Brazil great Zico has reached a deal to coach Uzbekistan's Bunyodkor for one year.
Zico, who was without a club since leaving Turkey's Fenerbahce this year, was on his way to Uzbekistan on Monday.
"There is a verbal agreement with club directors and I'm traveling to sign the contract," Zico said in a statement on his Web site.
Zico will replace Mirdjalal Kasimov, who accepted an offer to coach Uzbekistan's national team.
Zico spokesman Bruno Neves told The Associated Press that there was a possibility Zico will also be a technical consultant to Kasimov.
Zico will join countrymen Rivaldo and Luizao at Bunyodkor. Rivaldo, who helped Brazil win the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, was crucial in convincing Zico to accept the offer, Neves said.
"Zico is going mainly because of the influence of Rivaldo," Neves said.
Zico played in the 1978, 1982 and 1986 World Cups, and was Brazil's technical coordinator at the 1998 tournament in France.
He failed to reach an agreement with Fenerbahce after leading the club to the quarterfinals of the European Champions League this year. His name had been linked to possible moves to England's Newcastle and Manchester City, among other clubs.
Bunyodkor will host Iran's Saipa on Wednesday in the second leg of the quarterfinals of the Asian Champions League. The teams drew 2-2 in the first leg in Iran.
Source:AP
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
UEFA CUP ROUND-UP FOR TURKISH TEAMS!.
NOT BAD RESULTS FOR TURKISH TEAMS!....
BESIKTAS WINS AT HOME, GALATASARAY OUTSTANDING IN AWAY MATCH, AND KAYSERISPOR GOES DOWN AT HOME AGAINST PSG!
Besiktas 1- 0 FC Metalist
Bellinzona 3-4 Galatasaray
Kayserispor 1-2 PSG
Besiktas entered their contest with FC Metalist Kharkiv as favourites and duly ground out a 1-0 win.
Filip Holosko grabbed the only goal of the game on 58 minutes to ensure the Turkish outfit head to the Ukraine in a fortnight with their noses in front.
BEST MATCH OF THE UEFA CUP NIGHT!...
The game of the night came in Switzerland as Bellinzona and Galatasaray played out a 4-3 thriller.
Mauro Lustrinelli gave the Swiss side the lead just after the half-hour mark, but Harry Kewell responded for the Turks on 39 minutes.
Gurkan Sermete restored Bellinzona's advantage two minutes after the break, before Milan Baros restored parity five minutes later.
Shkelzen Gashi was then dismissed for Galatasaray on the hour, but Baros notched his second of the game with eight minutes remaining.
That appeared to be the end of the scoring as the game headed into injury-timer, but Cassio Lincoln grabbed a fourth for Galatasaray and Jacopo La Rocca notched another for the hosts.
PSG won 2-1 away, defeating Kayserispor.
Mateja Kezman opened the scoring on five minutes, but Delio Toledo looked to have drawn the game with a late 87th minute equaliser. But Peguy Luyindula then gave the visitors the win two minutes later.
BESIKTAS WINS AT HOME, GALATASARAY OUTSTANDING IN AWAY MATCH, AND KAYSERISPOR GOES DOWN AT HOME AGAINST PSG!
Besiktas 1- 0 FC Metalist
Bellinzona 3-4 Galatasaray
Kayserispor 1-2 PSG
Besiktas entered their contest with FC Metalist Kharkiv as favourites and duly ground out a 1-0 win.
Filip Holosko grabbed the only goal of the game on 58 minutes to ensure the Turkish outfit head to the Ukraine in a fortnight with their noses in front.
BEST MATCH OF THE UEFA CUP NIGHT!...
The game of the night came in Switzerland as Bellinzona and Galatasaray played out a 4-3 thriller.
Mauro Lustrinelli gave the Swiss side the lead just after the half-hour mark, but Harry Kewell responded for the Turks on 39 minutes.
Gurkan Sermete restored Bellinzona's advantage two minutes after the break, before Milan Baros restored parity five minutes later.
Shkelzen Gashi was then dismissed for Galatasaray on the hour, but Baros notched his second of the game with eight minutes remaining.
