IT LOOKS LIKE BESIKTAS WILL BE IN THE FINALS!

BESIKTAS CAME FROM BEHIND TO WIN

This was the best Besiktas team I saw this year! .
They won the away match in the first leg of the Fortis Turkish Cup match, against Ankaraspor,with coming back from one goal deficit to win it with three unanswered goals.

Bilal Kisa put Ankaraspor ahead in the 25th minute, but Besiktas scored with Matías Delgado (41), Filip Hološko (77) and Yusuf Simsek (89).
Fenerbahce and Sivasspor will play on Wednesday
ANKARASPOR 1- 3 BESIKTAS

LA Times: "Beckham Deal Done"

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The Los Angeles Times,reporting that David Beckham has paid Major League Soccer to allow him to remain longer with AC Milan, though he will also rejoin the Los Angeles Galaxy in July.

Source says he will remain with AC Milan through the Serie A season, then come back to L.A. That could be the end of his MLS career.

According to the terms of the proposed agreement, Beckham would extend his current loan to AC Milan beyond its March 9 expiration and play there until the May 31 Italian season finale.

He would then have to wait until the MLS international transfer window opens on July 15 to rejoin the Galaxy, meaning he would miss the first 17 games of the 30-game 2009 MLS season. His first match for the Galaxy would be on July 18 at New York.

The complicated scenario does not end there.


Beckham would be under contract to the Galaxy until his buy-out clause takes effect at the end of this calendar year. From a practical standpoint, however, he would be free to leave once the Galaxy's regular season and possible playoff run ends, which would be at the end of November if the club reaches the MLS championship final.

At that point, Beckham would be free to rejoin AC Milan, although he probably would have to wait until January and the opening of the next international transfer period.

A source close to the negotiations said all parties -- the Galaxy, AC Milan, Galaxy owner AEG, MLS and Beckham himself -- were satisfied with the arrangement.

Financially, the agreement is said to be worth multimillion dollars to the Galaxy and to MLS, although no exact figures were known. The Galaxy had been seeking more than $10-million from Milan for an outright purchase of Beckham, but the new arrangement is believed to be worth far more than that.

Milan had said it would pay no more than $3 million for Beckham, knowing it could get him for free in November. It is now willing to pay far more than that, but again the exact figure was unknown.

For exercising the escape clause in his five-year, $32.5-million contract with MLS, Beckham, too, will have to pay hefty compensation.

The Galaxy would also benefit by not having Beckham's $6.5-million salary count against the MLS salary cap until he returns, leaving the club free to make other moves in the meantime. If Beckham is injured during the next four months while with AC Milan, the Galaxy, AEG and the league would be covered under an insurance policy.

From AC Milan's position, having Beckham available for its final 12 games of the season would help it immensely as it strives to finish in the top three in the league and thereby qualify for next season's European Champions League.

From Beckham's standpoint, staying with Milan will significantly help his chances of remaining on the England national team as it tries to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

England Coach Fabio Capello has said Beckham needs to be playing regularly and at a high level to be considered. England has six World Cup qualifying games and three friendly matches on its schedule in the rest of 2009.

The Galaxy would have to release him for three of those England qualifiers and for two of the friendly matches if Beckham is called up by the national team. They would not impact his Galaxy games, although he would have to make at least three transatlantic trips and play Galaxy games shortly after each one.

Immediately after the May 31 end of the Italian season, Beckham could be called up for England's World Cup qualifiers on the road against Kazakhstan on June 6 and at home against Andorra on June 10.

He could then train with the Galaxy before July 15, but could not be activated until that date.

Beckham's next match is on Wednesday night in Doha, Qatar, where AC Milan is playing a lucrative friendly against the Qatari club Al Sadd. His next league match in Serie A is on Sunday in Milan against Atalanta.

The close of business today is the deadline for MLS teams to reduce their rosters to the new league limit of 24 players. Beckham will still be included in the Galaxy's 24, since he will be returning, but MLS fans will not see him until July.

Source:LA Times

Former Galatasaray Player might play for Manchester United

Manchester United has emerged as the latest club to be linked with a move for former Galatasaray and current Bayern Munich winger Franck Ribery, thanks primarily to statements by the 25-year-old French international's agent.


Alain Migliaccio has claimed in an interview with German newspaper Bild that United boss Sir Alex Ferguson would move for Ribery should the Old Trafford club choose to cash-in and allow Cristiano Ronaldo to mover to Real Madrid this summer.

Ribery has been in solid form for the Germany champions this year scoring six goals and setting up three from 16 games, form which has seen him linked with moves to a host of high profile clubs from England, Italy and Spain.

Last week Barcelona had emerged as the club in pole position to sign Ribery after statements from Migliaccio which suggested that a deal was all but in place for his client to sign a four-year deal at the Camp Nou.

But Migliaccio has now suggested that Old Trafford could be Ribery's destination, telling Bild: ''If Manchester United sell Cristiano Ronaldo, Sir Alex Ferguson would like to cover that transfer with Ribery's signature.''

Ribery is contracted to Bayern until 2011 and is enjoying his football at the Allianz Arena along with considerable personal and team success; last season Ribery won the German league and cup double and was named as Germany and France's football of the year.

However, the player has also said that he would be surprised if he saw out the end of his contract.

With presidential elections at Real Madrid this summer it seems inevitable that Ronaldo will be again linked with a move to the Bernebeu as he was ahead of the current season.

