Fatih Terim's Turkish National team dropped in the FIFA's rankingas again...
After losing the 10th spot to Portugal National team in March rankings , Turkish National team went down to 14th place in the FIFA's April rankings.
While Spain stayed on top of the list and U.S National team moved closer to Turkish National Team to 15th place.
The Spanish team has a 31-match unbeaten string and picked up 63 ratings points in the last month with a pair of victories over Turkey in World Cup qualifying. Spain has 1,729 points. Germany, which lost 4 points last month, has 1,362.
The 367-point differential is the largest between the top two teams since FIFA began its rankings in 1993.
Also of concern to the Germans' was the 43-point gain by No. 3 Netherlands, which is 2 points out of second place with 1,360 points.
Brazil improved its latest ranking one place to fourth, dropping Italy to fifth.
Argentina remained sixth but England, which collected a Top 10-best 90 points in the last month, was up two spots to seventh, bumping Croatia and Russia each down one spot to eighth and ninth, respectively. France, which collected 70 points last month, went from 12th to 10th.
The FIFA world rankings are determined by points received from match results over a three-year period, with more recent matches given greater weight. Teams also get more points for playing relatively strong opponents.
Fifa World Rankings: Top 10
1 Spain
2 Germany
3 Holland
4 Brazil
5 Italy
6 Argentina
7 England
8 Croatia
9 Russia
10 France
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
EGO MAN, FATIH TERIM: "I do not deserve to lose the six points against Spain,"
TERIM, BLAMES LOSING IN THE LAST MINUTE TO HIS KEEPER VOLKAN DEMIREL....
Fatih Terim was angry at the press room and it was because he believes his players can not be as innocent in the final minutes of the match. "We found the goal and we were unable to take advantage of it. We did not expect the mistake of the goalkeeper and the penalty unless he meant the tie. At that time was more closely matched the second. In addition, we fail to receive the time and added a goal that we can never receive. do not deserve to lose the six points against Spain. "
Terim told his players they must have respect to Spain, but they confused the message. "Be patient does not have panicked. Spain has given many chances to score and we failed to seize them. Fails to mark the second because everything has changed. We failed to close the game. We played with some fear."
Fatih Terim, said Wednesday that his team "found the goal" but did not "use" after losing 2-1 to Spain in qualifying match for the World South Africa-2010.
"Spain has many chances to score and we failed to seize them. Fails to mark the second because everything would have changed. We failed to close the game. We played with some fear," said Turkish coach, whose team was ahead on the scoreboard before for Spain tie.
"We did not expect the mistake of the goalkeeper and the penalty unless he meant the tie. At that time was more closely matched the second," the Turkish coach.
"I do not deserve to lose the six points against Spain," he concluded after two consecutive defeats to the Red this Wednesday and last Saturday in Madrid (1-0).
The Spanish Villarreal's Turkish striker, Nihat Khaveci said, for its part, the objective now is to save the classification, after falling to third place of Group 5 with eight points on four of the second Bosnia and Herzegovina, and ten of the leading Spanish .
"We still have four games to go. Now, our goal is to win all four and it is not certain that we save, because we now need to lose points Bosnia," said Nihat.
Fatih Terim was angry at the press room and it was because he believes his players can not be as innocent in the final minutes of the match. "We found the goal and we were unable to take advantage of it. We did not expect the mistake of the goalkeeper and the penalty unless he meant the tie. At that time was more closely matched the second. In addition, we fail to receive the time and added a goal that we can never receive. do not deserve to lose the six points against Spain. "
Terim told his players they must have respect to Spain, but they confused the message. "Be patient does not have panicked. Spain has given many chances to score and we failed to seize them. Fails to mark the second because everything has changed. We failed to close the game. We played with some fear."
Fatih Terim, said Wednesday that his team "found the goal" but did not "use" after losing 2-1 to Spain in qualifying match for the World South Africa-2010.
"Spain has many chances to score and we failed to seize them. Fails to mark the second because everything would have changed. We failed to close the game. We played with some fear," said Turkish coach, whose team was ahead on the scoreboard before for Spain tie.
"We did not expect the mistake of the goalkeeper and the penalty unless he meant the tie. At that time was more closely matched the second," the Turkish coach.