That appeared to be the end of the scoring as the game headed into injury-timer, but Cassio Lincoln grabbed a fourth for Galatasaray and Jacopo La Rocca notched another for the hosts.
PSG won 2-1 away, defeating Kayserispor.
Mateja Kezman opened the scoring on five minutes, but Delio Toledo looked to have drawn the game with a late 87th minute equaliser. But Peguy Luyindula then gave the visitors the win two minutes later.
A BAD START FOR ARAGONES'S FENERBAHCE!...
Luis Aragones' worries at Fenerbahce grew a little deeper on Wednesday night as they began their Champions League Group G campaign with a 3-1 loss at Porto.
The former Spain coach arrived in Turkey this summer with high hopes, but a stuttering start to the league campaign was compounded at the Stadium of Light as they came off distinctly second best to the hosts.
Porto led through early goals from Leonardo Lopez and Lucho Gonzalez, and although Daniel Guiza got one back against the run of play, Fener rarely threatened an equaliser before Lino capped the win at the death.
Fener have endured a disappointing start to the season in domestic competition, winning only one and draw two in the Turkcell Super League, and Aragones will have seen little early on to ease his concerns as Porto dominated the game from the start.
Lopez and Nelson Benitez had both gone close before Lopez opened the scoring in the 11th minute, latching on to Jose Raul Meireles' pass to fire beyond Volkan Demirel.
Porto then almost immediately doubled their lead as Argentinian midfielder Lucho Gonzalez met Cristian Rodriguez's pass to lash the ball home.
Porto had several chances to further extend their lead as Lopez and Meireles each missed a pair of openings, so it was clearly against the run of play when Fener got back into the game through Guiza's 30th minute goal.
Alex De Souza's header was blocked by Helton in the Porto goal but the ball fell to Guiza and the Spaniard tucked it away.
Late in the first half, Fener were handed a chance to tie the game when Cristian Sapunaru brought down Ugur Boral but Helton held Gokhan Gonul's free-kick.
Aragones brought off Sahin at half-time to replace him with another Spaniard, Josico, and the early signs were encouraging as Emre tried his luck with a long-range effort.
However, Porto were soon on the attack against as Mario Gonzalez went just wide with a shot from the edge of the area before Lucho Gonzalez was also off-target.
Just after the hour mark, Claudio Maldonado had another chance to tie the scores for Fener, but Helton held his shot.
Porto re-established control of the game, doing their best to frustrate the visitors as the clock wound down.
The next chance for either team did not come until the 86th minute as Alex blazed a shot over the crossbar from the edge of the area.
Porto responded as Demirel did well to parry Lucho Gonzalez's shot to safety moments later.
With the game moving into injury time, Fener poured forward in search of an equaliser, but they left the door open at the back and Lino nipped in to take advantage with a shot from the edge of the area that found the net.
The former Spain coach arrived in Turkey this summer with high hopes, but a stuttering start to the league campaign was compounded at the Stadium of Light as they came off distinctly second best to the hosts.
Porto led through early goals from Leonardo Lopez and Lucho Gonzalez, and although Daniel Guiza got one back against the run of play, Fener rarely threatened an equaliser before Lino capped the win at the death.
Fener have endured a disappointing start to the season in domestic competition, winning only one and draw two in the Turkcell Super League, and Aragones will have seen little early on to ease his concerns as Porto dominated the game from the start.
Lopez and Nelson Benitez had both gone close before Lopez opened the scoring in the 11th minute, latching on to Jose Raul Meireles' pass to fire beyond Volkan Demirel.
Porto then almost immediately doubled their lead as Argentinian midfielder Lucho Gonzalez met Cristian Rodriguez's pass to lash the ball home.
Porto had several chances to further extend their lead as Lopez and Meireles each missed a pair of openings, so it was clearly against the run of play when Fener got back into the game through Guiza's 30th minute goal.
Alex De Souza's header was blocked by Helton in the Porto goal but the ball fell to Guiza and the Spaniard tucked it away.
Late in the first half, Fener were handed a chance to tie the game when Cristian Sapunaru brought down Ugur Boral but Helton held Gokhan Gonul's free-kick.
