TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE SATURDAY WRAP..

GALATASARAY WENT DOWN AS FENERBAHCE EVENS THE POINTS WITH SCORING SEVEN GOALS!

Just think, if Fenerbahce had won their match last week ,they would be on top of Galatasaray in the standings today with three points ahead of them!...

But, they made it up today against, leagues worst team Hacettepespor...

They scored seven unanswered goals ....Alex made hat trick and Turkish Striker Semih Senturk scored two goals..

Roberto Carlos and Deived also scored for Fenerbahce..

Make no mistake though......

Fenerbahce will never find a team like Hacettepe anymore !...

Hacettepe, should not be in this league at all!....

It is disgrace and a shame of this league...

Politics and favoritism in this league , keeps teams like Hacettepe, Istanbul Buyuk sehir Belediye and Ankaraspor in this league!..

And, I hated.....and I don't like it!.....


FENERBAHCE smashed seven goals past Hacettepe to climb level on points with Galatasaray, who lost ground on the leaders with a defeat away to Antalyaspor on Saturday.

Hat-trick hero Alex got things started with two goals in the space of five minutes early in the match, and further strikes from Diego Lugano, Semih Senturk and Deivid de Souza made it 5-0 at the break.

Fener were not done, though, and Senturk got his second soon after the re-start before Alex made the match ball his with a 58th-minute strike.


GALATASARAY CRASH!.....

It was a very different story for Galatasaray however as they went down to Ahmet Kuru's 59th-minute goal in Antalya, against Antalyaspor..

Both teams,Fenerbahce and Galatasaray are on 37 points, four behind Sivasspor and Trabzonspor who share the top spot in the Turkish Turkcell Super League..

Elsewhere ON Saturday....

Ankaragucu pulled themselves three points clear of the drop zone with a 3-1 win over Gaziantepspor.

Silvino Joao Jaba and Murat Duruer scored in the final five minutes of the first half and, although Rodrigo Tabata scored a 49th-minute penalty for the visitors, Jaba's second in the 73rd minute locked up the points.

Eskisehirspor and Genclerbirligi shared the points in a goalless score.

COMING UP ON SUNDAY...

SUPER SUNDAY IN THE TURKCELL SUPER LEAGUE...

It will be a show time in Besiktas's Inonu Stadium on Sunday...

League's top team Trabzonspor will face another "up and down" team Besiktas!...

Besiktas with a win here, could capture the third spot and surpass Galatasaray and Fenerbahce.

Actually, Besiktas could do a favor to Galatasaray and Fenerbahce too..

The gap will still be patchable,,,,,

But, Trabzonspor is very good...fast and aggressive team!...

It is going to be a good match! .....

If , Trabzonspor wins this match , Besiktas will pretty much will be out of top spot race.

Because, at the end of the 20th week, Besiktas will have 35 points and the top teams Sivasspor and Trabzonspor will put a though fight for the top spot!.....

On the other hand, Speaking of Sivasspor will be away...

They have a real test against Bursaspor in Bursa....

Bursaspor , will have their 12th man , in the stands to effect out come of this match too!....

Sivasspor, has to win this match if they want to stay on top, just like Trabzonspor!..

Also, on Sunday in the early matches, Ankaraspor will face İstanbul BB in Ankara,
In Denizli, Denizlispor will host Konyaspor, this is a must win match for Denzilispor if they lose this match, they could kiss good- bye this league , in my opinion. I think they made a huge mistake by firing their former coach Umit Kayihan.

Last time, last season when Vestel Manisaspor did that , they went down to the lower division. Manisaspor at the time fired Giray Bulak and Hired a part time coach and part time LIG TV commentator Yilmaz Vural and that was it!,,,, You just can"t do that.. now they are paying for it.....
Denizlispor is looking like this too, in my opinion....

Lastly Kocaelispor will host a strong Kayserispor at home.

So, Enjoy your Turkish Soccer on Sunday!...

AHMET TURGUT

FENERBAHCE IN THE WORLD'S RICHEST CLUBS TOP 20 LIST!

Fenerbahce is the only team from Turkey made it to world's richest top 20 clubs in the world.

Real Madrid is richest football club in the world...

Real Madrid is still the top moneymaking club in world football, beating out European Cup champion Manchester United due to the plunging pound, according to the latest review of the sport’s finances.

Deloitte’s study, which ranks the 20 biggest clubs based on revenue, showed that Madrid generated Euro365.8 million in the 12 months to June 30, 2008.


19th-place Fenerbahce is the first Turkish club to appear since the list was created after the 1996-97 season.