Whether Sir Alex Ferguson is able - or as determined - to retain the services of the reigning world and European player of the year should Madrid again declare an interest in the Portuguese could lead to a wave of high profile transfer activity.



Source{ Wires

Turkish Turkcell Super League Sunday Wrap

Trabzonspor catches Sivasspor at the top of the Turkcell Super League with a 1-0 win away to Antalyaspor on Sunday.

Tarbzonspor won the away match thanks to Umut Bulut's goal 15 minutes from time and now only trail Sivasspor on goal difference after they lost 4-2 to Fenerbahce yesterday.

Galatasaray drew level on 40 points with their Istanbul rivals Fenerbahce thanks to a 1-0 win at Konyaspor. Arda Turan scored the only goal after 10 minutes.

Giray Bulak's Konyaspor striker missed a big opportunity when Veysel found him self with the ball and could not pass the Galatasaray keeper DeSantis in the seventh minute of the match.


Elsewhere on Sunday,bottom team Hacettepe, who have won just three games all season, lost again at Ankaragucu with Antonio de Nigris netting the winner, while second-bottom Kocaelispor drew 1-1 with Bursaspor.

FENERBAHCE DEMOLISH SIVASSPOR AT HOME!...

Turkish Turkcell Super League continues with 4 games on Saturday.



The most important game of the week was played on Saturday between the leaders Sivasspor and the championship hopeful Fenerbahce in İstanbul.

Fenerbahce's 4 goals came from Uğur Boral (5 and 34), Semih Senturk (26) and Lugano (77), while those of Sivasspor came at Mehmet Yıldız (4) and Murat Sözgelmez (25)

With this win Sivasspor still on top with 45 points but, lost big ground in the race!..



If the second place Trabzonspor win the match in Antalya on Sunday they could share the top spot with Sivasspor again!..



On the other hand, Fenerbahce with this win came to life, again!..



This was the must win match for Fenerbahce ....



And they just did that....



They are back in the this race again with along Galatasaray and Besiktas!...



Fenerbahce goes over Galatasaray in the standings with 40 points!..



Galatasaray who has 37 points wil play against Konyaspor in a way match!..



Konyaspor is desprate for points after the other teams who are in danger zone won their matches on Saturday!...



Giray Bulak, coach of the Konyaspor, always plays though against Galatasaray!..



So, On Sunday pressure will be on Galatasaray! ......





Also on Saturday, in the daytime matches, Denizlispor beat Gaziantepspor at home with two goal,

Eskisehirspor won at home against Eskisehirspor with one goal and two ankara teams Ankaraspor and Genclerbirligi each shared the points with a 0-0 draw/

Tuncay's goal dent Liverpool's title hope!...

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Tuncay Sanli struck for the second time in four days as Middlesbrough dealt Liverpool's Barclays Premier League title hopes a fatal blow with a 2-0 win.

The Turkish international sealed Boro's first league win in 15 attempts with a well-taken 63rd-minute effort after Xabi Alonso's own goal 14 minutes before the break had given Gareth Southgate's men a platform.

The Reds, who defeated Real Madrid on their own turf in midweek, were a shadow of the side which triumphed at the Bernabeu Stadium, although Nabil El Zhar and Dirk Kuyt passed up glorious opportunities.

Gary O'Neil forced a good reaction save from Jose Reina from Stewart Downing's 11th-minute cross. Opposite number Brad Jones had already kept out close-range efforts from Nabil El Zhar and Dirk Kuyt.

When the opening goal finally arrived it came at the other end. Alonso instinctively stuck stuck out a leg as Downing's 31st-minute corner sped across the six-yard box but only succeeded in diverting the ball past the helpless Reina.

Boro might have extended their lead four minutes before the break when Downing robbed full-back Martin Skrtel and forced Reina into a good save.

Liverpool should have been back on level terms within three minutes of the restart when Steven Gerrard ghosted into the box and pulled the ball back invitingly for El Zhar who hammered his shot over the bar.

The second goal came with 63 minutes gone. O'Neil slid the ball into the path of Jeremie Aliadiere down the right and when he squared for Tuncay, he guided his shot past Reina into the bottom corner.

Brad Jones saved from Gerrard and Kuyt failed to connect with his skipper's cross with the goal begging as the game slipped further from Liverpool's grasp.

Downing and Tuncay combined to open up the Reds once again and present Marlon King with a glorious opportunity but Reina made a two-handed save.

BESIKTAS MOVES TO SECOND!...

IN The Turkish Super League opening match of the week 22, Besiktas won in the last minutes of the match again on Friday.

In Istanbul in front of rowdy Besiktas home fans Besiktas beat Istanbul BUyuksehir Belediyespor 2-1 in the last minute of the match.

Eigty minute of the match there was no score ...

In the 80th minute Rodrigo Tello scored the matches first goal four minute later Sehat Gulpinar made it 1-1 match for Istnabul B.B , than in the last mint es of the match defender Gokhan Zan made it 2-1 for Besiktas.

With this win, Besiktas moved to second place in the front of Trabzonspor with same points(42 points)

Besiktas is only three points behind the top team Sivasspor and Sivasspor will have a real test on Saturday in Istanbul against Fenerbahce.

On the other hand Trabzonspor will be away against a though team Antalyaspor.

So, after being the Lucky team in the last weekend Besiktas jut might be a lucky team this weekend again!.........

AHMET TURGUT