Aragones brought off Sahin at half-time to replace him with another Spaniard, Josico, and the early signs were encouraging as Emre tried his luck with a long-range effort.
However, Porto were soon on the attack against as Mario Gonzalez went just wide with a shot from the edge of the area before Lucho Gonzalez was also off-target.
Just after the hour mark, Claudio Maldonado had another chance to tie the scores for Fener, but Helton held his shot.
Porto re-established control of the game, doing their best to frustrate the visitors as the clock wound down.
The next chance for either team did not come until the 86th minute as Alex blazed a shot over the crossbar from the edge of the area.
Porto responded as Demirel did well to parry Lucho Gonzalez's shot to safety moments later.
With the game moving into injury time, Fener poured forward in search of an equaliser, but they left the door open at the back and Lino nipped in to take advantage with a shot from the edge of the area that found the net.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
FC Porto v Fenerbahce: Preview
Porto coach Jesualdo Ferreira has urged his team to make a positive start to the Champions League proper by beating last season's quarter-finalists Fenerbahce.
The Portuguese outfit host Luis Aragones' men on Wednesday night in Group G hoping to emulate the success of 2004, when they were crowned champions under Jose Mourinho.
In the last two campaigns, Porto have been knocked out at the last-16 stage - in 2006/07 to Chelsea and to Schalke on penalties last term - and Ferreira does not want a repeat of those disappointments.
"I do not have any doubts about the team I am going to field,'' said Ferreira. "The players are prepared and know the importance of this game, and they are motivated by being in this competition and facing the top clubs in Europe.
"Everyone will work hard to ensure a good game.
"In the two years I have been here we have not realized our objectives of winning the Champions League. I have only been able to speak about defeat.
"But despite not triumphing, we have achieved our objective of reaching the knockout stages.''
Despite being drawn in a tricky group which also includes Arsenal and Dynamo Kiev, Ferreira is upbeat about his side's chances of qualifying for the knockout stages for a third consecutive year.
"It's going to be hard for us,'' he said shortly after the draw. "But regardless of the group, our ambitions are the same as ever.
"We want to reach the knockout stage and certainly with the work we've been doing we'll certainly keep improving over the next few weeks.''
Ferreira is boosted by the return of attacking midfielder Mariano Gonzalez, although Rabiola and Tarik Sektioui are still sidelined with injury. Jorge Fucile and Freddy Guarin also miss out.
Fenerbahce reached the last eight of the competition last season and beat Chelsea at home in the first leg before eventually losing 3-2 on aggregate.
They have had a shaky start to this season, however, winning two and losing two in the Turkish Super League - one of those a 2-1 loss to struggling Hacettepe on Saturday.
New coach Aragones called losing six points in three games "a cause for real concern''.
Curiously, the Spaniard said Wednesday night's main objective is to play attractive football - a surprise given that Fenerbahce are the away side and will want to make as good a start as possible in an intimidating group.
"Porto consist of great players who have already shown what they are capable of achieving,'' he told the club's website. "Our primary goal is to play nice football.''
Veteran Roberto Carlos, a Champions League winner with Real Madrid in 1998, 2000 and 2002, is not underestimating the size of the Yellow Canaries' task, despite Porto being without star winger Ricardo Quaresma, who left for Internazionale on transfer deadline day.
"Porto are a strong team,'' Roberto Carlos told Istanbul newspaper Hurriyet. "Quaresma is a big loss but they are still a good side without him. We will have to take each match as it comes.''
FOR DETAIL FOR THE MATCH AND FOLLOW IT LIVE....AND MINUTE BY MINUTE REPORT BY GAME CAST, GO TO WWW.TURKISHSOCER.COM
Monday, September 15, 2008
Fatih Terim, has apologized!......
Belgium coach Rene Vandereycken, left in the background, argues with Turkish coach Fatih Terim, right, during the World Cup group 5 qualifying soccer match between Turkey and Belgium in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008. The teams tied 1-1.(AP Photo/Murad Sezer)That's right!....Fatih Terim has apologized for being rued to Belgium coach Rene Vandereycken during the two team's World Cup qualifying group game last Wednesday.
