Turkish "SPORTOTO" Super League will start the fifth week with a bang and will end the weekend on Monday with a bang too!
The second place Trabzonspor will open the weekend on Friday, at home against Manissaspor ,the team who is desperate for points, after they sacked their old coach and hired well know retread coach Hikmet Karaman.
But, a win will put Trabzonspor on on top of the Turkish Super League with 13 points until Monday night, when Bursaspor will face Gaziantep, in away match!
Perhaps, The biggest match of the 5th weekend, will take place in Kadikoy, between Fenerbahce and Besiktas..
Fenerbahce have been struggling in the Turkish league after disaster matches in Europe.
On the other hand, Besiktas, who is the only team that advanced to the Euro Group matches from Turkey, just came out of, very important match against CSK Sofia on Thursday, with a last minute struck!
Besiktas has the morale.....................
But, Fenerbahce will have the 12th man advantage in Kadikoy....
As far as the teams as a "Total Football Team," Besiktas looks better, on a paper..
Fenerbahce's former General Manager now coach Aykut Kocaman, is under fire ...
This will be very crucial match for him!
A win against Besiktas will only delay his departure....
A loss will cost him his job!
If Fenerbahce wins on Sunday they will be right behind Besiktas with 9 points..
A draw will be good for Besiktas....
On Saturday, There are four matches in the Turkish Super League...
Galatasaray will travel to Izmir, to play Bucaspor and third place team Kayserispor who is same points with Trabzonspor , will face Antalyaspor in Antalya.
Also on Saturday, Sivasspor will host Eskisehirspor and Ankaragucu will be home against Kasimpasa...
If we sum up the Saturday's preview, Galatasaray with a win could be right back in the race a loss of points will cost Galatasaray!
They need a big win in Izmir on Saturday.....
Kayserispor with a win, could capture the second place or first place depending on what will Trabzonspor do on Friday night...
Keep in mind, the other teams playing on Saturday are desperate for points this could be very "Upset Saturday" scores in the league.....
On Sunday, Karabuk will face Genclerbirligi at home and Istanbul BuyukSehir will host Konyaspor in a empty stadium with no fans!
As I mentioned before, Sunday's Derby match will take place between Fenerbahce and Besiktas too...
On Monday, Bursaspor will close the curtain in away match, against Gazinatepspor...
After horrible score and loss in the Champions League match Bursaspor will try to rebound....
But as many teams in the league Gazinatepspor is also desperate for points in the league too..
It will be very though match for Bursaspor on Monday night in Gaziantep...
If they win, they will still hold on to the lead with a perfect record in the Turkish SPOR TOTO Super League..
Could they do it?....
It will be very hard.....
Look for a lot of surprise scores in the league this weekend.
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1 Bursaspor 4 4 0 0 7-1 12
2 Trabzonspor 4 3 1 0 11-3 10
3 Kayserispor 4 3 1 0 6-1 10
4 Besiktas 4 3 0 1 9-3 9
5 Fenerbahce 4 2 0 2 10-7 6
6 Buyuksehir 4 2 0 2 6-5 6
7 Galatasaray 4 2 0 2 5-5 6
8 Karabukspor 4 2 0 2 5-7 6
9 Bucaspor 4 1 2 1 4-3 5
10 Konyaspor 4 1 2 1 5-5 5
11 Genclerbirligi 4 1 2 1 3-4 5
12 Antalyaspor 4 1 2 1 3-6 5
13 Ankaragucu 4 1 1 2 4-7 4
14 Sivasspor 4 1 1 2 4-10 4
15 Gaziantepspor 4 0 3 1 2-3 3
16 Kasimpasa 4 0 2 2 2-5 2
17 Eskisehirspor 4 0 1 3 3-7 1
18 Manisaspor 4 0 0 4 4-11 0
Friday, September 17, 2010
LATE AND VERY IMPORTANT WIN FOR BESIKTAS
Besiktas' Fabian Ernst celebrates after scoring a goal against CSKA Sofia during their Europa League Group L soccer match in Istanbul.(PHOTO BY REUTERS)
The only team from Turkey, who is left in the Euro league group competition Besiktas won the hard way, against CSK Sofia with a last minute goal before the Sunday big show down against Fenerbahce..
This was very important win for Besiktas team to start the group matches with a win in the Group L.
Fabian Ernst's last-minute header earned Besiktas a home victory....
Besiktas of Turkey struggled to create much for large parts but they started to click after Ricardo Quaresma came in to the match around 60th minute.
Quaresma's first action was to swing in a cross which CSKA goalkeeper Rais M'Bohli held well.
Besiktas started to string chances together but Tabata was unable to beat CSK Sofia keeeper from 12 yards....
Besiktas kept the pressure with Hilbert shooting over before a long-range shot from Quaresma was cleared by the opponent defender...
