ANOTHER TURKISH COACH SACKED!.....

UMIT KAYIHAN IS THE LAST VICTIM TO GET AXED IN THE TURKISH TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE!

Denizlispor coach Umit Kayihan who came in in the 10th week ,was sacked on Thursday after losing the Turkish Cup match against Ankaraspor.


Within 18 weeks there were 9 team changed their coach more than once!....

The 9 teams of the Turkcell Super League changed, 25 full-time coaches

The other 9 teams in the Tukcell Super League start the season and continued with their current coaches .


Spaniard Luis Aragones at Fenerbahce and Galatasaray in Michael Skibbe, are the only two foriegn coaches in the Turkish Turkcell Super League.

BESIKTAS AND ANKARASPOR IN THE SEMI-FINALS OF TURKISH CUP

After Sivasspor advanced to the Turkish Fortis Cup Ankaraspor and Besiktas have secured a spot in the semi finals of the Fortis Turkish Cup.

Ankaraspor beat Denizlispor at home in the second leg match 2-1 while Besiktas demolished Antalyaspor 3-1 in Istanbul.

The last ticket match will be between Bursaspor and Fenerbahce in Bursa, on Thursday night.


Ankaraspor had drawn 1-1 with Denizlispor in the first leg but won 2-1 in the second at home. Bilal Kisa scored on 56 minutes and Özer Hurmaci added a second shortly before the end. Emil Angelov scored for Denizlispor in the 86th minute of the match. They were one goal short of advancing to the semi-finals....

Besiktas were on right track after last week's 0-2 win in Antalya and added a 3-1 home victory to advanced to the semi-finals.

Besiktas goals came from Bobo, Ibrahim Üzülmez and Serdar Özkan, and Antalyaspor's goal was scored by Ahmet Kuru.

SIVASPOR ELIMINATES GALATASARAY FROM THE FORTIS CUP!

SIVASPOR ELIMINATES GALATASARAY FROM THE FORTIS CUP!

What a match !....120 minutes of up and down soccer and than penalty kicks!...

Sivasspor after beating Galatasaray in the league match ,they have just eliminate them from Fortis Cup!...

The Cinderella team for Turkey, while still sharing the league's top spot, they now will play in the Semi- Finals of Fortis cup...

Galatasaray, scored the first goal in 9th minute of the match by Arda Turan.

Sivaspor tied the match in the 30th minute by their new player from France, Yannick Kamanan.

The score stayed same during the full ninety minutes and in the 30 minute over time the score did not change ...

Than , the Penalties came!....

In the first set of the penalties, both of the keepers saved the shots!....

MAN OF THE MATCH!....Micheal Petkovic

but, Sivasspor keeper Micheal Petkovic, who also plays for Austria National team,
saved the day, for Sivasspor.

I think he was the man of the match in this match!...

He saved Umit Karan's and Yaser's penalty kicks after saving Arda's first penalty kick!...

At the end of the match Sivaspor beat Galatasaray 4-2 ...

And eliminate a Turkish giant Galatasaray from Turkish Fortis Cup...


Michael Skibbe's Galatasaray was missing their stars , Milan Baros , Lincoln, and Herry Kewell in thsi match!....

I just wonder when Lincoln and Henry kewell is going to help Galatasaray!...

Maybe after they lose all the tournaments!...

Just think, Galatasaray team just got eliminated by a team, whole salary equals to Galatasaray's player Lincoln!...

This team eliminate Galatasaray and this team is on top of the Turkish Super League!..


A desire , courage, and hard work made this cinderella team Sivaspor!...

Lastly, I did not like what Sivaspor player İbrahim Dağaşan did after the match!...

He blew it for Sivaspor in my opinion!..

After the match, while his whole team was celebrating and greeting the fans in the stadium with Israilian soccer player Balili holding the Turkish flag , he ran around with Palestinian flag !....

This was absurd in soccer stadium!...

I am against any political stuff in the stadiums...

This really damage the Sivasspor image , in my opinion....

While your team mate who is from Israil, runs around with Turkish and Sivasspor flag , Ibrahim Dagasan has no right to do this...

I hope, Turkish Football Federation and Sivasspor fine this absurd soccer player.

