FENERBAHCE AND SIVASSPOR WINS... PRESSURE ON GALATASARAY

The excitement and thrill in the Turkish Turkcell Super League continues....
As we get closer to the finish line, race on top and bottom ,is neck and neck....
In the 31th week opening matches on Saturday there were five matches played.

Fenerbahce and Sivasspor, won their matches, and on the other hand, fight to stay and hold on to the league, will go down to the wire...
After Kasimpasaspor, we could say Manisaspor has varnish their hopes too....

The third team, that is going down, is unknown at this point...

On Sunday, there are three matches,In the early match, Besiktas will be away in Rize against Caykur Rizespor, Besiktas huge disappoint this year.... they are out of the top race and most likely they will end up on fourt.
On the other hand Rize needs three points to save their season ....

Ankaraspor finished the week with 34 points.The other Ankara team Genclerbirligi,also finished the week with 32 points after a draw against Trabzonspor. Caykur Rizespor has 29 points before Besiktas match. So, as you See...the battle at the bottom of the table is very crutual....That is why, Rizspor v Besiktas match on Sunday, is very important for the teams that are playing to stay a live.....

PRESSURE ON GALATASARAY THIS TIME...
Lat weekend on Sunday pressure was on Fenerbahce , Because they were playing the last match of the weekend..
This week, Glatasaray closes the weekend with a match in Istanbul...that's why pressure on Galatasaray this time...

Galatasaray will play against Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediye in Istanbul, This is a must win match for Gakatasaray ...even a draw will cost them the top spot....A loss will eeven them with Sivaspor for the second place with 67 points.

Before next weekend biggest derby of the year against Fenerbahce , they have to win this match...that is e=why this is a must win match for them.....
Not the forget, after the next weekends derby match they have to play against Sivaspor in Sivas....Three though weekens is upon Galasaray in my opinion....
Let me first the say it now, if Galatasata win these three matches they will claim the championship this year, in my opinion!.....

SATURDAY ROUND-UP..........

Fenerbahçe kept their pressure on Galatasay with a convincing 4-1 win over Denizlispor on Saturday.

Striker Mateja Kezman opened the score for the league leaders after 21 minutes, and Deivid de Souza doubled the lead on the hour mark.

An own goal from Karakoc set the score to 3-0 in the 75th minute. Close to the end, Vural got a consolation goal for the visitors.

But Fenerbahce demanded to have the final say, and scored for 4-1 through Semih Sentürk in injury time.

Sivasspor moved on to same points with Gala with a 2-1 defeat of Ankaraspor, Musa Aydin and Muhammet Kurtulus scoring second-half goals for the home side.

Konyaspor eased their relegation worries with a 3-0 win at mid-table Ankaragucu, Sedat Agcay scoring twice before Murat Hacioglu wrapped up victory in the final minute.

Herve Tum scored the only goal as Bursaspor moved away from the drop zone with a 1-0 victory over bottom-of-the-table Kasimpasa.

Gaziantepspor beat relegation-threatened Manisaspor 1-0 while Trabzonspor and Genclerbirligi played out a goalless draw.

KAYSERISPOR FINALIST IN FORTIS TURKEY CUP

Kayserispor defeated Caykur Rizespor in Fortis Turkey Cup semi-finals return match on Wednesday.
Kayserispor will play against Genclerbirligi in finals.

Final match will be played In Izmir,on May 7th,2008.

Stadium: Kayseri Ataturk

Referees: Aytekin Durmaz, Selcuk Kaya, Volkan Narinc

Kayserispor: Hasan Sonmez, Avendano, Iglesias, Ragip, Kemal, Toledo (min. 58 Turgay), Saidou (min. 72 Kamber), Aydin (min. 80 Ali Turan), Koray, Mehmet Topuz, Mehmet Eren

Caykur Rizespor: Ozden, Fahri, Gokhan, Tufan, Igor, Mehmet Sen (min. 66 Anderson), Serhat, Leandro (min. 46 Ribeiro), Mertgul, Mesut, Anil

Scorers: min. 21 Toledo, min. 55, 76, 89 Iglesias (Kayserispor), min. 26 Leandro (Caykur Rizespor)

ATTENDANCE FOR TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE!

