RACE FOR THE TOP SPOT GOES ON SATURDAY............COULD GIRAY BULAK'S KONYASPOR TOPPLE TSL LEADER TRABZONSPOR?......Turkcell Super League's sixth week takes off on Saturday with three important matches.
Turkcell Super League Leader Trabzonspor will face their former coach Giray Bulak's Konyaspor in Konya on Saturday.
After getting demolish by Galatasaray on Sunday in Istanbul , Konyaspor could surprise Trabzonspor at front of their home fans.
On the other hand, Trabzonspor coach Ersun Yanal, was decorated with brand new 24 players in the off season!.
He has the guns the beat Konyaspor in Konya.......
Players like, Isaac Promise Nigerian international and Gokhan unal and Umut Bulut will be big thread...
Konyaspor has seven points and they are on 9th place while Trabzonspor sits on top of the League's top spot with 13 points. But, there is a big pressure from other teams.
A loss of points in Konya , could cost the top spot for Trabzonspor this week.
The other team, last years Cinderella team Sivasspor(11 points), also will play on Saturday.
They will Travel to Ankara to play Ankaraspor. This match will be exciting too.
Also, Another team that is keeping the pressure, Gaziantepspor(10 points) , will be in Antalya. Antayaspor has only one point in five matches.
So, It looks like, all three games will be really hard fought matches....
Ahmet Turgut
BESIKTAS COACH ERTUGRUL SAGLAM UNDER FIRE!....
Beşiktaş arrived back in Istanbul on Friday amid increasing pressure on coach Ertuğrul Sağlam to resign. A group of protestors met the team at Atatürk Airport, calling for the resignation of Sağlam and the Beşiktaş board. The Istanbul team's 4-1 lost at Metalist Kharkiv of Ukraine on Thursday night sparked a heated debate over whether Sağlam should keep his post. Some board members have even publicly declared the former Beşiktaş player should leave. It is devastating to be ousted from the UEFA Cup at a time the board and fans dreamt of playing in the final, the club's vice-chairman, Levent Erdoğan, told the Anatolia news agency. He also criticized Sağlam's post game comments. Sağlam said after the game the team would forget about the loss and focus on the upcoming matches. It is unacceptable to say this game is over, we should move on.' Of course we will move on, but we will keep making mistakes if we brush aside past failures, Erdoğan said. Erdoğan added that those who have failed to fulfill supporters' expectations should take the blame and do the righteous thing to do, signaling Sağlam may be leaving soon. Another board member, Şeref Yalçın, shot a straight bullet at the coach. The technical staff are the only ones to blame in this humiliating loss, he told reporters. Sağlam has problems in coaching the team, or he is having trouble coping with Beşiktaş. We got the players he wanted, we have been supporting him, but we are far from the place we should be at. Yalçın said they will want a comprehensive report from the coach and decide on his future soon.
Source: Turkish Daily News
Out of the three Turkish Teams that playing in the UEFA CUP, Galatasaray is the only team will advance to next round.
What is so strange, Besiktas wins at home in the first match, than, gets killed by Metalist Kharkhiv at the second match with the score of 4-1.
The coach of Besiktas team Ertugrul Saglam, before the match, in interview with one of the Turkish Newspaper , said, he wants to be Alex Ferguson of Turkey.
Well, Mr.Saglam's days at Besiktas will not be that long, in my opinion!...
Ertugrul Saglam, does not deserve to be coach of Besiktas, anymore , in my opinion!
This was another disaster after last years disaster in England.
Enough is Enough!....
FC Metalist Kharkiv 4-1 Besiktas JK (agg: 4-2)
Two first-half goals helped the Ukrainian team register a famous win. Brazilian Jajá stuck gold when his 40-metre effort went in off the bar on 16 minutes and he then beat defender Tomáš Zápotočný to set up Marko Dević for his side's second ten minutes later. Valentyn Sliusar subsequently hit the post for Metalist, but later supplied Jajá for the third goal on 74 minutes. Seweryn Gancarczyk made it 4-0 from a 79th-minute free-kick with substitute Márcio Nobre's late effort representing scant consolation for Besiktas.
Galatasaray 2-1 AC Bellinzona
Yaser Yıldız earned Galatasaray a 2-1 win in Istanbul, heading home Lincoln's 86th-minute free-kick to put the tie well beyond Swiss debutants Bellinzona. Already 4-3 up, the Galatasaray deservedly took a first-half lead through Milan Baroš's penalty. Gurkan Sermeter converted a spot-kick at the other end on 52 minutes to give his team a fighting chance, before Yaser finally settled matters.
Paris St Germain lead the French challenge with a 0-0 draw against Kayserispor to add to their 2-1 first-leg advantage.
According to rumors from British media, Manchester United are tracking relatively unknown (until now) Bursaspor striker Sercan Yildirim.
The 18-year-old is well thought of in his team Bursaspor, however, and is unlikely to be sold for any less than £5 million - with United facing competition from a number of other Premier League and Serie A clubs for his signature.
Besiktas and Galatasaray look to build over their wins, while Kayserispor chases a dream in Paris.Besiktas visits Metalist Kharkiv for the UEFA Cup first round game Thursday.
After beating Metalist 1-0 in Istanbul two weeks ago, Besiktas holds an apparent advantage before the second leg game, and even a draw will be enough for it to advance to the competition's group stages for a record fourth time.
So, another game to Besiktas' eight-game unbeaten streak and the Black Eagles will fly off to the next round. However, playing at Metalist may be tricky. Besides the not-so-welcomingly cold climate, Metalist is a strong and physical team that does not allow many chances to its opposition.
Besiktas has seen enough of that, as the first leg game could have gone either way, if the only goal of the game was canceled for offside.
