GALATASARAY SAVED BY THE BELL AGAINST SIVASPOR AGAIN!..

After losing against Sivaspor in the league match ,Galatasaray almost loss again against Sivasspor in the Fortis Cup first leg match in Istanbul. The injury-time equaliser from Ayhan Akman prevented Galatasaray from suffering a second defeat in four days by a Sivasspor side who had took the lead in Istanbul on 74 minutes through Pini Balili. In the night's other tie, Denizlispor and Ankaraspor drew 1-1.

FORTIS TURKISH CUP QUARTER FINALS...

There are two matches on Tuesday and two matches on Wednesday of this week. On Tuesday, Galatasaray will host Sivasspor at home in the late match and in the earlier match Denizlispor will be home against Ankaraspor in the first leg matches.

On Wednesday , Antalyaspor will welcome Besiktas in Antalya and in the second and late match Fenerbahce will be at home against Bursaspor.
27 Jan 2009
Denizlispor v Ankaraspor
Galatasaray v Sivasspor
28 Jan 2009
Antalyaspor v Besiktas
Fenerbahce v Bursaspor

AHMET TURGUT

FINANCIAL CRISES IN THE TURKISH SOCCER CLUBS!...

FINANCIAL CRISES IN THE TURKISH SOCCER CLUBS!...

Eighteen soccer clubs competing in Turkey's Turkcell Super League suffer sequestration debts around 89 million Turkish liras (TL). (One USD is equal to 1.6200 TL)

Kocaelispor are the team that have the highest sequestration debt around 37.7 million TL, while Beşiktaş, Ankaraspor, İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor, Gençlerbirliği, Hacettepe, Kayserispor and Sivasspor are the teams that do not have any debts.

Galatasaray are the soccer club that have the highest debt among the first three biggest teams in Turkey. They follow Kocaelispor with 33.3 million TL.

Fenerbahçe is 1.4 million TL, and Trabzonspor is 2.3 million TL indebted.

Antalyaspor, Bursaspor, Denizlispor, Eskişehirspor, Gaziantepspor, Konyaspor and Ankaragücü are the other indebted teams in the super league.

Source: A.A news agency

A NEW LEAGUE IN TURKEY!...

Picture Source:TFF.org

After Turkey was awarded a Fair-Play award by FIFA organization, Turkish football Federation and the main sponsor of the league Turkcell wireless company announced a new league called "TURKCELL FAIR-PLAY LEAGUE"



Picture Source: TFF.org


The teams will be same but, they're standing will be different...

The teams who has less caution cards and other fines, will be rewarded in this league.


At the end of the 2008-2009 season, who ever finishes first in the TURKCELL FAIR-PLAY LEAGUE" will win $500 grand, second place team will earn $ 300 grand and third place finisher will also earn $200 grand.

As of, end of the 16th week, the "TURKCELL FAIR-PLAY LEAGUE" lead by Ankaraspor and Gaziantepspor with 47 points.

Denizlispor on third place with 49 points.

The teams who has less red and yellow cards and other fines will win big bucks in the Turkcell Super league!...

That is fine and dandy......
But, why we had to do this after, TFF received the Fair-Play award by FIFA!..

Do you really think, that award was giving to Turkish Football!.....


AHMET TURGUT

SIVASSPOR ON TOP ALL ALONG AFTER TRABZONSPOR STALL!....

Sivasspor the Cinderella team of Turkish Tukcell Super League are on top of the Turkish standings all along by them self's after Trabzonspor could not cash in three points against Fenerbahce in Istanbul.


On Saturday, Sivasspor beat Galatasaray at their own frozen turf and actually froze the fans of Galatasaray fans.

On Sunday, Trabzonspor had many changes against Fenerbahce in Istanbul but, their forwards Umut Bulut, Gokhan Unal and Isaac Promise could not cash in and waisted many opportunities.

On the other hand Fenerbahce had a chance to capture the second place with a win against Trabzonspor. They also missed a lot of chances in the second half of the match too...

Fenerbahce keeper Volkan Demirel and Trabzonspor keeper Tony Slyvia, mad some huge saves in this nil nil draw.

This was the 100 nth match for Volkan Demirel under Fenerbahce Uniform.

World known, Roberto Carlos after signed a new contract earlier in the week with Fenerbahce played one of his best match....

In one incident he saved Volkan Demirel's huge mistake .....it was a bad clear from Volkan to the Trabzonspor forward and Roberto Carlos came behind and capture the ball and send it to corner!......