AHMET TURGUT

WWW.TURKISHSOCCER.COM

Schalke release Ernst and will sign with Besiktas!..

What is Besiktas doing?....

They are getting someone's garbage where there is a lot of player in this position!..

What is Mustafa Denizli doing?...

He wanted Yusuf who is in his mid thirties, gets another thirty year old player to midfield!...

What is going to happened to Holosko?....

A young player came from Vestel Manispor with big hopes!.....

We will see what happens!...

This will be the most expensive transfer in the Besiktas team. and he will be the most money earner in Besiktas team. Besiktas will pay transfer fee close to 4.5 million euros to Schalke team and 5.5 million euros to the player for 2.5 years.

Who is Fabian Ernst ?..

Fabian Ernst (born 30 May 1979 in Hannover) is a German footballer.


He started his career with Hannover 96. From 1998 to 2000 he played for Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga, playing in 48 games, but scoring no goals. The midfielder turned then to Werder Bremen. In 152 games in the Bundesliga he scored 11 goals. He left after spending three and a half year at Schalke and joined Besiktas JK. The player signed a contract which will last until 2012.

Fabian Ernst current stats...

Fabian Ernst
2008/09 German Bundesliga
Games Goals Assists
15 0 0

Weight 176 lbs (80 kg)
Age 29
Position Midfielder
Squad # 8

2008/09 Statistics
TEAM Competition GS SB G A SH SG FC FS YC RC
Schalke 04 DFB Pokal 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0
Schalke 04 DFB Pokal 2 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0
Schalke 04 UEFA Cup 4 0 0 0 1 1 6 7 1 0
Schalke 04 German Bundesliga 12 3 0 0 6 1 22 33 4 1
2008/09 Season Totals 19 3 0 1 8 3 33 44
5 1


Terms:GS: Games Started, SB: Used as Substitute, G: Goals, A: Assists, SH: Shots, SG: Shots on goal, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards, FC: Fouls Committed, FS: Fouls Suffered, SV: Saves, OF: Offsides, W: Wins, D: Draws, L: Losses

TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE SUNDAY WRAP..

FENERBAHCE STALL AGAIN!... BESIKTAS WIN!..........



This was the match that Fenerbahce could it closed the gap on top.

But, after another draw at home back to back they have lost big grounds in the catching up game!..

Fenerbahce was held by Gazinatepsor on Sunday and almost loss the match, thanks to Alex's late goal.



Gaziantepspor were close to winning this game as Erman Ozgur put the Gaziantep team ahead with just eight minutes left in regular time.



Fenerbahce title hopes is little bit dented by a rather disappointing 1-1 draw with Gaziantepspor in Istanbul.



LUCKY BESIKTAS!.......

Besiktas was lucky again this weekend. They say some times teams and keepers best friends are the wood works!...... that was the case on sunday night in Inounu stadium!....



In the early minutes of the match Antalyaspor striker's shot hit the post and went out!...

But, Besiktas won the match with Tello's beituful goal.



Again, Mustafa Denizli kept Holosko on the bench and gave him a chance in the second half of the match. I think, Holosko should start for Besiktas .......................



In the other matches on Sunday, Eskishehirspor trashed Istanbul B.B 6-1 at home and Konyaspor won their must win match in Ankara against Ankaragucu 3-1 .

In Bursa, Bursaspor tied with leagues last place team Hacettepe with no goals!...



As we close the 18th week , in the Turkish Turkcell Super League, The race on top an the bottom is getting congested!.....



With a a draw games, you will not reach for your goals in this league!....


Bursaspor 0 - 0 Hacettepe

Eskisehirspor 6 - 1 İstanbul BB

MKE Ankaragucu 1 - 3 Konyaspor

Fenerbahce 1- 1 Gaziantepspor

Besiktas 1- 0 Antalyaspor

IT IS CATCH UP TIME IN THE TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE!

Just when every one thought ,Sivasspor was going to stay on top all by him self, guest what happened on Saturday in Adana, Turkey!...

The team who plays home games in Adana, Kayserispor stopped , Sivasspor for a nil nil a tie match .

On the other hand, Trabzonspor in away match won their match and catch up Sivasspor, on top again.