Why do it!.... and than be sorry about it!...
I just can't get that!...
This was not the first time and it will not be the last time,that , Fatih Terim will have to do this !....
I think , He needs to go to Anger Management Class!.....
Look what he said to the LIG TV Reporter, on Sunday, while He was watching Galatasaray v Antalyaspor match!..
"I regretted being in a tense situation like that.Thinking about the incident after the game, I should not have been provoked by a coach whose career is so unremarkable,Whatever he did, even if I was right, I should not have acted so tense. I admit that I made a mistake there."
He also said, "I owe an apology to my coaching staff, to my players, and especially the football fans, but ultimately, I owe myself an apology. An experienced coach like that should not have been let to be drawn into provocation."
Sunday, September 14, 2008
TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE(TSL), SUNDAY REVIEW!
It was lots of goals on Sunday, but, not at the last televised match of the week, between Trabzonspor and Besiktas.
Super Sunday started with a bang on LIG TV, with really excitement match between Sivasspor and Bursaspor.
Sivasspor beat Bursasspor in Sivas with the score of 3-1 . Former Bursaspor player H.Tum scored the last goal for Sivasspor.
In other early matches , Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor lost at home against Ankaraspor 1-2.
Gaziantepspor tied at home against Ankaragucu with a last minute goal scored by Ankaragucu.
Genclerbirligi beat Eskishirspor at home 3-1.
In the last match of the week, which was broadcast live on LIGTV, Trabzonspor and Besiktas played for boring 0-0 tie match ninety minutes.
As I was saying on my Saturday report, things did not change very much!...
We know One thing, Last seasons, surprise team Sivasspor after beating Bursaspor at home captured the top spot with seven points, in the Turkish Super League again!,,,,
Wait though!,,,,,there are three more teams that share the same points!...
BESIKTAS.....GAZIANTEPSPOR AND TRABZONSPOR.....
At the end of the third round, Galatasaray is in fifth ,Kayserispor is in sixth and Fenerbahce, is deep down in 12Th place, as I wrote it, on my Saturday report.
So, at the end of the week three, we see different kind of League standing, that Turkish soccer fans are not use to see!....
With the European competitions to start this coming week, Fenerbahce, Galatasaray, Besiktas and Kayseripsor has to concentrate in the both leagues!...
STANDINGS P W D L F A AV P
------------------------------------------------------------
1.SIVASSPOR 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 7
2.GAZIANTEPSPOR 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 7
3.BESIKTAS 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 7
4.TRABZONSPOR 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 7
5.BURSASPOR 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 6
6.GALATASARAY 3 1 2 0 5 2 3 5
7.KAYSERISPOR 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 5
8.GENCLERBIRLIGI3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
9.HACETTEPE 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
10.KONYASPOR 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 4
11.DENIZLISPOR 3 1 1 1 5 7 -2 4
12.FENERBAHCE 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
13.ANKARASPOR 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 3
14.ESKISEHIRSPOR 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 2
15.ANKARAGUCU 3 0 1 2 5 7 -2 1
16.ANTALYASPOR 3 0 1 2 5 7 -2 1
17.ISTANBULB.B 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1
18.KOCAELISPOR 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1
Super Sunday started with a bang on LIG TV, with really excitement match between Sivasspor and Bursaspor.
Sivasspor beat Bursasspor in Sivas with the score of 3-1 . Former Bursaspor player H.Tum scored the last goal for Sivasspor.
In other early matches , Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediyespor lost at home against Ankaraspor 1-2.
Gaziantepspor tied at home against Ankaragucu with a last minute goal scored by Ankaragucu.
Genclerbirligi beat Eskishirspor at home 3-1.
In the last match of the week, which was broadcast live on LIGTV, Trabzonspor and Besiktas played for boring 0-0 tie match ninety minutes.
As I was saying on my Saturday report, things did not change very much!...
We know One thing, Last seasons, surprise team Sivasspor after beating Bursaspor at home captured the top spot with seven points, in the Turkish Super League again!,,,,
Wait though!,,,,,there are three more teams that share the same points!...