Besiktas was not playing its best in that game, but the Ukrainians were not very experienced at that stage and Ertugrul Saglam's side exploited that very well. It needs to do more of the same to advance to the next round.
The game at Metalist Stadium starts 8:00 p.m.
Galatasaray on a goal spree :
Galatasaray's job at the UEFA Cup may be easier, though, as it plays lowly Swiss side Bellinzona in Istanbul, also Thursday.
In an illogically open game, Galatasaray was victor 4-3 in Switzerland, leaving little work to do at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium. Now even a loss like 1-0 will see Galatasaray through to the next round, and it seems that Galatasaray will not lose much sweat over beating Bellinzona again.
The Swiss side is struggling in its league currently, and has only one win in nine games, while Galatasaray is on an astounding goal spree with 12 goals in three games. Its foreign players are the major reason for that attacking football shining, as Milan Baros took the lead with six goals.
The Czech player is successfully rehabilitating his career, especially remembering that he had nine goals in his 56 games in the last two years.
Thursday night he will try to add to his goal tally against a side that is not successful at defending. The game starts at 8:00 p.m.
Of all the four Turkish teams vying for further rounds on the European stage, Kayserispor probably has the most difficult task to do.
Losing the first leg game 2-1 to Paris St. Germain at its own ground, the Turkish Cup holder's chase for the next round is likely to be a chase for the rainbows.
Kayseri is known for its solid defensive play and may finish the game in France with a clean sheet, but this time conceding no goals will not be enough, it needs to score as well.
Tolunay Kafkas' side is a terrible attacking team and is yet to score two goals in a match this season.
In fact, Kayserispor has two goals in five league games, and if it wants to stay a part of the European competition, it needs at least two on Thursday.
However, the fact that Paris St. Germain is a vulnerable team may be promising. The Parisians have lost two games in a row, and Kayserispor looks to take the streak to three.
The game at the Parc des Princes starts at 10:00 p.m.Local Time.
Fenerbahce and Dynamo Kiev played out a lacklustre 0-0 draw in the Champions League on Tuesday, leaving both teams with much to do to get their Group G campaigns going.
Fenerbahce playmaker Alex worked to create chances up front with Daniel Guiza but the home side gave the ball away easily and Dynamo comfortably absorbed the pressure.
The result piled fresh pressure on Fenerbahce's Spanish coach Luis Aragones. Last season's Champions League quarter-finalists are 10th in the domestic league.
"Fenerbahce created some scoring opportunities on the pitch today. We were definitely the better team and deserved to win," Aragones told Turkish television after the game.
"We were in control of the game while they played on the counter attack. What is important now is that we beat Arsenal," the former Spain coach said of his side's next test at home to the group leaders on Oct. 21.
Fenerbahce, losers at Porto in their opening match, burst into life after halftime when Alex fired a shot just wide from the edge of the box in the 48th minute.
A minute later Dynamo keeper Stanislav Bogush saved efforts from Guiza and Emre Belozoglu, who worked hard in midfield for the home side.
Fenerbahce pressed hard for a goal in the final stages. Selcuk Sahin fired straight at the goalkeeper from the edge of the penalty area and Kazim Kazim shot wide with a long-range effort.
But the Ukrainian side, who drew with Arsenal in their opening match, held firm in defence to remain third, a point ahead of the Turks and one behind the Portuguese champions.
"Today we played a good game and succeeded in securing a point," Kiev coach Yuri Semin said.
"Fenerbahce played very well. But our players created problems for them and were very successful in defence.".
Fenerbahce coach Luis Aragones is not worried that his side's poor league form will affect their Champions League hopes.
The Istanbul side host Dynamo Kiev in Group G on Tuesday night and will be hoping to continue their impressive home record in Europe and kick-start a season which has so far been very disappointing.
Having made the worst start to a campaign in 20 years, Fenerbahce are eighth in the table and suffered a further setback on Friday when they lost 2-1 to Sivasspor.
However, Aragones is not concerned and has every faith his team will improve.
"I don't think losing points in Turkey will affect my players as I believe the Champions League is a completely different motivation," he said.
"Despite taking the lead in the first half, we were not able to stop Sivasspor from scoring twice. Of course, this was not the impressive start we had wanted. We still need time to perform at our best, but our time will come."
The Turks boast a fearful record at the Sukru Saracoglu Stadium, having won every match there in last season's Champions League en route to their quarter-final exit at the hands of Chelsea, and are unbeaten in 14 games stretching back to November 2004.
They come up against a Dynamo side with a wretched record.
Yuri Semin's men have drawn one and lost seven of their last eight group-stage games, scoring two goals and conceding 18, although they held Arsenal to a 1-1 draw in the opening fixture earlier this month and go into the game off the back of a 3-0 defeat of Kryvbas which sent them joint top of the Ukrainian Superliga.
Fenerbahce have been reduced to the bare bones by injuries and woefully underperformed in their last Champions League fixture, a 3-1 defeat to Porto, to prop up the Group G table.
Star striker Semih Senturk remains a major doubt, as do newcomer Juan Pablo Josico, winger Gokcek Vederson and defender Edu Dracena.
Captain Alex De Souza, the heartbeat of the Fener team, is also on the injury list, but forward Daniel Guiza has a chance of recovering in time to make the bench on Tuesday.
Dynamo coach SemiH is likely to stick with the same players who impressed at home against Arsenal two weeks ago.
He said after that game: "If I was told before the game that we would have a draw, I would have been very pleased.
"This is a good start in the Champions League and the team did well, so overall I am satisfied."
Midfielder Roman Eremenko was particularly impressive, as was Ismael Bangoura, who caused the Gunners defence problems all night and scored the opener from the penalty spot.
Playmaker Oleksandr Aliyev was also heavily influential and scored twice in Friday's resounding league win.
