FATIH TERIM: "IF WE LOSE ,IT IS NOT THE END OF THE WORLD"

Turkish National team is in Spain.

Fatih Terim and his boys landed in Madrid Yesterday and a half hours late because of a problem at the airport in Istanbul.

Gokhan Zan and Servet, the holders of two in three of the four matches so far, have not traveled, while Altintop and Gokhan Gonul, two of which may be right, are certainly due to physical problems. Also the tip Gokhan Unal.

This will make Fatih Terim to the some changes in the line up again as he turns to his many defensive line during the week of training that began yesterday in Valdebebas with a smooth meeting. "I know that Spain has played soccer and some possible absences such as Iniesta, but should not affect them much because all their players are very good. However, we can do much more harm our injured, as are all the same plot and there is much more choice, "he said.

Given this background, Ibrahim Kas who plays in Spain seems to have a safe and secured place against and Sedat Bayrak from Sivasspor Turkish Turkcell Super league top team and the old timer former Fenerbahce and current Galatasaray player Emre Asik will also be on the back field for sure.



Terim is aware that winning the number one FIFA ranking is an expensive task for any selection. And much more at the Bernabeu, "It is one of the strongest teams in the world and its clubs are also a good level in Europe, unlike ours. We must make a very full in the center of the field to abort. My Players will have to press and run. "

We present a game with a lot of tension and quality, with two good teams and a World Cup at stake. "We are keen to play against Spain the Euro. Now is our chance. It will be difficult, obviously, but if we lose these two games will not be the end of the world. It is time," Terim said.

The Power Struggle cost Galatasaray another loss

Rookie Galatasaray coach Bulent Korkmaz did not play Lincoln again!

Just Think, you are gone in the UEFA Cup with coaches ego this past Thursday in your own "Hell Town"

You have to give, all what you got to the league action...



With all its major opponents losing points, Galatasaray was looking forward to getting a grip on the Turkish Turkcell Super league as it is now their only lane.



Fenerbahce had lost to Bursa on Friday, and on Saturday the two top teams Sivasspor and Besiktas- had played against each other. The game had ended with the most favourable score to Galatasaray; a draw.



With Trabzonspor, losing to Gaziantepspor 3-2, Galatasaray had the chance to make a total of 10 points advantage.



However, Galatasaray, mostly thanks to its newly appointed rookie coach Bülent Korkmaz, was not able to use the chance, and ended up falling behind Sivasspor and Besiktas, who each had gained one point.



Eskisehir side, which played with 10 players from 54th on, managed to take the lead at 69 when Youla made good use of Doğa's pass.



Korkmaz was booed when he replaced Harry Kewel, with Mehmet Güven at 76.

SIVASSPOR HOLDS ON

Sivasspor took the lead at the 50th minute of the game with Herve Tum’s header but Besiktas was not

late to respond when Tello leveled the game six minutes after, with Yusuf’s pass.



The top two teams in the Turkcell Super League kept their positions after this draw.



In another game of the day, Gaziantepspor defeated Trabzonspor 3-2 at home, causing its opponent to lose for the third time within the last four weeks. Trabzonspor remained at 46 points after this defeat.

Here are the scores and games to be played in the 25th week of the Turkcell Super League;

Hacettepe 1-2 Antalyaspor

İstanbul BB 2-0 Konyaspor

Kayserispor 2- 0 MKE Ankaragucu

Kocaelispor 3-1 Ankaraspor

Gaziantepspor 3 - 2 Trabzonspor

Sivasspor 1 - 1 Besi

Genclerbirliği 0 - 0 Denizlispor

Galatasaray 0-1 Eskisehirspor

FATIH TERIM PICKS HIS ROSTER AGAINST SPAIN

Turkey and Spain will play two World Cup 2010 qualifiers games.
Turkish and Spanish national soccer teams will play two matches on March 28 and April 1 in the World Cup 2010 Qualifying Round.

Turkish National soccer team coach Fatih Terim, picked his roster for the both matches against Spain.

