Fenerbahce, Zico turned out in the colors of his former club, with current stars such as former Inter Milan striker Adriano, FC Barcelona midfielder Deco and Japanese international Hidetoshi Nakata on show for the Friends.

Flamengo 1987, a side made up of players from one of the club's most successful eras, beat a 'Friends of Zico' XI by eight goals to five, but the real winners were a series of charitable institutions, which received the gate receipts from a crowd of more than 35-thousand.

The Fenerbahce coach who scored twice for Flamengo was all smiles and thanked everybody for making this match possible.

Source:Turkey football editor Ahmet Turgut and wires

EMRE'S TEAMMATE Joey Barton ARRESTED

Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton is tonight in police custody in connection with an allegation of assault.

The 25-year-old was one of three people arrested in Liverpool in the early hours of today.

According to reports in tomorrow's Daily Mail, a complaint was made by two men who said they had been attacked by Barton and his companions.

The footballer, who grew up in Huyton, Merseyside, signed for Newcastle from Manchester City this summer in a £5.8 million deal.

UGLY SIDE OF FILIP HOLOSKO!...F-BOMB FROM HOLOSKO TO HIS COACH...

Every one thought, he was going to be a star in the European Football(soccer)..
He was young and he made a name for him self in Vestel Manisaspor, Turkish team.
Lately, He was the talk of the town in Turkish Soccer media....

There were a lot of rumors that he was going to go Besiktas at the winter brake...

On Friday, Vestel Manisaspor and Filip Holosko hosted the team that wanted him....

While he was playing against the team that wanted him , there were more teams on the stands were watching Holosko....like England team Charlton Representative!...

Everything started good!... He was playing good in the first half and his team Vestel Manisspor was playing good too...

But, His coach Giray Bulak, gave him a different duty in the beginning of the second half....... after a couple of mistakes and not paying attation to his duty ,his coach Giray Bulak, substituted Holosko in the 57th minute of the match.

He was mad!.......

As he was coming off the field he said F.....You to his coach Giray Bulak than he kicked the pole near the bench.

With this absurd act Flip Holosko came to end in Turkey.....

Shame on you !...You ruined your own career.......after that scene, the teams that wanted you will think twice about getting you on their team!....

It is your loss...

Lastly, Turkish Hurriyet Daily wrote "Holosko Tussle with Bulak" Now, can some one tell me how a player fight with a coach!.....I wonder, if that was Fatih Terim ,coach of the Turkish National team they would put the heading Holosko Tussle with Terim?!....I don't think so....This is double standard by Hurriyet and some other soccer media!...

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AHMET TURGUT
www.turkishsoccer.com/ Editor

Galatasaray, Leverkusen meet in UEFA Cup

Former UEFA Cup winners Galatasaray and Bayer Leverkusen will meet in the first knockout round of the UEFA Cup with a possible clash with Hamburg SV awaiting the winners.
Leverkusen, who lifted the trophy 20 seasons ago, start as favourites to advance after winning their UEFA Cup qualifying group.

Galatasaray, the first and only Turkish club to win a European trophy when they won the UEFA Cup in 2000, qualified from their group despite winning only one of their four matches.

If Leverkusen come through they could face German rivals Hamburg, who qualified as UEFA group stage winners.

Hamburg beat Leverkusen 1-0 in the Bundesliga in August and there is a big German presence in the competition with the top four teams in the Bundesliga still involved.

Leaders Bayern Munich will play Aberdeen in the first knockout round while Werder Bremen, runners-up in this competition last season and lying second to Bayern on goal difference in the Bundesliga, face Braga of Portugal.

The draws for the first and second rounds of the competition were made at UEFA headquarters in Nyon on Friday with some intriguing ties in prospect.


FIRST CLUB

Former winners Tottenham Hotspur, the first club to lift the UEFA Cup in 1972 and triumphant again in 1984, and PSV Eindhoven, the 1978 winners, could also face each other in the round of 16 if they both come through their first round ties.

Spurs will play Slavia Prague, who were beaten 7-0 by Arsenal when they visited London for a Champions League Group H match in October.

PSV, who, like Slavia, dropped down from the Champions League, face Helsingborg of Sweden in the round of 32 and will meet the winners of the Spurs-Slavia tie if they qualify.

With this year's final scheduled for the City of Manchester Stadium on May 14, English clubs will be even more focused than usual on reaching it.

Bolton Wanderers though will have to negotiate their way past Atletico Madrid and then either Sporting Lisbon or Basel if they are to reach the later stages.

Everton, who won all four of their group matches to qualify for the last 32, face Brann Bergen of Norway in the first knockout round, then either Rosenborg Trondheim or Fiorentina. A rare all-Norwegian European tie is also possible if Brann and Rosenborg qualify.

Source: Wires

Tough draw in Champions League!.... Fenerbahce will face Sevilla

The draw for the first knockout round of the Champions League has been made by Uefa in Nyon in Switzerland.

And most British clubs face a tough round, though Chelsea who will be pleased with their draw against Olympiakos.

This is how they will line up on 19/20 February:

Arsenal v AC Milan, Olympiakos v Chelsea, Liverpool v Inter Milan, Olympique Lyon v Manchester United, Celtic v Barcelona, Schalke 04 v Porto, AS Roma v Real Madrid, Fenerbahce v Sevilla.



Champions League: Last 16 draw

Ties to be played February 19/20 & March 4/5

Celtic v Barcelona

Lyon v Man Utd

Schalke 04 v FC Porto

Liverpool v Inter Milan

Roma v Real Madrid

Arsenal v AC Milan

Olympiacos v Chelsea

Fenerbahce v FC Sevilla

GALATASARAY GETS HELP FROM BORDEAUX!..

Galatasaray only drawing at home to Austria Vienna, a point at home to Bordeaux would have been enough for Panionios to progress to the knockout round.

But, after taking a two-goal lead, Panionios crumbled and allowed Bordeaux back into the game before the French side scored a late winner.

Panionios were in front after six minutes when Rafik Djebbour converted from the penalty spot after being fouled by Ecuele Manga.

Grigoris Makos made it 2-0 on 20 minutes when crashing a magnificent volley into the top corner from 25 yards.

Bordeaux pulled one back before half-time when Fernando Cavenaghi fired home from the edge of the penalty area.

Another fine Cavenaghi finish on 75 minutes levelled the scores before Wielfried Moimbe poached a winner for Bordeaux on 87 minutes.

In the group's other game, Sabri Sarioglu hit the crossbar as Galatasaray were held 0-0 at home by bottom-of-the-group Austria Vienna.

However, due to Galatasaray's 3-0 win away to Panionios earlier in the group, the Turks were able to pinch third spot.

Galatasaray will now meet a group winner, Bordeaux face a third-placed side and Helsingborgs will encounter a team that have dropped out of the UEFA Champions League.

Galatasaray 0 Austria Vienna 0


Panionios 2 Bordeaux 3
Source:Wires