This past Monday, Kansas City Star Newspaper reporter PETE GRATHOFF, wrote a excellent article about attendance in MLS and World football(soccer) attendance in general.

Beleive it or not, our so called "Super League" is behind Major League Soccer in attendance.

Here is the interesting list.......

Top soccer leagues in the world

Country Avg. Att.
Bundesliga (Germany) 37,644
English Premier League 34,459
LaLiga (Spain) 28,838
Clausura (Mexico) 25,379
Ligue 1 (France) 21,817
Serie A (Italy) 19,711
J.League (Japan) 19,081
Eredivisie (Holland) 18,052
Campeonato (Brazil) 17,461
Primera (Argentina) 17,363
Major League Soccer 16,770
Scottish Premier League 16,194
Turkish Premier Super 14,058
A-League (Australia) 14,042

GALATASARAY OUT OF THE FORTIS CUP!....

Galatasaray and Genclerbirligi soccer teams of Turkey drew 1-1 in a return match at semi-finals of Fortis Turkey Cup on Tuesday.

After Besiktas and Fenerbahce, another Turkish Giant Galatasaray bows out of the Turkish Fortis Cup after a draw againts Genclerbirligi in Istanbul.
So, two Anatolian teams will play the Fortis Cup Final match...

After twenty years ,there will be Turkish Cup final without big guns of Turkish soccer!....It was 1987 -1988 season, Samsunspor and Sakaryaspor played for Turkish final match.

IT IS FORTIS CUP TIME .........

Turkish Fortis Cup second leg Semi-final matches will bring out the two finalist on Tuesday and Wednesday.
On Tuesday, In Istanbul, Galatasaray will host Genclerbirligi.Genclerbirligi won the first match 1-0 in Ankara. On Wednesday, Kayseispor will host Caykur Rizespor at home. Kayserispor has a big advantage going in to this match...In the first match Kayserispor won it with 3-0 score.

GALATASARAY OFFERED THIS COACH A JOB!

Believe it or not, you heard it here first!....

Galatasaray offered Muhsin Ertugral, who coaches in the South Africa, a coaching job.

He is curently coaching The Kaizer Chiefs team in the Premeir Soccer League in the South Africa.

Muhsin Ertugral, is known as coaching many teams in Africa.
Turkish born Muhsin Ertugral coached in Germany too, in his early days of coaching.

Muhsin Ertugral is currently considering an offer from Turkish club Galatasaray to take over as their first-team manager from next season.

He told the Pretoria News that he has received an offer form the club to replace Cevat Güler at the helm of the 2000 UEFA Cup winners.


"I can't say whether I will take it or not at the moment. Anything in football is possible," said Ertugral, who would be making a return to the city of his birth, Istanbul, if he takes up the position.

TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE ROUND- UP (WEEK 30)

Going gets rough and though for teams on top and the bottom in the Turkish Turkcell Super League!..

Just when every one thought,Fenerbahce was going to finish the match against Ankaraspor with a win , a goal in last seconds of stoppage time,breaks Fenerbahce's fans heart!... They settle for a draw....

Things at the top,even between Fenerbahce and Galatasaray!....

The sleeper team, Sivasspor (voice of Anatolian teams)is coming strong after winning in away match in Kayseri.....

Besiktas, thanks to Fenerbahce draw, still has a chance to do something, if they win their last four games and hope for the others to collapse !....

Also, it is very crucial at the bottom too.....

Kasimpasa , pretty much, after losing this weekend, are done!.....
what is unknown is who will be the other two teams will go down!.....
There are about four or five teams that is in hot seat....
Manisaspor and Caykur Rizespor , if they don't win their last four matches , they could be the teams that will relegate.
So,this is how Turkcell Super League looks, at the end of 30th week, and four round to go......
Fenerbahce and Galatasaray on top with 67 points, Sivaspor on third with 64, Besiktas on fourth with 61 points.
At the bottom, Kasimpasa with 22,Manisaspor with 26 and Caykur Rizespor with 29 points.Geblerbirligi, Konyaspor,Bursaspor and Ankarspor still in the danger zone!..