"I do not deserve to lose the six points against Spain," he concluded after two consecutive defeats to the Red this Wednesday and last Saturday in Madrid (1-0).
The Spanish Villarreal's Turkish striker, Nihat Khaveci said, for its part, the objective now is to save the classification, after falling to third place of Group 5 with eight points on four of the second Bosnia and Herzegovina, and ten of the leading Spanish .
"We still have four games to go. Now, our goal is to win all four and it is not certain that we save, because we now need to lose points Bosnia," said Nihat.
TURKEY LOSE AT HOME TO SPAIN IN THE STOPPAGE-TIME
Albert Riera struck a stoppage-time winner as European champions Spain bounced back from a half-time deficit to defeat Turkey in Istanbul and further strengthen their stranglehold on Group Five.
Spain, who had beaten Turkey 1-0 in Madrid on Saturday, had to do it the hard way after falling behind to Semih Senturk's 26th-minute tap-in but second-half goals from Liverpool duo Xabi Alonso and Riera earned Vicente del Bosque's side the spoils.
The victory means Spain, who have a 100% record after six matches in qualifying, are now a massive 10 points above Turkey - who many felt would be their biggest challenger in the pool - and six clear of second-placed Bosnia-Herzegovina, who were 2-1 winners over Belgium tonight.
Aside from that, the win also extended Spain's current unbeaten run to 31 matches - equalling the national record set under Javier Clemente in the 1990s.
Turkey enjoyed the better start at the Bernabeu on Saturday but this time it was Spain who threatened first through Riera's dipping 25-yard thunderbolt in the 13th minute.
It looked destined for the back of the net but Turkey goalkeeper Volkan Demirel produced a brilliant save to keep it out, sticking out his right hand and somehow managing to divert the ball over the crossbar.
Demirel was then called into action again seven minutes later, although this time he had a much easier job of saving Fernando Torres' low shot.
Six minutes after that, though, Spain found themselves a goal down.
Tuncay Sanli got in behind the visitors' defence to collect a dinked Arda Turan pass, and although the Turkey number 10 was unable to get a shot in himself, he poked the ball away from Iker Casillas and gave team-mate Senturk an open goal in which to slot home.
That was the only the second goal Spain had conceded since the group stages of Euro 2008 last summer, and on the previous occasion they managed to fight back from an early deficit against Belgium in October to record a 2-1 win.
A similar feat looked unlikely tonight though as hosts Turkey created two decent openings to increase their advantage either side of half-time.
Both were created by good work by Senturk and both were wasted by Nihat Kahveci, who opted to go for power over precision on each occasion and succeeded only in smashing his shots well off-target.
Turkey were made to play for the Villarreal hitman's profligacy as Spain drew level on the hour mark through Alonso's penalty.
Demirel made a hash of dealing with Xavi's corner and Torres, standing at the far post, sent a header goalward that was blocked at point-blank range by Ibrahim Uzulmez's arm.
The referee immediately pointed to the spot and Alonso coolly sent Demirel the wrong way to level the scores up.
With their tails up, Spain continued to press forward in search of second goal and Torres almost broke clean through only to lose the ball due to a heavy touch.
The Liverpool man had looked out of sorts up front on his own but he almost put the Spanish ahead in the 73rd minute when he latched onto a Santi Cazorla pass before sending a rising shot towards the top corner, only to see Demirel tip the ball over.
Turkey were not without an attacking threat of their own though, and Tuncay brought a good save out of Casillas diving away to his right with 10 minutes remaining.
Then came the knockout punch from the visitors as Riera slotted home his side's winner a minute into stoppage time.
Substitute Dani Guiza, who plies his trade for Fenerbahce in Turkey, collected a long punt forward and eased past his marker before feeding a low ball across the face of goal where Riera, in acres of space, had the fairly simple task of side-footing past Volkan Demirel.
Standings
MP W D L Pts
Spain 5 5 0 0 15
Bosnia 5 3 0 2 9
Turkey 5 2 2 1 8
Belgium 5 2 1 2 7
Estonia 6 1 2 3 5
Armenia 6 0 1 5 1
REMAINING MATCHES....