Trabzonspor attackers, Umut Bulut and Isaac Promise were versatile two feet players they wouldn't have problem scoring the goals!....

In Umut Bulut's case when he received the ball he was all by him self and he did not use his both feet to to score the goal ....he kicked the ball with same feet when he received the ball and it was really bad kick and keeper Volkan Demirel saved the ball with his finger tips......

On the other hand Isaac Promise in the last minutes of the match , got a plentiful ball from midfield and all he had to do after receiving the ball with his left foot he had to trap the ball to with his right foot and fool the defender,instead he took a week shot with his left foot and the ball went to side of the net!.....

MY PLAYER OF THE WEEK!......

JAMES TROISE

The reason I am bringing this up is , there is a young twenty years old player James Troise, who plays for Genclerbirligi scored three goal on Saturday against tough Kayserispor!......

Until this match, Kayserispor allowed only seven goal in their goal.......

This, former former Newcastle United young player James Troise, score all three goals with using his both feet!.....

I think, he was the best scorer this weekend and best player of the week 17nth, in my opinion!,,,,

So, after winter brake, Turkish Tukcell Super League top team Sivasspor still on top and all by them self's now with 37 points.

But, they have a lot of chasers !............

Trabzonspor on second with 35 point. Galatasaray with 33 points on third, Ankaraspor on fourth with also 33 and Fenerbahce on fifth with 32 , lastly Besiktas with 31 point on sixth place...


Galatasaray and Fenerbahce loss big ground this weekend after stalling!....

If Sivasspor wins their other games against Istanbul big three clubs , they will be the champions of the Turkcell Super League.......

But, that will be really hard.........

A frozen stadium covered with ice , does not look good for the team want to be the champions of Turkish League,, in my opinion!...

They have to solve that problem........


Lastly, League's bottom already started to boil!.......

After, getting new transfers, the teams in the basement making progress!...

Genclerbirligi ,Kocaelispor and Antalyaspor won their match this weakened!...........

The teams like Ankaragucu, Denizlispor , Konyaspor and Istanbul BB, could well be in trouble ,if they don't start winning their matches!..........

Here are the score from week 17nth , in the Turkish Turkcell Super League.

Ankaraspor 3 - 0 Konyaspor
Eskisehirspor 1 - 1 Gaziantepspor
Kayserispor 1- 3 Genclerbirligi
MKE Ankaragucu 0 - 1 Antalyaspor
Sivasspor 2 - 0 Galatasaray
Besiktas 1- 0 Denizlispor
Bursaspor 2– 0 İstanbul BB
Kocaelispor 4- 0 Hacettepe
Fenerbahce 0- 0 Trabzonspor

AHMET TURGUT/www.turkishsoccer.com

SIVASSPOR TOPPLES GALATASARAY !.

SIVASSPOR TOPPLES GALATASARAY AND FENERBAHCE HAS A CHANCE TO MOVE UP TO SECOND........

Sivasspor moved three points clear at the top of the Turkish Turkcell Super League with an impressive victory over Galatasaray.
Abdurrahman Dereli opened the scoring in the 51st minute for the Sivas club before substitute Sezer Badur wrapped up the victory 15 minutes later.


The result means Sivasspor pull clear of Trabzonspor, who will play on Sunday against Fenerbahce in Istanbul, who ever wins this match, will capture the second place....
Actually, if Trabzonspor wins, they will share the top spot with Sivaspor again
but, if they lose in Istanbul ,against Fenerbahce , they will also say good - bye, to the top spot and second place with a win Fenerbahce, will capture the second place from Trabzomspor, while Galatasaray will be still on third.

Besiktas closed to within a point of fifth-placed Fenerbahce after Roman Kratochvil's 28th-minute own goal proved enough for a 1-0 win over struggling Denizlispor.

Besiktas held on despite having Tomas Zapotocny sent off 13 minutes from time.

Besikras four points clear of Kayserispor in seventh after they were beaten 3-1 by Genclerbirligi.

James Troisi was the hero for Genclerbirligi with a hat-trick (24, 56, 88). Mehmet Topuz briefly pulled Kayserispor level in the 56th minute but their miserable day was complete when Ali Turan was sent off (68).

Gaziantepspor could not capitalise on Kayserispor's slip as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Eskisehirspor.

Armand Deumi opened the scoring for the visitors on the stroke of half-time but Batuhan Karadeniz earned a point for Gaziantepspor with a 78th-minute equaliser.

Finally, Antalyaspor climbed out of the relegation zone - and dropped Ankaragucu into the bottom three - with a 1-0 away win over their rivals.

