COME BACK WIN FOR TURKEY

"MY PLAYER OF THE MATCH" HAMIT ALTINTOP...ONE GOAL AND ONE ASSIST......



Belgium started and Turkey put the finisihing touches in EURO 2012 qualifying match on Tuesday night In Istanbul Turkey.



A late goal from Arda Turan helped Turkey 3-2 win over Belgium ....



Turkey' first attack on Belgium came on the 16th minute but, Tuncay Sanli missed a header!



Belgium scored the first goal of the match in the 28th minute by Daniel Van Buyten Thanks to big mistake by Turkish young keeper Onur KIvrak.



The first half of the match ended with Turkey being down one goal against Belgium.



But, things did change for Hiddink's Turkey in the second half....



After pep talk by Hiddink at the half and bring in super sub Semih Senturk in to the match made a huge difference....





In the very early minutes of the second half in the 48th minute Hamit Altintop even the scored ...



Than super sub Semih Senturk , scored the second goal in the 66th minute on a Hamit Altintop's cross



But, Belgium came right back to tie the match in the 69th minute again huge mistake by Turkish keeper Onur Kivrak.



Daniel Van Buyten scored his and his teams second goal of the match...



But. like I said. in the beginning my article , in the 78th minute of the match, Arda Turan's goal gave Turks the lead 3-2..



Belgium was man down after the 66th minute of match when Vincent Kompany received his second yellow card of the match...





HIddink's new journey with Turkey started back to back two wins in the Euro 2012 qualifying campaign .



After Germany, Turkey is the second place with same points in the Group A



Belgium after suffering another loss , they are pointless in the group!



This is good thing for Turkey....



Next up for Turkey is Germany...



This will be huge match for both teams....

As we all know Germany has two German born Turkish players ....Mesut Ozil and Serdar Tasci.



Lastly, Hiddink is trying to change some things in Turkey...





First mentally of players and getting them ready to the next big level.



The question is will they keep listening the world famous coach Guus Hidink?



The reason why I say that, there are still huge problems on the defense and in the goal....



The crosses are huge thread for Turkish National team...

If we remember the two goals that were scored by Belgium were on crosses!



Lastly, If you want to win the matches you have to have experience goalkeepers...

Turkey might not be lucky as they were against Belgium in every match!



It was good win but , like Hiddink said , it was not that pleasant!

Turkey Vs Belgium 3-2 ..... Highlights......

Goals:

28' - Daniel Van Buyten 1

48' - Hamit Altintop 2

66' - Semih Senturk 1

69' - Daniel Van Buyten 2

78' - Ada Turan 2

Turkey vs Belgium Preview

After a good start with a good score against

Kazakhstan in away match in their first match Guus Hiddink's Turkey is looking to

make it two in a row against Belgium on Tuesday at Fenerbahce's Sukru Saracoglu stadium.

Turkey has never beat Belgium in Turkey, so far...

They met nine times and Turkey lost three times and and draw four....

This will be the first time in a European Championship qualifier!

At the press conference on Monday Hiddink said they are going to change this...

He said, he does not believe in so much about the past stats and he said he does not care about the past stats!

He said ,what it is, is this time!

I have trust in my players and he said the players are ready to take on Belgium and win and keep Belgium pointless in the group...


He also said, all of his players are healthy and ready to take on Belgium.

But, He said he will use the starting line up that he used against Kazakhstan on Friday. He went on to say he could make changes in the match if he needs too...

Turkey will try to pack in in the midfield with experience players like Emre Belezoglu, Tuncay Sanli, Hamit Altintop and Mehmet Aurelio.

The defense will be all Galatasaray four and new addition from Turkish Champs Bursaspor Omer Erdogan.

In goal, young energetic keeper Onur Kivrak from Trabzonspor will take the mountain.

Up front, we will see Nihat Kahveci and Semih Senturk....

On the other hand , There is a coach who knows Turkish football and Turkish football player well... his name is Georges Leekens...

He coached many year Trabzonspor in Turkey!

Belgium lost to Germany 1-0 at home on Friday.

They would not want to lose this match and be pointless after two matches..

That is why Young and talented Belgium team, will put up a big fight against Turkey, in my opinion...


George Leekens said he is Hopeful they will win this match with 2-1 score against Turkey!


Belgium team has a rock solid defense and midfield and they run like a horse,,,

It will be good match who ever manages the ninety minutes well and stays with the game plan will win the match in my opinion!

The only thing will make a difference is the home crowed...

It will be pack full Sukru Saracoglu stadium on Tuesday night...

The match will be broadcast by NTV in Turkey,

Turkey vs Belgium is scheduled to kick off at 2:00pm EST on Tuesday.

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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

Kazakhstan vs Turkey .....Live

Kazakhstan vs Turkey .....Live

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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.