The pressure finally paid out in the 90th minute when Quaresma was brought down by defender Yanchev and Ernst made the decisive touch from Guti's free-kick to score golden last minute goal for Besiktas.
Besiktas Hakan Arikan, Ekrem Dag, Zapotocny, Ferrari ( Ibrahim Toraman 37), Ibrahim Uzulmez, Guti, Ernst, Hilbert, Rodrigo Tabata (Bobo 73), Holosko (Quaresma 59), Nobre.
Subs Not Used: Rustu Recber, Nihat Kahveci,Uysal, Aurelio.
Goals: Ernst 90.
CSKA Sofia M'Bohli, Stoyanov, Vidanov, Aquaro, Trifonov, Tiero (Galchev 46), Yanchev, Marquinhos, Tonev (Trecarichi 59), Sheridan, Nelson (Saidhodzha 80).
Subs Not Used: Chavdarov, Kostadinov, Delev, Tiboni.
Booked: Stoyanov.
Att: 28,000
Ref: Laurent Duhamel (France).
2010 First Round - Group L
CLUB GP W D L Pts GD
FC Porto 1 1 0 0 3 3
Besiktas 1 1 0 0 3 1
CSKA Sofia 1 0 0 1 0 -1
Rapid Vienna 1 0 0 1 0 -3
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
German Football Federation has concerns about Turkey match
According to AFP (Agence France-Presse news agency )German Football Federation officials are concerned over the security measures needed to contain the thousands of Turkey fans expected to show when the sides play a EURO 2012 qualifier next month.
As you well know Germany will host Turkish National team on October 8th in Berlin, Germany.
Group A leader Germany hosts Turkey at Berlin's Olympic Stadium, which has a capacity of 74,000, on Oct. 8.
Turkish federation will receive an official quota of 11,500 tickets but according to report, German Football Federation officila thinks this number could reach to 30,000!
AS we know, There is a large Turkish population living in Germany and Berlin too..
"This match is more difficult to organize than a World Cup final,” DFB Secretary General Wolfgang Nierrsbach told Sport Bild weekly.
As you well know Germany will host Turkish National team on October 8th in Berlin, Germany.
Group A leader Germany hosts Turkey at Berlin's Olympic Stadium, which has a capacity of 74,000, on Oct. 8.
Turkish federation will receive an official quota of 11,500 tickets but according to report, German Football Federation officila thinks this number could reach to 30,000!
AS we know, There is a large Turkish population living in Germany and Berlin too..
"This match is more difficult to organize than a World Cup final,” DFB Secretary General Wolfgang Nierrsbach told Sport Bild weekly.
Besiktas ready for Europa League and CSKA Sofia
The only Turkish team who qualified to play in the Europa League group stages, Besiktas is ready to take the first step in the group , against CSK Sofia on Thursday in Istanbul.
Besiktas with a good start to the season with five wins and a draw in six games during the preliminary round of the Europa League, and three victories in four games in the Spor Toto Super League.
Besiktas's main injury concern is winger Ricardo Quaresma, who scored three goals in qualifying, with Schuster to decide whether to rest the tricky Portuguese ahead of the derby match against Fenerbahce.
Besiktas is the favorite to open their campaign with victory against the Bulgarians, who have struggled so far this season in their domestic league.
Besiktas midfielder Rodrigo Tabata is sure his side will be focused on their Europa League opener against CSKA Sofia, despite their weekend derby against Fenerbahce looming large.
"The derby has arrived in a difficult time and our rivals will know that," the Brazilian said.
"The derby will be a great weekend, there is no doubt, and we want to win that game.
"We have important matches in the league and in Europe and we know what we must do.
"First we have CSKA Sofia and we want to make a good start.
"It is one of our objectives to do well in Europe and if we want to fulfil that we need to finish this game with a victory."
Kick off time for Besiktas v CSK Sofia match is at 10:05 local time (5 PM,ET)
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
HISTORY WILL TAKE PLACE IN BURSA,TURKEY
Bursaspor vs Valencia preview.....
First ever UEFA's Champions League match for city of Bursa ,Turkey and Bursaspor and their fans....
The city of Bursa will welcome Valencia team in their first match....
Bursaspor have played only eight European matches, have won just two, have lost all their last four without scoring and have failed to score in six of their eight games.
They last played in the 1986-87 Cup Winners Cup when they lost home and away to Ajax Amsterdam in the first round.
Valencia lost on their last visit to Turkey, going down 1-0 to Genclerbirligi in the 2003-04 Uefa Cup .
Bursaspor may not have the European history of the other teams in their group, but Valencia coach Unai Emery insists his side will not be treating them lightly.
"They were a little-known team, but the champions of the Turkish league are no longer that. We have the utmost respect for them. With all that we've seen we feel they are a great team," said Emery.