05/09/09 TBA Armenia - Bosnia-Herzegovina
05/09/09 TBA Spain - Belgium
05/09/09 TBA Turkey - Estonia
09/09/09 TBA Spain - Estonia
09/09/09 TBA Armenia - Belgium
09/09/09 TBA Bosnia-Herzegovina - Turkey
10/10/09 TBA Estonia - Bosnia-Herzegovina
10/10/09 TBA Belgium - Turkey
10/10/09 TBA Armenia - Spain
14/10/09 TBA Estonia - Belgium
14/10/09 TBA Turkey - Armenia
14/10/09 TBA Bosnia-Herzegovina - Spain
Source: wires
Spain, who had beaten Turkey 1-0 in Madrid on Saturday, had to do it the hard way after falling behind to Semih Senturk's 26th-minute tap-in but second-half goals from Liverpool duo Xabi Alonso and Riera earned Vicente del Bosque's side the spoils.
The victory means Spain, who have a 100% record after six matches in qualifying, are now a massive 10 points above Turkey - who many felt would be their biggest challenger in the pool - and six clear of second-placed Bosnia-Herzegovina, who were 2-1 winners over Belgium tonight.
Aside from that, the win also extended Spain's current unbeaten run to 31 matches - equalling the national record set under Javier Clemente in the 1990s.
Turkey enjoyed the better start at the Bernabeu on Saturday but this time it was Spain who threatened first through Riera's dipping 25-yard thunderbolt in the 13th minute.
It looked destined for the back of the net but Turkey goalkeeper Volkan Demirel produced a brilliant save to keep it out, sticking out his right hand and somehow managing to divert the ball over the crossbar.
Demirel was then called into action again seven minutes later, although this time he had a much easier job of saving Fernando Torres' low shot.
Six minutes after that, though, Spain found themselves a goal down.
Tuncay Sanli got in behind the visitors' defence to collect a dinked Arda Turan pass, and although the Turkey number 10 was unable to get a shot in himself, he poked the ball away from Iker Casillas and gave team-mate Senturk an open goal in which to slot home.
That was the only the second goal Spain had conceded since the group stages of Euro 2008 last summer, and on the previous occasion they managed to fight back from an early deficit against Belgium in October to record a 2-1 win.
A similar feat looked unlikely tonight though as hosts Turkey created two decent openings to increase their advantage either side of half-time.
Both were created by good work by Senturk and both were wasted by Nihat Kahveci, who opted to go for power over precision on each occasion and succeeded only in smashing his shots well off-target.
Turkey were made to play for the Villarreal hitman's profligacy as Spain drew level on the hour mark through Alonso's penalty.
Demirel made a hash of dealing with Xavi's corner and Torres, standing at the far post, sent a header goalward that was blocked at point-blank range by Ibrahim Uzulmez's arm.
The referee immediately pointed to the spot and Alonso coolly sent Demirel the wrong way to level the scores up.
With their tails up, Spain continued to press forward in search of second goal and Torres almost broke clean through only to lose the ball due to a heavy touch.
The Liverpool man had looked out of sorts up front on his own but he almost put the Spanish ahead in the 73rd minute when he latched onto a Santi Cazorla pass before sending a rising shot towards the top corner, only to see Demirel tip the ball over.
Turkey were not without an attacking threat of their own though, and Tuncay brought a good save out of Casillas diving away to his right with 10 minutes remaining.
Then came the knockout punch from the visitors as Riera slotted home his side's winner a minute into stoppage time.
Substitute Dani Guiza, who plies his trade for Fenerbahce in Turkey, collected a long punt forward and eased past his marker before feeding a low ball across the face of goal where Riera, in acres of space, had the fairly simple task of side-footing past Volkan Demirel.
Standings
MP W D L Pts
Spain 5 5 0 0 15
Bosnia 5 3 0 2 9
Turkey 5 2 2 1 8
Belgium 5 2 1 2 7
Estonia 6 1 2 3 5
Armenia 6 0 1 5 1
REMAINING MATCHES....