Goal Keepers-
1-VOLKAN DEMİREL FENERBAHÇE
2-RÜŞTÜ REÇBER BEŞİKTAŞ
3-UFUK CEYLAN MANİSASPOR

Defense-
4-GÖKHAN GÖNÜL FENERBAHÇE
5-SABRİ SARIOĞLU GALATASARAY .
6-EMRE AŞIK GALATASARAY
7-SEDAT BAYRAK SİVASSPOR
8-İBRAHİM KAŞ GETAFE CF
9-EREN GÜNGÖR KAYSERİSPOR
10-HAKAN KADİR BALTA GALATASARAY
11-İBRAHİM ÜZÜLMEZ BEŞİKTAŞ

Midfielders-
12-HAMİT ALTINTOP BAYERN MÜNİCHEN
13-KAZIM KAZIM FENERBAHÇE
14-AYHAN AKMAN GALATASARAY
15-MEHMET AURELIO REAL BETIS BALOMPIE
16- EMRE BELÖZOĞLU FENERBAHÇE
17-NURİ ŞAHİN BORUSSIA DORTMUND
18-MEVLUT ERDİNÇ FC SOCHAUX
19-TUNCAY ŞANLI MIDDLESBROUGH FC
20-ARDA TURAN GALATASARAY

Attackers-
21-NİHAT KAHVECİ VILLARREAL CF
22- BATUHAN KARADENİZ ESKİŞEHİRSPOR
23- SEMİH ŞENTÜRK FENERBAHÇE
24-GÖKHAN ÜNAL TRABZONSPOR
25-SERCAN YILDIRIM BURSASPOR


Turkish National team will leave for Spain on Monday, and train for the match in Madrid till Saturday.

Turkish national soccer team's coach Fatih Terim is expected to hold a press conference before the final training of the team on Friday.

The first leg will begin at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium at 11 p.m. Turkish local time on March 28, Saturday. The Turkish team will return to Turkey after the match.


The Turkish team will start training for the second leg game on March 29, Sunday. Coach Fatih Terim will hold a press conference at the Swiss Hotel in Istanbul on March 31, Tuesday.

Turkey and Spain will play their second match at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Istanbul on April 1, Wednesday.

Michael Riley of Britain will be the referee of the game to begin at 9 p.m. Turkish local time.

The Spanish team is expected to arrive in Istanbul for the second match on March 30, Monday.

Turkey is in the Group 5 together with Spain, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Estonia and Armenia.

Spain is at the top of the group with 12 points, and Turkey follows this country with 8 points. Belgium comes the third with 7, Bosnia-Herzegovina is in the fourth place with 6 points, Estonia is the fifth with 1 point and Armenia is in the last place in the group.

FENERBAHCE GOES DOWN IN BURSA

Widely-criticized for failing to score goals, Spanish striker Daniel Güiza scored his fifth goal in the League this year and gave his team the lead at the very beginning of the game, at fourth minute.

Being unable to keep the score until the end of the game, Fenerbahce could not stop Tuna Uzumcu of the hosting team score at the 86th minute of the game, which was the harbinger of a worse scenario for the visiting team.

Sercan of the hosting team was tackled by Wederson of Fenerbahce and Bursaspor won a penalty at the third minute of the extra time. Bursaspor’s goalkeeper Ivankov, a player well known for his penalty goals, scored the second on behalf of his team from the penalty kick and Bursaspor won the game from coming behind.

Fenerbahce remained at 44 points after this score.

In Saturday’s action, leader Sivasspor and its follower Besiktas will face in Sivas.

BURSASPOR 2-1 FENERBAHCE
4' [0 : 1] Daniel Guiza

86' [1 : 1] Tuna Uzumcu

90' [2 : 1] D. Ivankov (pen.)

THE DREAM IS OVER FOR GALATASARAY

Let me say this first, how could you lose a match, when you are winning by two goals?

Easily when you have a coach who has never managed in the big leagues.

He might have played in big matches but, coaching, is far different from playing.

I have no question about Bulent Korkmaz's past as a player, but I have a lot of questions about his coaching ability.

He shocked everyone when he played Harry Kewell in defence and replaced Brazilian International Lincoln in both legs.

I think the power struggle between Lincoln and Bulent Korkmaz cost Galatasaray their place in the next round of the UEFA Cup.

After going two goals ahead, Galatasay rolled over and died after the 55th minute of the match.

Bulent Korkmaz should have made some changes when he was two goals up, not when Hamburg.

Instead, Hamburg came from behind to knock Galatasaray out of the UEFA Cup at the Ali Sami Yen Stadium, winning 3-2 on the night and 4-3 on aggregate.

Jose Paolo Guerrero was the hero for the Bundesliga side, striking twice to cancel out the home side's lead, established with a Harry Kewell penalty in the 42nd minute and Milan Baros' goal three minutes into the second half.

Guerrero struck his first in the 57th minute and added a second moments later, before Ivica Olic added a third late on to seal Hamburg's passage to the last eight, where they join fellow German side Werder Bremen.

