Hiiddink's Turkey start with a win

This was the first official match for Guuss Hiddink as of Turkish National team coach.

Before the match Hiddink was the talk of the town in Turkey because of his player selection to the national team by Turkish media!


Even in the press conference before and after the match the subject was his selection of players not the match against Kazakhstan.

Well, although Kazakhstan was no opponent on the paper for Turkey , there was a scare from Turkish press, that the national team was going to lose the match!


Even though Turkish National team did not play that good they managed the win the match in Kazakhstan 0-3

Turkey scored two goals within three minutes...............

Arda Turan opened the scoring in the 24th minute with an easy tap-in and Hamit

Altintop doubled the lead in the 26th with a beautiful volley from a corner.

Nihat Kahveci added the third in the 75th after dribbling past goalkeeper Andrei Sidelnikov.

After the match Guuss Hiddink said "We wanted to make a good start so that we did it"

At the press conference he congratulate Hamit Altintop, scoring "World Class" goal..

He also said,"Intelligence and experience is an important element for winning this match"



Turkish National team will host Belgium on Tuesday in Istanbul .....


Hiddink said "We will take our opponents seriously,''Absolutely.

Belgian team has players that players in well known leagues in the Europe!

We expect a tough opponent next Tuesday, but the second match, we will reach our target of six points.''


Stadium: Astana Arena


Referees: Istvan Vad, Zsolt Attila Szpisjak, Istvan Albert (Hungary)

Kazakhstan: Sidelnikov, Kirov, Abdullin, Kislizin (Min. 45 Roshkov), Karpovich (Min. 66 Rodionov), Ostapenko (Min. 73 Maltev), Çumaskaliev, Nurgaliev, Smidtel, Popov, Azovskii


Turkey: Onur, Sabri, Servet, Ömer, Hakan, Emre, Aurellio (Min. 85 Kazım), Hamit, Nihat (Min. 82 Selçuk), Arda, Tuncay (Min. 79 Halil)

Goals: Min.24 Arda, Min.26 Hamit, Min.75 Nihat (Turkey)

Yellow Card: Min.60 Karpovich (Kazakhstan)



Kazakhstan Vs Turkey 0-3 - Highlights

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A NEW ERA TAKES A START WITH HIDDINK FOR TURKEY!

Guus Hiddink's new journey with Turkey takes start on Friday in Kazakhstan.


In the 2012 European Championship Qualifying Group A match, Turkey will face Kazakhstan on Friday at 19;00 (12;00 Noon,ET)

The match will be broadcast by Turkish TRT TV..

Guss Hiddink was criticized by Turkish media because he invited a lot of player who are either injured or not played for their club teams!







Kazakhstan's match squad is as follows:

Goalkeepers
Onur Recep Kıvrak (Trabzonspor A.Ş.), Sinan Bolat (Standard Liege), Cenk Gonen(Beşiktaş A.Ş.)

Defenders
Gokhan Gonul (Fenerbahce), Sabri Sarıoğlu (Galatasaray A.Ş.), Ömer Erdoğan (Bursaspor), Servet Cetin (Galatasaray AS), Ibrahim Toraman (Beşiktaş A.Ş.), Gökhan Zan (Galatasaray A.Ş. ), Hakan Kadir Balta (Galatasaray AS), Ismail Köybaşı (Beşiktaş A.Ş.)

Midfielders
Hamit Altintop (Bayern Munich), Kazim Kazim (Fenerbahce), Mehmet Aurelio (Real Betis), Selcuk Sahin (Fenerbahce), Emre Belözoğlu (Fenerbahce), Nuri Sahin (B. Dortmund), Selcuk Inan (Trabzonspor A.Ş.), Arda Turan (Galatasaray AS), Ozer(Bursasspor)


Offensive players
Tuncay Sanli (Stoke City), Semih Senturk (Fenerbahce), Sercan Yildirim (Bursaspor), Nihat Kahveci (Beşiktaş A.Ş.), Halil Altintop (E. Frankfurt)

Tottenham striker Robbie Keane rejected Besiktas

According to The Daily Mail in England, Keane ,rejected Besiktas's last day offered!

According to the paper Besiktas had all the paperwork that would have been necessary for the forward to complete a move but Robbie Keane did not want to go Turkey.


Robbie Keane reportedly snubbed Besiktas when approached with an £8 million at the end of the transfer window.

Bursaspor sign Gustav Svensson

Turkish champs Bursaspor who will represent Turkey in the UEFA Champions League competition signed Gustav Svensson from IFK Gothenburg.


"It was a quick deal a "said sporting director Hakan Mild at IFK Gothenburg website.

The Turkish transfer window closes one day later than the European leagues.

LAST PUNCH BY BESIKTAS....FATIH TEKKE!

If you follow Turkish soccer club Besiktas, in this transfer season, your head would spin and you would get dizzy !

Besiktas in the last minute of the transfer deadline time signed former Trabzonspor and Rubin Kazan player Fatih Tekke.

Fatih Tekke and the Rubin Kazan will each get 750 thousand euros also Fatih Tekke will earn £ 40 thousand a week.

Galatasaray signed Misimovic and Insua

According to news that I been getting Istanbul Giants , Galatasaray, Besiktas and Fenerbahce is on the move in the last day of the transfer market!

Galatasaray seal Misimovic, Insua deals......

Bosnian attacking midfielder Zvjezdan Misimovic, Argentinean left back Emiliano Insua came to Istanbul on Monday night.

And signed with Galatasaray after medical check ups on Tuesday....

Munich-born Misimovic has spent his career in the Bundesliga and played for Bayern

Munich, Bochum and Nuremberg before rising to stardom at Wolfsburg and helping the

team win its first-ever league title in 2009.

Another deal that would see Liverpool left back Insua loaned to Galatasaray

Despite being a Liverpool player since 2007, Insua only started to take a regular

role at the Premier League club last year. However, coach Roy Hodgson apparently did

not consider him a part of the team, as evidenced by his interest in Fulham left back

Paul Konchesky.

Galatasaray signed a four year deal with Zvjezdan Misimovic and signed Emiliano Insua for one year on loan and option to buy .

Galatasaray also looking at goalkeeper from Esponyola team keeper Carlos Kameni from Cameroon.


Fenerbahce team is tring to sign Everton's Nijarian defender Joseph Yobo on a loan deal...

Besiktas is making a last minute move on Tottenham's Robbie Keane ....