The 20 richest football clubs:
1. Real Madrid, Spain, Euro365.8 million.
2. Manchester United, England, Euro324.8 million.
3. Barcelona, Spain, Euro308.8 million.
4. Bayern Munich, Germany, Euro295.3 million.
5. Chelsea, England, Euro268.9 million.
6. Arsenal, England, Euro264.4 million.
7. Liverpool, England, Euro210.9 million.
8. AC Milan, Italy, Euro209.5 million.
9. AS Roma, Italy, Euro175.4 million.
10. Inter Milan, Italy, Euro172.9 million.
11. Juventus, Italy, Euro167.5 million.
12. Lyon, France, Euro155.7 million.
13. Schalke, Germany, Euro148.4 million.
14. Tottenham, England, Euro145 million.
15. Hamburg, Germany, Euro127.9 million.
16. Marseille, France, Euro126.8 million.
17. Newcastle, England, Euro125.6 million.
18. Stuggart, Germany, Euro111.5 million.
19. Fenerbahce, Turkey, Euro111.3 million.
20. Manchester City, England, Euro104 million.

TURKEY 1 IVORY COAST I- DROGBA SCORES IN THE LAST MINUTE!

Turkish National team players and the team head coach Fatih Terim, forget the soccer match is full ninety minutes and it does not finish until that last whistle!..

Turkish National team scored early in the match by Gokhan Unal a powerful shot gave Turkey 1-0 lead...
but, wait, lack of match discipline by Turkish National Team gave a goal to Ivory Coast team....

A mistake by midfield and than defense, gave Drogba's goal to tie the match 1-1.

Over all it was up and down match for both teams...

For International friendly match it was a good fast pace match..

The city with out Turkcell Super League team, Izmir was hungry for a first class match, like this!.........

That is why Izmir Ataturk Stadium was filled with Izmir soccer fans on Wednesday night!..

That is not only reason why people filled the stadium though!...

The price of of the match tickets were much cheaper this time...

Anyway, Izmir football (soccer) fans enjoyed the match...

This was the last friendly match for Turkish National Team before the big match against Spain in March.

I am just wondering when ever we are going to see a stable Turkish National Team line-up?...

Lack of Consistency and team discipline will be big issue for Fatih Terim ,in my opinion.


Turkey: Volkan Demirel, Gokhan Gonul (Mehmet Yildiz, 73), Servet Cetin, Gokhan Zan, Caner Erkin, Hamit Altintop (Ayhan Akman, 62), Mehmet Aurelio, Arda Turan (Kazim Kazim, 45), Tuncay Sanli (Emre Belozoglu, 45), Semih Senturk (Sabri Sarioglu, 45), Gokhan Unal (Halil Altintop, 64).

Ivory Coast: Boubacar Barry, Arthur Boka, Didier Zokora (Boubacar Sanogo, 73), Emmanuel Eboue, Yaya Toure, Kolo Toure, Emerse Fae (Jean Jacques Gosso, 60), Didier Drogba, Koffi Romaric, Steven Lohore Gohouri (Souleymane Bamba, 85), Guy Demel (Abdulkader Keita, 45).




AHMET TURGUT

Turkey will host Ivory Coast in friendly match..

TURKEY V IVERY COAST ...LIVE STREAM............

Turkish national soccer team will host Ivory Coast in a friendly on Wednesday aheadd of 2010 World Cup group matches with group leaders Spain.

Turkey v Ivory Coast first time!.....

Turkey and Ivory Coast will face each other for the first time in history.

Ivory Coast will be Turkey's first opponent this year. The match will take place in the Aegean city of Izmir's Ataturk Stadium at 8:30 p.m(local time). Romania's Sorin Corpodean will referee next week's match which will be the first encounter of the two national teams.

Chelsea striker Didier Drogba will appear for the first time over the past one year with Ivorians after having injury problems.

Ivory Coast coach Vahid Halilhodzic, former coach of Trabzonspor, also named Arsenal's Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Eboue and Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Didier Zokora in the squad.


Turkey coach Fatih Terim named his squad as goalkeepers Ufuk Ceylan (Manisaspor) and Volkan Demirel (Fenerbahce); defenders Gokhan Gonul (Fenerbahce), Sabri Sarioglu, Servet Cetin (Galatasaray), Ibrahim Kas (Getafe), Eren Gungor (Kayserispor), Gokhan Zan (Besiktas), Caner Erkin (CSKA Moscow); midfielders Hamit Altintop (Bayern Münich), Kazim Kazim, Emre Belozoglu (Fenerbahce), Ayhan Akman, Arda Turan (Galatasaray), Mehmet Aurelio (Real Betis), Nuri Sahin (Borussia Dortmund), Tuncay Sanlı (Middlesbrough); and strikers Halil Altintop (Schalke 04), Semih Senturk (Fenerbahce), Gokhan Unal (Trabzonspor), Mehmet Yildiz (Sivasspor).