BESIKTAS.....GAZIANTEPSPOR AND TRABZONSPOR.....
At the end of the third round, Galatasaray is in fifth ,Kayserispor is in sixth and Fenerbahce, is deep down in 12Th place, as I wrote it, on my Saturday report.
So, at the end of the week three, we see different kind of League standing, that Turkish soccer fans are not use to see!....
With the European competitions to start this coming week, Fenerbahce, Galatasaray, Besiktas and Kayseripsor has to concentrate in the both leagues!...
STANDINGS P W D L F A AV P
------------------------------------------------------------
1.SIVASSPOR 3 2 1 0 5 1 4 7
2.GAZIANTEPSPOR 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 7
3.BESIKTAS 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 7
4.TRABZONSPOR 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 7
5.BURSASPOR 3 2 0 1 5 4 1 6
6.GALATASARAY 3 1 2 0 5 2 3 5
7.KAYSERISPOR 3 1 2 0 1 0 1 5
8.GENCLERBIRLIGI3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
9.HACETTEPE 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
10.KONYASPOR 3 1 1 1 4 5 -1 4
11.DENIZLISPOR 3 1 1 1 5 7 -2 4
12.FENERBAHCE 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
13.ANKARASPOR 3 1 0 2 2 5 -3 3
14.ESKISEHIRSPOR 3 0 2 1 1 3 -2 2
15.ANKARAGUCU 3 0 1 2 5 7 -2 1
16.ANTALYASPOR 3 0 1 2 5 7 -2 1
17.ISTANBULB.B 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1
18.KOCAELISPOR 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1
Saturday, September 13, 2008
TSL (TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE) ,SATURDAY WRAP!...
Another shocking news for Fenerbahce!....
FENERBAHCE GOES DOWN IN ANKARA, AGAINST HACETTEPE....
After the National team matches and chaos, Turkey finally trying to focus on the Turkcell Super League.
The third round started, with a bang again this Saturday!....
In the opening match, Fenerbahce, traveled to Capitol city of Turkey, Ankara.
New Name Hacettepe!....former Genclerbirligi Oftas team beat Fenerbahce with the 2-1 score.
Fenerbahce was hurting, with a lot of injuries and with other problems!....
That cost the match for Fenerbahce!...
Until very and of the first half, Fenerbahce was ahead 1-0 with Alex's goal.
But, things changed in the last minute.Hacettepe tied the match with Ibrahim Sahin's goal in the 45Th minute.Just before the first half whistle.
In the second half, young defender who has not started in a long time Can Arat, scored his own goal for Hacettepe.
Later in the match Keeper Volkan Demirel was red carded and another young defender Yasin Cakmak took the gloves from Volkan.
In the remain minutes of the match Fenerbahce was not successful to score goals!..
After this win, Hacettepe moved on top of the Fenerbahce ,while Fenerbahce droped down to eight place , they could well down further after Sunday's matches...
We could see Fenerbahce finishing 12 or 13th place at the end of the third week in the Turkcell Super League....
That could be in really big problem for Fenerbahce and Aragones in the long run!,,,,
They left three import points in Ankara before the CL matches in the Europe competition...Fenerbahce has only three points after three rounds!....
Elsewhere, on Saturday, Konyaspor tied at home with Denizlispor, 1-1
In Kayseri, Kayserispor beat leaeges new comer team Kocaelispor with only one goal.
As I was writing this article, Galatasaray was playing against Antalysspor at home and after Gala scoring the first goal , later Anlatalyaspor tied the match.
As of now that match is at the half time...
GALATASARAY DROPS TWO BIG POINTS AT HOME!..
After Fenerbahce , Galatasaray droped points at thier Turkcell Super League match against Antalyaspor at home in front of their own fan.
AS I told you before the score at the half time did not change in the second half of the match and the match enden with 1-1 score!...
Galatasary scored first, but Nonda in the 11th minute of the match and Anlatyspor answered with Joseph Ngwenya goal in the 32th minute of the match.
With this loss Galatasaray like Fenerbahce lost points....
Afre the third week, Galatasaray won only one march and draw two!...