05/09/09 TBA Armenia - Bosnia-Herzegovina
05/09/09 TBA Spain - Belgium
05/09/09 TBA Turkey - Estonia
09/09/09 TBA Spain - Estonia
09/09/09 TBA Armenia - Belgium
09/09/09 TBA Bosnia-Herzegovina - Turkey
10/10/09 TBA Estonia - Bosnia-Herzegovina
10/10/09 TBA Belgium - Turkey
10/10/09 TBA Armenia - Spain
14/10/09 TBA Estonia - Belgium
14/10/09 TBA Turkey - Armenia
14/10/09 TBA Bosnia-Herzegovina - Spain
Source: wires
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
TERIM AND HIS BOYS ARE CONFIDENT THAT THEY COULD WIN AGAINST SPAIN IN TURKEY
Turkey's coach Fatih Terim attends a news conference in Istanbul, March 31, 2009. Turkey will face Spain in the upcoming 2010 World Cup qualifier match on April 1, 2009.Photo by,REUTERS/Stringer
IT IS A MUST WIN MATCH FOR FATIH TERIM AND HIS BOYS....
Let's just remember, some of the things that Fatih Terim said before the first match in Spain...
"Fatih Terim: "Spain will go as first place and Turkey will go as second place to World Cup"
"Fatih Terim Promises Turkey Will Play To Win In Spain ......"
Well, Turkey did not beat Spain in Spain.....
And, Fatih Terim's promise as far as going to World Cup 2010 to the Turkish soccer fans is in jeopardy....
Besides Turkey there is Bosnia and Belgium iS fighting for the second place now..
After losing to Spain , Bosnia captured the second place from Fatih Terim and his boys.
That is why this is a must win match for Turkey if they want to at least put up a fight for second place in the Group 5 .
Loss of points in Ali Samiyen Stadium on Wednesday , could spell bad times for Fatih Terim.
At the press conference on Tuesday, Fatih Terim said "I will have 11 brave hearts on the pitch, and if it becomes 23,000 brave hearts with the fans, that will be all the more efficient," he said. "That’s how we can win." Terim went on ,being the home team was important in this game.
"Patience and excitement are crucial parts of football," he said. "My friends in the stands should provide the excitement to my friends on the pitch."
"It is important that the players on the pitch and off the pitch create a synergy,"
So, it is put up or shut up time, for Fatih Terim and his boys, now!....
If they want to give Turkish Football fans, joy and pride, this is the match ,they have to do it.
It will be really good one too..
Because, they will end Spain's thirty match winning streak.....
And whole world will be talking about Terim and Turkish Football(soccer)one more time again.
If they can't, they will miss the chance to capture the second place...
If Bosnia wins on Wednesday , and Turkish National team lose , it will be four point gap between Bosnia and Fatih Terim's boys....
AHMET TURGUT
Casillas: "Winning tomorrow in Turkey is set foot in South Africa"
The Spanish team captain, Iker Casillas, stressed the importance of drawing the three points in the match tomorrow at the Ali Sami Yen stadium in Turkey, valid for the 2010 World because doing this is "putting one foot in South Africa and leave the show on track. "
"Probably in the morning is the most important thing we have left, because they get the three points is to put one foot in the World South Africa the other day and we won a difficult match and we are where we wanted because we had to win at home and not to lose here, so if we go out with the victory we must pass on track.
In case of victory, the 'Bulls' will live a final classification stage something very pleasant in contrast to the previous apreturas appointments. "To remember the World Japan and Korea, it appears that we are better. If we leave the track before the break until September, would be very nice to concentrate on the Confederations Cup and rest until next season," he said.
On the environmental pressure that can undergo selection in the morning Ali Sami Yen, Casillas is aware that "you can stand and give them a lot more pressure than if it were a team because it's her choice."
In this regard, Madrid recalled its canterano experiences at the stadium in Istanbul on April 3, 2001, when measured with the Galatasaray Real Madrid: "I have experience when we played there in the quarterfinals of Champions League , rose to a 0-2 for us, and although they spent in the Bernabeu, the fans made them grow and make good Galatasaray put us things complicated. "
"Probably in the morning is the most important thing we have left, because they get the three points is to put one foot in the World South Africa the other day and we won a difficult match and we are where we wanted because we had to win at home and not to lose here, so if we go out with the victory we must pass on track.
In case of victory, the 'Bulls' will live a final classification stage something very pleasant in contrast to the previous apreturas appointments. "To remember the World Japan and Korea, it appears that we are better. If we leave the track before the break until September, would be very nice to concentrate on the Confederations Cup and rest until next season," he said.