Turkey will face Spain, defending European champions, in an away match on March 28 and and in a return match on April 1. Spain are the leaders in 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying Group 5 with 12 points. Turkey follow Spain with 8 points after four group matches.

TSL SUNDAY WRAP:

BESIKTAS AND FENERBAHCE FAIL TO CLOSE THE GAP!...
Besiktas and Fenerbahce failed to capitalize on Galatasaray Stalling!....

I have said it, before the Sunday matches....

Besiktas and Fenerbahce had a chance to catch up Galatasaray at least this weekend...

I also said, it was not going to be easy for both teams, though!....

That is exactly what happened!,,,,,,

Besiktas settled for only one point while Fenerbahce loss the match against Istanbul Buyuksehir !...

Besiktas was held to a goalless draw at the hands of Giray Bulak's Konyaspor . New signing Fabian Ernst, brought from Werder Bremen last week, played in this match too...

Fenerbahce could not beat nor score a goal, on ten man, Istanbul Buyuksehir Team.
Instead, Istanbul B.B. scored two goals on Fnerbahce!.......

The wind, cold weather and empty stands in the Ataturk Olympic stadium wa a hole in the ground for Fenerbahce team!....
They had no desire nor the power the win this match.....

A golden opurtunity again was waisted for Fenerbahce....

While Sivaspor and Trabzonspor going full speed, the big three's of Istanbul are sliping!...

In th other matches on Sunday, Antalyaspor beat Denizlispor 2-1, Gaziantepspor beat Ankaraspor at home with two goals, and Bursaspor won in away match against Genclerbirligi in Ankara 2-1.

AHMET TURGUT

Sivasspor retakes the top spot from Trabzonspor!...

Sivasspor moved back into shared first place after beating Kocaelispor 2-0 on Saturday.

Sivasspor new goal scorer Frenchman Yanick Kamanan score the first goal in the 17th minute and Israeli Pini Balili netted the second goal for Sivasspor.

On Friday, Trabzonspor was saved by the bell!...

They scored the winning goal in the last seconds of the macth against Ankaragucu. They won the match 2-1

Galatasaray held by referee and Kayserispor!....




Galatasaray dropped two important points in a 1-1 draw with Kayserispor. Nonda did put Galatasaray ahead on 27 minutes but Kayserispor's Mehmet Eren scored a dramatic and last-minute goal to make it 1-1.



Galatasarau Keeper made a huge mistake on this goal...

Also, the referee of the match was just awful in this match...

I think, referee Selcuk Dereli, should quit reffing...

He is just bad!......

He send Lincoln off with a second yellow card in the 29th minute!...

BESIKTAS AND FENERBAHCE HAS A CHANCE TO CATCH GALATASAY ON SUNDAY!.....

The race for the top is getting heated up!...

While Sivaspor and Trabzonspor shares the league's top

spot with 41 points after Galatasaray claps in Istanbul,

thanks to the referee of the match, this race could heat-

up more if Besiktas and Fenerbahce wins their match on

Sunday they could catch Galatasaray and share the third

place spot with 37 points.

So, we could see three teams tied up for third place at

the end of this weekend.

But, it will not be easy though....

Because, in the early match that will be broadcast live on

LIGTV, Besiktas will be in Konya.....

They are desprate for points to get out of the danger

zone and they are playing at home. it will be hard for

Besiktas to win this match , in my opinion!...

On the other hand, Fenerbahce also will play a team who

has been struggling.....

Istanbul Buyuksehir Belediye, also is in hot seat of the

League!....if they don't get point or points out of this

match, it will be disaster for them!...

So, this are the two games that will be broadcast live by

LIGTV on Sunday, but, there are three other matches on

Sunday during the day time!...

So, enjoy your Turkish Soccer on Sunday......

AHMET TURGUT

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FENERBAHCE GETS THE LAST TICKET TO SEMI -FINALS OF FORTIS TURKISH CUP

Fenerbahce qualified for the semi-finals of the Fortis Turkish Cup by beating Bursaspor.
Fenerbahce captain Alex de Souza scored two and Spanish international player Daniel Guiza scored one .

Bursaspor only goal came by Ibrahim Kirita in the last minutes of the match.