FENERBAHCE COLLAPSE IN ANKARA!...

MEXICAN NATIONAL TEAM PLAYER De NIGRIS'S LAST SECOND PASS TO THE STRIKER MEHMET YILMAZ, KILLS FENERBAHCE'S WIN......
Ankaraspor: 2 Fenerbahce: 2
Fenerbahce started the match strong and at the seventh minute, Alex scored the first goal of Fenerbahce. Than, Ankaraspor's Tita passed the ball to Hamilton who shot low and scored the first goal of Ankaraspor at the 31st minute. Gokcek Wederson's 58th-minute goal then looked to be enough to wrap up the points Fenerbahce but at the last seconds of stopege , De Nigris shot the ball in front of Mehmet Yılmaz who scored the second goal of Ankaraspor. The game ended with a score of 2-2.

KEZMAN MISSES PENALTY KICK!....

Let me say this, Because of pressure from Turkish Media, Zico, ever since before Chelsea match in London, wrote off Kezman,from the starting line up!...

He did this in this match too!...Turkish Media's hero S.Senturk, started the match but, as I said it before, he is not a starter striker for Fenerbahce!...
He might be the leading goal scorer in the league with 15 goals, but, he scored most of those goals when he came from bench!..That is why they call him the super sub!
Now, at the 81th minute of the match, Zico, takes out Semih and puts in Kezman!..
Kezman, mentally should not even be in this match..... that is how he look when he entered the match...At the 88th minute while he was attacking the Ankaraspor goal, the defender handles the ball and ref, calls it, penalty kick!...

Kezman, goes up to team penalty kicker and team Captain Alex, asks him, if he could take the penalty kick,,,,than Alex says ok!....He wants to be nice to Kezman and built his morale up!....Kezman , the "unhappy" man in Fenerbahce,kick the ball out and misses the penalty!....Unfocused Kezman, should never taken this penalty kick!....
At the end of the league this penalty kick will be the focus point if Fenerbahce does not finish on top!....

Also on Sunday,Third-placed Sivasspor took advantage of Fener's slip as they narrowed the gap to just three points with a 1-0 success at Kayserispor.

Striker Mehmet Yildiz scored the only goal after 50 minutes.

At the other end of the table Konyaspor moved out of the bottom three after substitute Jonathan Tehoue netted twice to clinch a 2-0 win against Bursaspor.

An 11th-minute strike from Mehmet Sen gave Caykur Rizespor an important win in their match with bottom club Kaspimpasa, who are now seemingly doomed to relegation.

The win moves Caykur Rizespor two points from safety while Kaspimpasa are a further seven points back.

Second-from-bottom Manisaspor failed to ease their drop fears with a 2-1 defeat at home to Ankaragucu, leaving them five points from safety.


GALATASARAY SHARE THE TOP SPOT WITH FENERBAHCE.....
Galatasaray share the top spot with Fenerbahce in the Turkish Turkcell Super League with a 1-0 win at home to Trabzonspor.
Arda Turan scored the only goal of the game in the 50th minute/
Istanbul Buyuksehir twice came from behind to win 3-2 at Denizlispor thanks to two goals from Necati Ates.

The home side took the lead through Yusuf Simsek's 32nd-minute penalty only for Ates to level a minute later.

Selahattin Kinali restored Denizlispor's lead after 57 minutes but Ates struck his second equaliser in the 68th minute.

And Ilhan Sahin, on as a 79th-minute substitute, netted the winner three minutes from time.

Genclerbirligi beat Gaziatepspor 2-0 thanks to an own goal from Mehmet Cogum in the 54th minute and Carlos Kahe's 88th-minute strike.

Besiktas lose at home
Besiktas have seen their Super League title hopes hit hard by a 1-0 home loss against Genclerbirligi OFTAS in Istanbul.


Kadir Bekmezci scored the only goal after 56 minutes to inflict a seventh defeat of the season on Besiktas.

They remain six points behind leaders Fenerbahce and Galatasaray.