ANOTHER LOSS FOR BESIKTAS!...

ERTUGRUL SAGLAM, MUST GO!..............

Besiktas pretty much ended their Turkcell Super League title hopes a 1-0 home loss against Genclerbirligi OFTAS in Istanbul.

Kadir Bekmezci scored the only goal in the match for Oftas, after 56 minutes to inflict a seventh defeat of the season on Besiktas.

This was the third loss in the last four matches!....

After the match,at the press conference, Besiktas Rookie coach Ertugrul Saglam, wanted, the fans and the media, to be patient with him, as a Besiktas coach.

He said , Besiktas loss this match due to many injuries in the team!...

Is that a Good reason!.....

I have been saying all season long, the Defense, is the big problem!...

And that was proved one more time in this match, again......

I would like to suggest to Ertugrul Saglam, to watch the goal again....

Under Ertugrul Saglam's watch, Besiktas loss, a lot of prestige!...

Besiktas was beaten very badly by Liverpool,in England...The history will not forget
Ertugrul Saglam with this score....

Than, Besiktas was eliminated in the Turkish Fortis Cup, now, Forget the top spot in the league, Besiktas, might not be playing in the Champions League, in the next season!.....

After all this, He still saying Besiktas still has a chance to finish first!...

Are you kidding me!....

What are you watching....there is four matches left in the league and you are going to finish, on top of Fenerbahce,Galatasaray and Sivasspor!.....

Wake up!...Mr. Saglam, and smell the roses...you have missed your chance and the Besiktas fans can not be patient with you anymore!....
Pack your bags and please go!....

AFTERMATH OF CHELSEA V FENERBAHCE

After Fenerbahce won the first leg match in Istanbul, there was a big hipe about the second leg match!....all of the Turkish TV and Sports Radio programs, were the center of this hot debate!....

SEMIH OR KEZMAN?.......
After Super Sub Semih Senturk, scored last minute, winning goal, against Kayserispor, during the League match, before the clash in London, most of the media in Turkey and many Fenerbahce fans, wanted to see Semih Senturk, Start the match, against Chelsea.

Most of the media outlets did a survey about who should start!....

Most interested one , happened at the government control TRT TV.....
During the Stadium soccer program, The host, Erdogan Arikan, asked the viewers to vote on their web site, who should start against Chelsea!...

At the end of the program, most of the viewers said ...Semih Senturk.....
That was obvious......

But, they were not the coach of Fenerbahce team.....

I still thought, that would never happened, with Zico......

In a recent interview with British Media....He was saying
" he will never take orders from above on who to play and which system to use. 'We obviously owe explanations to the president or the owner of the club,' he says. 'After all, he is your boss. One knows what kind of things are acceptable to keep the job, but I would never allow my autonomy to be threatened. I line up my team, and only me."

Even in my interview, on talk sport radio program in England ,I told the hosts of the radio show, Ross and Jason ,that, Zico will Start Kezman instead of Semih!....

And I talked about what Turkish Media and Fenerbahce fans wanted......

I was wrong!...... Semih Senturk, started the match.......

Now, what happened!....

Did someone change Zico's mind?....

I thought, like he said,in that interview, he did not take any order from above!...

So, Aftermath of this match we found onething Semih Seturk,is not Champions League player....

Every Fenerbahce fans, should know this....

Pressure by Turkish media, about Semih Senturk, I think ,cost Fenerbahce!...

I think, If Kezman was starter in this match ...the aftermath of this match, would it be different ,in my opinion!....

Turkcell Super League Week-30

Turkcell Super League takes a start on Friday with Besiktas against Genclerbirligi Oftas match.
Because of punishment by TFF disciplinary committee Besiktas will play this match in a empty stadium.
Turkish Soccer Federation Professional Soccer Discipline Committee has ordered Besiktas to play one home game behind closed doors and another home match at a neutral stadium while also fining the team YTL 80,000 as punishment for the misbehavior of its fans during the Fenerbahce match last weekend.
Besiktas can't afford to lose this match!.....

April 11th, Friday:
Besiktas v Genclerbirligi Oftas Spor

April 12th, Saturday:
Denizlispor v Istanbul B.sehir Belediyesi
Genclerbirligi v Gaziantepspor
Galatasaray v Trabzonspor

April 13th, Sunday:
Kayserispor v Sivasspor
Vestel Manisaspor v Ankaragucu
Konyaspor v Bursaspor
Kasimpasa v Caykur Rizespor
Ankaraspor v Fenerbahce

Turkey slips five places in FIFA rankings

The Turkish national soccer team fell five places to 23rd in the latest FIFA world rankings released yesterday. Getting a 2-2 draw at minnow Belarus recently in a friendly game, Turkey is on 860 points.

European champion Greece rose to its highest ever position of eighth in the FIFA world rankings. With Argentina still at No. 1 at the head of an unchanged top seven, Greece rose two places in the list released after beating Portugal 2-1 last month in a friendly.

The game was a rematch of the nations 2004 European Championship final, in which Greece surprisingly beat the hosts 1-0. With Brazil, Italy, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic and France filling out the rest of the top seven spots, Portugal dropped a place to ninth and the Netherlands a place to 10th. Ghana remained Africa's highest ranked team at No. 14, with Mexico two spots back as CONCACAFs best side.

ZICO WANTS UNLIMITED FOREIGN PLAYER RULE!

Coach Zico has called for an end to restrictions on the number of foreign players at Turkish clubs after Chelsea knocked his side out of the Champions League.

The Istanbul club lost the quarter-final 3-2 on aggregate after Tuesday's 2-0 defeat at Stamford Bridge.