On the environmental pressure that can undergo selection in the morning Ali Sami Yen, Casillas is aware that "you can stand and give them a lot more pressure than if it were a team because it's her choice."
In this regard, Madrid recalled its canterano experiences at the stadium in Istanbul on April 3, 2001, when measured with the Galatasaray Real Madrid: "I have experience when we played there in the quarterfinals of Champions League , rose to a 0-2 for us, and although they spent in the Bernabeu, the fans made them grow and make good Galatasaray put us things complicated. "
Fernando Torres:"Turkey will be twice as difficult".
Fernando Torres has warned Spain their second World Cup qualifier against Turkey will be "twice as difficult".
The European Champions triumphed 1-0 at the Bernabeu, with Gerard Pique notching the only goal of a closely-fought contest in the 60th minute to leave them with one foot in the finals.
Spain are keen to maintain their 100% record in Group Five, but Torres knows Turkey will be equally as eager to avenge the weekend's defeat.
"We always go into games with humility but each time our opponents make it more difficult for us because everyone wants to beat the champions," he said.
"If it cost us so much to win at home, in front of our fans, Wednesday will be twice as difficult.
"The game will be very similar to the other day and we have already been warned that Turkey are a great international side, with great players and that they have a lot of desire to beat us."
The triumph extended Spain's unbeaten run to 30 matches - of which 28 have been ended in victory - and also saw them move six points clear of second-placed Bosnia-Herzegovina.
With the qualifiers at the halfway stage Spain are very much on course for South Africa, but Torres has urged his team-mates not to take anything for granted.
"Winning there would not mathematically qualify us," continued the Liverpool striker. "If we win we will have taken a big step but in football everything can change from one day to the next.
"By winning we will continue having the incentive to get new victories, to continue beating records and keep our run of results.
"We have other reasons to win, not just to qualify."
The past year has seen a turnaround in Spain's fortunes as they stormed to the Euro 2008 title and top spot in the FIFA world rankings for the first time ever.
It is a nice change for fans used to La Roja failing to fulfil expectations time and time again, crashing out of tournaments prematurely, and Torres admits it makes a nice change for the players too.
"It's a pleasure to see the leap in quality that the team have done," he said. "Before we suffered enough embarrassments and difficult periods in qualifying.
"We suffered a lot but the team has developed. It has become a great international side and we hope that it will be like this for a long time.
"What we have to do now is enjoy it."
Source:wires
The European Champions triumphed 1-0 at the Bernabeu, with Gerard Pique notching the only goal of a closely-fought contest in the 60th minute to leave them with one foot in the finals.
Spain are keen to maintain their 100% record in Group Five, but Torres knows Turkey will be equally as eager to avenge the weekend's defeat.
"We always go into games with humility but each time our opponents make it more difficult for us because everyone wants to beat the champions," he said.
"If it cost us so much to win at home, in front of our fans, Wednesday will be twice as difficult.
"The game will be very similar to the other day and we have already been warned that Turkey are a great international side, with great players and that they have a lot of desire to beat us."
The triumph extended Spain's unbeaten run to 30 matches - of which 28 have been ended in victory - and also saw them move six points clear of second-placed Bosnia-Herzegovina.
With the qualifiers at the halfway stage Spain are very much on course for South Africa, but Torres has urged his team-mates not to take anything for granted.
"Winning there would not mathematically qualify us," continued the Liverpool striker. "If we win we will have taken a big step but in football everything can change from one day to the next.
"By winning we will continue having the incentive to get new victories, to continue beating records and keep our run of results.
"We have other reasons to win, not just to qualify."
The past year has seen a turnaround in Spain's fortunes as they stormed to the Euro 2008 title and top spot in the FIFA world rankings for the first time ever.
It is a nice change for fans used to La Roja failing to fulfil expectations time and time again, crashing out of tournaments prematurely, and Torres admits it makes a nice change for the players too.
"It's a pleasure to see the leap in quality that the team have done," he said. "Before we suffered enough embarrassments and difficult periods in qualifying.
"We suffered a lot but the team has developed. It has become a great international side and we hope that it will be like this for a long time.
"What we have to do now is enjoy it."
Source:wires
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