Valencia have Turkish midfielder Mehmet Topal, who should know plenty about Bursaspor having spent the last four seasons at Turkish giants Galatasaray before switching to Spain this summer.
The Turkey international said: "The Bursaspor fans will be their 12th player, they keep going throughout the match, but there's no need to take this as a disadvantage, only that Valencia will have to go out and do their jobs to win.
"Bursaspor have good players but the squad is very good, we need to take care with the whole team, not any specific individual."
Topal added: "All the teams in the Champions League are very strong, but Valencia would like to get through the group and we will do everything we can to win."
Bursaspor coach ERtugrul Saglam's remarks.....
"Valencia have been strong at European level for many years and they won't be easy opponents. They lost some important players from last season but replaced them with new ones and as far as we can see from the analysis, they are a 'system team' who can play good team football. It'll be an extremely competitive game and Valencia can be seen as favourites but we want to make a bright start. The favourites do not win all the time and we'll try to show this. We'll face Valencia without changing the system which took us to success last season.
You need to have physical abilities in order to win games like this and we have this quality. We'll use this as an advantage tomorrow. When you look at Valencia, there are talented players like Joaquín Sánchez, Vicente Rodríguez, Juan Mata and Aritz Aduriz. When you look at us, you see Ozan İpek, Pablo Batalla, Sercan Yıldırım, Federico Insúa and Ivan Ergić. In my eyes, they have the same quality. "
He went on to say, “We want to make a good start to the Champions League. We want to represent our country well in that tournament, since we are the only Turkish outfit in the competition. And we want to get our first points in that match.”
Can they do it?
They have a great chance to start this historical day in front of their own fans..
I believe they could do it , if they believed in it...
First ever UEFA's Champions League match for city of Bursa ,Turkey and Bursaspor and their fans....
The city of Bursa will welcome Valencia team in their first match....
Bursaspor have played only eight European matches, have won just two, have lost all their last four without scoring and have failed to score in six of their eight games.
They last played in the 1986-87 Cup Winners Cup when they lost home and away to Ajax Amsterdam in the first round.
Valencia lost on their last visit to Turkey, going down 1-0 to Genclerbirligi in the 2003-04 Uefa Cup .
Bursaspor may not have the European history of the other teams in their group, but Valencia coach Unai Emery insists his side will not be treating them lightly.
"They were a little-known team, but the champions of the Turkish league are no longer that. We have the utmost respect for them. With all that we've seen we feel they are a great team," said Emery.
Valencia have Turkish midfielder Mehmet Topal, who should know plenty about Bursaspor having spent the last four seasons at Turkish giants Galatasaray before switching to Spain this summer.
The Turkey international said: "The Bursaspor fans will be their 12th player, they keep going throughout the match, but there's no need to take this as a disadvantage, only that Valencia will have to go out and do their jobs to win.
"Bursaspor have good players but the squad is very good, we need to take care with the whole team, not any specific individual."
Topal added: "All the teams in the Champions League are very strong, but Valencia would like to get through the group and we will do everything we can to win."
Bursaspor coach ERtugrul Saglam's remarks.....
"Valencia have been strong at European level for many years and they won't be easy opponents. They lost some important players from last season but replaced them with new ones and as far as we can see from the analysis, they are a 'system team' who can play good team football. It'll be an extremely competitive game and Valencia can be seen as favourites but we want to make a bright start. The favourites do not win all the time and we'll try to show this. We'll face Valencia without changing the system which took us to success last season.
You need to have physical abilities in order to win games like this and we have this quality. We'll use this as an advantage tomorrow. When you look at Valencia, there are talented players like Joaquín Sánchez, Vicente Rodríguez, Juan Mata and Aritz Aduriz. When you look at us, you see Ozan İpek, Pablo Batalla, Sercan Yıldırım, Federico Insúa and Ivan Ergić. In my eyes, they have the same quality. "
He went on to say, “We want to make a good start to the Champions League. We want to represent our country well in that tournament, since we are the only Turkish outfit in the competition. And we want to get our first points in that match.”
Can they do it?
They have a great chance to start this historical day in front of their own fans..
I believe they could do it , if they believed in it...
TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE REVIEW , WEEK 4
Bursaspor won four in a row....
On Friday, Turkey's only team who will play in the Champions League compitition Bursaspor won at home against Eskisehirspor...
Bursaspor maintained their early lead with a 2-1 victory against Eskisehirspor.
However, the defending champions had to come from behind to achieve the win.
Sezer Ozturk (19) had put Eskisehir in front early on and the response was slow in coming. However, substitute Leonal Nunez tied the match in the 71st-minute and than Sercan Yildirim struck a winner five minutes later.
Bursaspor will play their first ever CL match in front of their fans on Tuesday night against Valencia of Spain.