"I believe that if we can invest just a bit more and if our players can be strengthened and given more experience, we can become one of the major teams in Europe," Zico said.

He said the team was affected by the absence of veteran Brazilian defender Roberto Carlos, who is still recovering from an injury sustained in the first leg of their last 16 tie with Sevilla.

"Another factor is the limit on the number of foreign players that we can field. When you look at our opponents they have many more alternatives in who they can play," Zico added.

"Not so much in defence, but we could want more of a contribution in the areas of midfield and in attack. I hope that the (Turkish Football) Federation will give this the proper consideration. The limits should be abolished.

In Turkey, six foreigners can be fielded at anyone one time, plus another two foreigners on the bench.

Alongside Roberto Carlos, Fenerbahce's squad includes Brazilians Alex, Deivid and Edu, as well Uruguayan Diego Lugano, Chilean Claudio Maldonado, Ghanaian Stephen Appiah and Serbian Mateja Kezman.

Several other players have joint Turkish and foreign nationality, including Brazilian Mehmet Aurelio.

Fenerbahce have repeatedly complained about the limits on foreign players.

But the chairman of Turkey's Football Federation Hasan Dogan said last month the 6+2 system would continue until UEFA had made a ruling on the issue, saying that although clubs wanted restrictions lifted this would harm the national team.

Zico said after Tuesday's match that his representative would hold talks with Fenerbahce on his future at the club.
SOURCE(Reuters)

Cech will not play against Fenerbahce

Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech has been ruled out of the Champions League quarter-final second leg with Fenerbahce after undergoing surgery on a facial injury.

The 25-year-old - who only recently returned to training following a period out with ankle ligament damage - sustained the injury when he collided with a team-mate in training.

It will be a fortnight before he returns to action, according to Sky Sports.

A statement on the club website read: "Petr Cech underwent surgery yesterday following a training ground accident which left him with lacerations to his lip and chin.

"Petr will begin his rehabilitation immediately and we hope to have him back playing as soon as possible."

Blues boss Avram Grant was expected to recall the shot-stopper for Tuesday's game at Stamford Bridge, but Carlo Cudicini is now expected to stand in as he has for the past six weeks.

Otherwise Chelsea have no major injury concerns as they hope to overturn a 2-1 deficit after last week's defeat in Istanbul.

Roberto Carlos is a doubt for Fenerbahce after recovering from a knee injury, while Ghana midfielder Stephen Appiah has not played since December due to an unusual problem which threatened to end his career.

Appiah had suffered knee injuries for the previous year and was diagnosed with a blood clot, prompting Fenerbahce to remove him from their roster for the second half of the 2007/8 season. Colin Kazim-Richards could be handed a start on his return to his hometown after he scored for the Canaries in the first leg.

Full-back Gokhan Gonul returns from suspension.

Source:Wires

TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE ROUND- UP

Galatasaray and Fenerbahce wins it late,Besiktas back in the race........

Galatasaray kept in touch with Fenerbahce at the top of the Turkish Turkcell Super League with a last-gasp 1-0 win against Genclerbirligi. On the other hand, League Leader Fenerbahce on Saturday did the same thing against strong Kayserispor,Besiktas after beating Sivasspor in Sivas 2-1 ,got back in the race.



On Sunday,Galatasaray had to wait until the 88th minute for Cassio Lincoln to score the winning goal that keeps the Turkish giants two points behind Fenerbahce with five games left.



Sivasspor and Besiktas remain three points behind in third and fourth respectively. The two sides met with Besiktas edging the contest 2-1 thanks to two early goals from Filip Holosko.The Slovak striker struck in the ninth and 14th minutes to put Besiktas in charge, before Mehmet Yildiz set up a tense finish with a goal for Sivasspor in the final minute of the game after Ibrahim Kas had been sent off for Besiktas.



At the end of the table Caykur Rizespor and Konyaspor failed to ease their relegation worries with a 2-2 draw.Fifth-bottom Konyaspor took the lead in the first half through Veysel Cihan before second-half substitute Dos Santos Anderson equalised after being on the field just two minutes.Cihan scored again in the 79th minute, but second-bottom Caykur Rizespor drew level again a minute later through Fahri Tatan and hung on for a point despite Tatan seeing red with 10 minutes to play.



Elsewhere on Sunday, Manisaspor stayed in the bottom three after Eser Yagmur's fourth-minute goal for Bursaspor earned them a 1-0 win.



Gaziantepspor beat Ankaragucu 2-1 with Bulent Bolukbasi scoring in the 29th and 90th minutes after Gokhan Emreciksin had levelled on 55 minutes, while Ankaraspor beat Istanbul Buyuksehir 1-0 thanks to a 44th-minute goal by Mehmet Yilmaz.

On Saturday, Fenerbahce have left it late with a last-gasp victory over Kayserispor.Substitute Semih Senturk struck in stoppage-time to earn the hosts a 2-1 victory after De Souza Alex's 65th minute penalty had equalised Alioum Saidou's 32nd-minuteopener.



Also on Saturday,League bottom team, Kasimpasa picked up a rare win away to Genclerbiligi thanks to a 10th-minute effort from Berthel Askou but remain almost certainties for relegation.



On Friday, In th openning match of the week, Trabzonspor leapfrogged Denizlispor by beating them 2-0 to move into sixth place in the Turkish Turkcell Super League.



Umut Bulut opened the scoring for the hosts three minutes before half-time and substitute Adnan Gungor made the game safe six minutes after the restart.Trabzonspor move two points clear of their opponents thanks to the victory.