Hamburg made a bright start with the first chance of the game falling to their striker Olic, whose dipping header was tipped over by Morgan de Sanctis.

At the other end, Joris Mathijsen was enjoying a physical battle with Baros as the Hamburg defense held firm against the home side's first advances.

Galatasaray began to increase the pressure with Sabri Sarioglu hitting two shots over the crossbar.

The home side's persistence was rewarded with the opening goal in the 42nd minute. It was scored from the penalty spot by stand-in central defender Kewell, after Milan Baros was sliced down by Jerome Boateng just inside the area.

The goal did not alter the fact that Hamburg had to score, but now they knew that just one goal would not be enough to put them through.

In the 48th minute Arda Turan poked the ball into the path of Baros, who neatly lifted it over the onrushing Frank Rost and into the back of the net.

Hamburg's reaction was exemplary, with two goals in as many minutes from Guerrero bringing them level—and giving them the advantage on away goals.

His first in the 57th minute came out of nothing, with the Peruvian forward trying his luck from long range and beating De Sanctis with a fine shot into the top left-hand corner.

And moments later, he went on a mazy run, leaving three Gala defenders trailing in his wake, before firing a venomous shot past De Sanctis.

Olic then sealed the win, lobbing De Sanctis after reaching David Jarolim's through ball in the last minute.

That was the end of Galatasaray's involvement in the UEFA Cup this season.

They dreamed about playing the final in the Sukru Saracoglu stadium, the home of their great rivals Fenerbahce, but that dream ended on their own pitch.

Lastly, After the first leg match, some of the absurd Turkish newspapers said Galatasaray had Hamburger in Germany.

I wonder, what they will say now. Like the Galatasaray team it seems they had forgotten about the second leg.

RAUL MIGHT NOT PLAY AGAINST TURKEY!

According to reportS from Spain, there is a lot of controversy about Spanish national team soccer coach Del Bosque will not call up Spanish International and one of the best players in the world Raul Gonzalez to Spanish National team squad against Turkey.

Spain and Turkey will play double header later in this month and beginning of the April.


According to El Mundo Deportivo ,Del Bosque want to stick to players that gave him the success so far...

The former Besiktas coach and current Spanish National team coach Del Bosque , wants to use Fernando Torres, David Villa and Fernando Llorente and Fenerbahce's Dani Guiza as a striker against Turkey.


While Raul is having one of the best season with Real Madris, Guiza has his scoring problems in Fenerbahce team.



On the other hand, Raul said ,he would love to be back at the national team, but he's not desperate; he even said all the controversy around the affair is such a bore.


This is in away good news for Fatih Terim and Turkish National team before the next week match....

But, Turkish National team coach Fatih Terim has more problems on his hands...

A lot of players are injured and can not make up his mind as far as choosing his players too!...


AHMET TURGUT

IT WILL NOT BE EASY FOR GALATASARAY

The second leg match of the UEFA Cup round of 16 will take place in one of the noisiest stadiums in the world; The Ali Samiyen Stadium.

This is were Galatasaray fans say: "Welcome To Hell."

Well, The 12th man might be ready for this match but the Galatasaray team is like a nursing home.

They have a lot of players missing through injury and suspension.

In defence they will be without Servet, Emre Gungor, and Emre Asik, who is serving a suspension for Galatasaray's encounter with Hamburg.

The latest news for the Galatasaray team is that Arda, who was injured in the league match against Trabzonspor, is not likely to play in this match.

It is likely that rookie coach Bulent Korkmaz will use Mehmet Topal in midfield alongside Lincoln.

Bulent Korkmaz punished Lincoln after the sideline incident in the first match against German team by not playing him against Trabzonspor in the Turkcell Super League match last weekend.

After the match, he said he was saving Lincoln for the Hamburg match.

It is nonsense, in my opinion.

Why would you save the player that you took out of the first match?

On the other hand, the Hamburg team is not at full strength and will be without Mladen Petric, Bastian Reinhardt, Thimothée Atouba, Romeo Castelen, and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.

Hamburg coach Martin Jol, said: "It will be hard to win in Istanbul, but it is doable."

So, Galatasaray might have the edge in this match, but don't count out Hamburg just yet.

Bulent Korkmaz said at the press conference that, although they are missing a lot of players, as long as they play like a team, they should win this match.

He said, they want to play in the final at Fenerbahce's Sukru Saracoglu Stadium.

Korkmaz went on to say "we have to show we are a total team in this match."

AHMET TURGUT