That is really bad start for Galatasaray too..
After elimination fron Champions League now....bad result in the league is not making Gala fans really happy!...
Look for some changes in the coming days in the Galatasaray team!.....
SUNDAY PREVIEW!....
It will be Super Sunday in The Turkcell Super League....
Four perfect teams with six points will have to put a tough fight........
Out of these four , two of them....Besiktas and Trabzonspor will clash in the city of Trabzon.
The others, Gaziantepspor will be at home against Ankaragucu and Bursaspor will be away against though team Sivasspor!...
So, I know one thing, It will be really hard for these teams to stay perfect!..
One or two of them will try to stay perfect or will try to maket three for three at the end of this weekend!...
Million dollar question is?.....Who will succeed...that will be tough to guess!...
So, sit tight and enjoy Super Sunday in TSL(TURCELL SUPER LEAGUE)!....
FENERBAHCE GOES DOWN IN ANKARA, AGAINST HACETTEPE....
After the National team matches and chaos, Turkey finally trying to focus on the Turkcell Super League.
The third round started, with a bang again this Saturday!....
In the opening match, Fenerbahce, traveled to Capitol city of Turkey, Ankara.
New Name Hacettepe!....former Genclerbirligi Oftas team beat Fenerbahce with the 2-1 score.
Fenerbahce was hurting, with a lot of injuries and with other problems!....
That cost the match for Fenerbahce!...
Until very and of the first half, Fenerbahce was ahead 1-0 with Alex's goal.
But, things changed in the last minute.Hacettepe tied the match with Ibrahim Sahin's goal in the 45Th minute.Just before the first half whistle.
In the second half, young defender who has not started in a long time Can Arat, scored his own goal for Hacettepe.
Later in the match Keeper Volkan Demirel was red carded and another young defender Yasin Cakmak took the gloves from Volkan.
In the remain minutes of the match Fenerbahce was not successful to score goals!..
After this win, Hacettepe moved on top of the Fenerbahce ,while Fenerbahce droped down to eight place , they could well down further after Sunday's matches...
We could see Fenerbahce finishing 12 or 13th place at the end of the third week in the Turkcell Super League....
That could be in really big problem for Fenerbahce and Aragones in the long run!,,,,
They left three import points in Ankara before the CL matches in the Europe competition...Fenerbahce has only three points after three rounds!....
Elsewhere, on Saturday, Konyaspor tied at home with Denizlispor, 1-1
In Kayseri, Kayserispor beat leaeges new comer team Kocaelispor with only one goal.
As I was writing this article, Galatasaray was playing against Antalysspor at home and after Gala scoring the first goal , later Anlatalyaspor tied the match.
As of now that match is at the half time...
GALATASARAY DROPS TWO BIG POINTS AT HOME!..
After Fenerbahce , Galatasaray droped points at thier Turkcell Super League match against Antalyaspor at home in front of their own fan.
AS I told you before the score at the half time did not change in the second half of the match and the match enden with 1-1 score!...
Galatasary scored first, but Nonda in the 11th minute of the match and Anlatyspor answered with Joseph Ngwenya goal in the 32th minute of the match.
With this loss Galatasaray like Fenerbahce lost points....
Afre the third week, Galatasaray won only one march and draw two!...
That is really bad start for Galatasaray too..
After elimination fron Champions League now....bad result in the league is not making Gala fans really happy!...
Look for some changes in the coming days in the Galatasaray team!.....
SUNDAY PREVIEW!....
It will be Super Sunday in The Turkcell Super League....
Four perfect teams with six points will have to put a tough fight........
Out of these four , two of them....Besiktas and Trabzonspor will clash in the city of Trabzon.
The others, Gaziantepspor will be at home against Ankaragucu and Bursaspor will be away against though team Sivasspor!...
So, I know one thing, It will be really hard for these teams to stay perfect!..
One or two of them will try to stay perfect or will try to maket three for three at the end of this weekend!...
Million dollar question is?.....Who will succeed...that will be tough to guess!...
So, sit tight and enjoy Super Sunday in TSL(TURCELL SUPER LEAGUE)!....
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