Sidney Tita netted the only goal of the game 16 minutes from time.

On Friday, In the opening match Ankaraspor beat Konyaspor at home with three goals....
On a last note ....Mexican International player Antonia Denigris has left Ankaraspor teams before the match on Friday.
WEEK 17:
FRIDAY
Ankaraspor 3 - 0 Konyaspor
SATURDAY
Eskisehirspor 1 - 1 Gaziantepspor
Kayserispor 1- 3 Genclerbirligi
MKE Ankaragucu 0 - 1 Antalyaspor
Sivasspor 2 - 0 Galatasaray
Besiktas 1- 0 Denizlispor
SUNDAY
Bursaspor – İstanbul BB
Kocaelispor - Hacettepe
Fenerbahce - Trabzonspor

WATCH FENERBAHCE V TRABZONSPOR MATCH LIVE STREA,.......

FIFA PRESIDENT NOT HAPPY WITH BRAZILANS PLAYING FOR OTHER NATIONAL TEAMS!...

According to recent article on cnn.com, FIFA president Sepp Blatter called brazilian born players who play for other national teams " The football 'invaders from Brazil'

I wonder, the Turkish National team coach Fatih Terim, has to say about this?.....

He whent on to say , "If we don't take care about the invaders from Brazil," Blatter controversially said at the draw for the 2010 World Cup. "Then at the next World Cups... we will have 16 [teams] full of Brazilian players. It's a danger, a real, real danger."

HERE ARE THE QUESTIONS ASKED BY CNN REPORTER James Montague, TO FIFA BOSS...

Do you think you players should be able to adopt a new country and play for them?

But two things have changed. The first is the globalized nature of the sport, which has allowed Brazil to sell arguably its greatest export -- talented footballers -- to every corner of the world.

The second is the emerging power and wealth of smaller states willing to use their financial muscle to attract better players to their national team.

FIFA has been extremely critical of countries that have handed passports--some after playing in their new country for less than two years-- to talented footballers.

The problem FIFA has found is separating the naturalization of a player who has genuinely put down roots in their new country -- as with Eduardo who moved to Croatia when he was 15 -- and those whose allegiances are bought and sold in a rudimentary international transfer system.

One country that has stretched the rules to breaking point is Qatar, who has used its vast gas wealth to attract and naturalize a host of players from Uruguay and Brazil.

The Qatari FA even offered to pay Brazilian striker Ailton, then the top scorer in the German Bundesliga, $1million to come and play for Qatar in 2004, even though he had never set foot in the country.

The move led to FIFA introducing emergency legislation banning naturalizations from taking place if there was no connection between the player and their prospective country.

FIFA has tried to tighten up the rules. Last May FIFA agreed a rule change which stated that a player must live in their new country for five years before they can play for the national team.

Have the rules on naturalization of footballers devalued international
football?

But for a country the size of Qatar, which has a population of fewer than one million, there are few other options. "The only way Qatar or Bahrain are ever going to be competitive is to import players and naturalize them," explains Jesse Fink, an Australian writer on Asian football and author of "15 Days in June: How Australia Became a Football Nation."

Yet ultimately Qatar's experiment in footballing naturalization looks to have paid off. They currently sit third in their Asian World Cup qualifying group and are on course for a play-off spot for South Africa 2010 thanks, in no small part, to the goals of their Uruguayan-born striker Sebastian Soria. If they qualify they will be the smallest country to ever make it to the finals.

Even more established footballing nations -- like Spain with Marcos Senna and Turkey with Mehmet Aurelio -- have looked at naturalization to fill problem positions in their team.

While English-born John Wilkinson swapped the vagaries of lower league football in the UK for Singapore after being released by non-league Exeter City. Five years later he married his Singaporean girlfriend after some gentle persuasion from the national team coach and now anchors the team's midfield. "I didn't even know where Singapore was!" he told The UK's Guardian newspaper last year.

Arsene Wenger suggested that his Spanish goalkeeper Manuel Almunia, who qualifies for a British passport after living in the UK for five years, is the answer to England's goalkeeping problems.

So will Brazilian imports really takeover the international game? Many are skeptical. "Blatter is fearful that World Cups will be overrun with naturalized Brazilians and has proposed strict rules for naturalizing players, but these are just scare tactics," concludes Fink.


"At the end of the day people want to see the majority of the players in their national team 'represent' them."

SOURCE: AHMET TURGUT/WWW.TURKISHSOCCER.COM AND CNN.COM