They now share the leagues top spot with 38 points.


The important moment of the match between Kayserispor and Sivasspor came in the 89nth minute when both Furkan Ozcal of the home side and Fabio Bilica of the guests were sent off.

Trabzonspor scored against Ankaraspor,in the ninth minute of the match, with Gokhan Unal .
The second and final goal came from Umut Bulut on 74 minutes.

As such, Trabzonspor are back in shared first place as both they and Sivasspor have 38 points from 18 matches.

GALATASARAY ON THE MOVE TOO!....

Galatasaray beat Denizlispor 0-2 with goals from Milan Baros and Shabani Nonda and remain at two points behind of Trabzonspor and Sivaspor.

LOOKING AHEAD !....
On Sunday., it could well be catch up time for Besiktas and Fenerbahce too.

If Fenerbahce wins on Sunday against Gaziantepspor at home they could catch up Galatasaray and be only two points away from the top spot. But, Gaziantespor is no easy roller team.
During the winter transfer season they got quality of players signed. the Brazilian famous player Julio Cesar Santos Carrea will play against his former team player Roberto Carlos in this match. I am going too get up early in the United Stated and watch this match.

It will be a good match....

Also, Besiktas with a win against Antalyaspor the team they beat in the Fortis Turkish Cup, could move on top of Ankaraspor and move to fifth place with 34 points and only four points behind the leader of the league.

Catching up is also at the bottom level teams too...

Ankaragucu, the who will host Konyaspor at home could well pass Konyaspor in the standings if they win the match.

Ankaragucu just signed former Ankaraspor player and Mexican international Player Antoniode Nigris,
earlier in the week and could well do a damage to Konyaspor in this match.

But,Konyaspor in the last days of the Transfer days, just signed Roman Kratochvil, from Denizilispor,
With this transfer Konyaspor has gain big confidence on the defense in my opinion.

If Konyaspor lose this match it could be disaster for Konyaspor they will be a new candidate for relegation's........

So, the week 18nth, in the Turkish Turkcell Super league will be remembered as a catching up week, in my opinion.

Catchers will smile this weekend!......................

31 Jan 2009
Kayserispor 0 - 0 Sivasspor ..at Adana ,Turkey
Kocaelispor 0 - 2 Genclerbirligi
Ankaraspor 0- 2 Trabzonspor
Denizlispor 0- 2 Galatasaray
01 Feb 2009
Bursaspor - Hacettepe
Eskisehirspor - İstanbul BB
MKE Ankaragucu - Konyaspor
Fenerbahce - Gaziantepspor
Besiktas - Antalyaspor

AHMET TURGUT/WWW.TURKISHSOCCER.COM

FORTIS TURKEY CUP WRAP UP

Besiktas close to semifinals


Well, The first leg matches in the Fortis Turkish Cup matches are all done...

We know, Besiktas looks like allready got a ticket to Semi-Final in the Fortis Turkish CUp after beating Antalysspor in away match in Antalya with two clear goals.


It was the fourth win in four games for Besiktas since the start of this season. Remembering that his side will meet Antalya in the League this weekend, coach Mustafa Denizli said that he wanted his players to continue their streak. "I hope that this does not cause complacency," he said.

On the other hand, Fenerbahce also won in the quarterfinals. A 43rd minute header by Deivid De Souza won the game for Fener, giving the Yellow Canaries an edge before next week’s return game against Bursaspor.

"The final score is not a good result, but not bad at all, given that we still have hopes for the second game," said Bursaspor coach Ertuğrul Sağlam. "We have the power and quality to get the ticket to the semifinals in the return game in Bursa."

On Tuesday, Turkish Giant galatasaray had a another bad spell against Sivasspor ,this time in the Fortis cup match. They almost loss the match again in their home turf, thanks to last minute goal by team captain Ayhan Akman,they drew Sivasspor at home with 1-1 score.

This is why , we just can't say Galatasaray would go to next round in the Fortis Cup yet!...

It will be very tough second leg match in sivas!....

Also on Tuesday, Denizlispor loss a big advantage after a tie against Ankaraspor 1-1.

The cup’s second leg matches will be played on next Wednesday.