On Saturday,Kayserispor won, with a 2-0 home victory over Fenerbahce....
Jonathan Santana and Furkan Ozcal scored in the 67 and 68 minutes and Kayserispor remained unbeaten with 10 points from four games.
Besiktas are just a point further back in third after they trashed Ankaragucu 4-0.
Bobo scored either side of half-time with Ibrahim Toraman and Mert Nobre also
weighing in with second-half strikes.
Antalyaspor won their first match this season after a Necati Ates brace helped them to a comeback 2-1 win at pointless Manisaspor.
Eren Aydin opened the scoring after 26 minutes but the hosts were left still searching for their first point as Ates struck after 67 and 71 minutes.
Manisaspor just hired Hikmet Karaman to coach the team after they sacked their current coach.
Substitute Hakan Aslantas' 67th-minute equaliser helped Konyaspor to a 1-1 home draw with Bucaspor. Orhan Ak scored Bucasspor goal after nine minutes.
TRABZONSPOR RECAPTURES THE SECOND PLACE WITH A BIG WIN.....
Trabzonspor took the second place from Kayserispo after a huge win against Sivasspor and thrashing them with 6-1 score....
Ibrahima Yattara scored twice in four minutes just after the half-hour mark, and Selcuk Inan added a third before half-time.
Cihan Yilmaz got one back for Sivasspor two minutes after the re-start, but a quick brace from Teofilo Gutierrez ended any thoughts of a fightback.
Sivasspor then had Sedat Bayrak dismissed for a second yellow card before Burak Yilmaz completed the scoring late on.
GALATASARAY WINS BACK TO BACK.....
Galatasaray earned their second win, as Harry Kewell's penalty earned then a 1-0 win over Gaziantepspor.
Orhan Sam struck seven minutes from time to give Genclerbirligi a 2-1 win over Istanbul Buyuksehir.
After fourth week Bursaspor still on top with perfect record and they have 12 points.
Trabzonspor on second with 10 and Kayserispor on third with same points...
Besiktas on fourth with 9 points...
There are four teams with 6 points in the standings....
Fenerbahce(5), Buyuksehir(6), Galatasaray(7) and Karabukspor(8).....
Next weekends most important match will be between Fenerbahce and Besiktas on Sunday night in the Sukru Saracoglu stadium in Kadikoy,Istanbul.
If Fener wins this match they will even the points with Besiktas....
But, a loss or a draw could spell danger for Fenerbahce coach Aykut Kocaman....
Under fire coach might not see the sixth week if Fenerbahace lose this match...
Here is the week 5 match schedule....
17 Sep 2010
19:00 CET Trabzonspor ? : ? Manisaspor
18 Sep 2010
17:00 CET Ankaragucu ? : ? Kasimpasa
17:00 CET Sivasspor ? : ? Eskisehirspor
19:30 CET Antalyaspor ? : ? Kayserispor
19:30 CET Bucaspor ? : ? Galatasaray
19 Sep 2010
17:00 CET Karabukspor ? : ? Genclerbirligi
19:00 CET Fenerbahce ? : ? Besiktas
19:30 CET Buyuksehir ? : ? Konyaspor
20 Sep 2010
19:00 CET Gaziantepspor ? : ? Bursaspor
Standings....
1 Bursaspor 4 4 0 0 7-1 12
2 Trabzonspor 4 3 1 0 11-3 10
3 Kayserispor 4 3 1 0 6-1 10
4 Besiktas 4 3 0 1 9-3 9
5 Fenerbahce 4 2 0 2 10-7 6
6 Buyuksehir 4 2 0 2 6-5 6
7 Galatasaray 4 2 0 2 5-5 6
8 Karabukspor 4 2 0 2 5-7 6
9 Bucaspor 4 1 2 1 4-3 5
10 Konyaspor 4 1 2 1 5-5 5
11 Genclerbirligi 4 1 2 1 3-4 5
12 Antalyaspor 4 1 2 1 3-6 5
13 Ankaragucu 4 1 1 2 4-7 4
14 Sivasspor 4 1 1 2 4-10 4
15 Gaziantepspor 4 0 3 1 2-3 3
16 Kasimpasa 4 0 2 2 2-5 2
17 Eskisehirspor 4 0 1 3 3-7 1
18 Manisaspor 4 0 0 4 4-11 0
On Friday, Turkey's only team who will play in the Champions League compitition Bursaspor won at home against Eskisehirspor...
Bursaspor maintained their early lead with a 2-1 victory against Eskisehirspor.
However, the defending champions had to come from behind to achieve the win.
Sezer Ozturk (19) had put Eskisehir in front early on and the response was slow in coming. However, substitute Leonal Nunez tied the match in the 71st-minute and than Sercan Yildirim struck a winner five minutes later.
Bursaspor will play their first ever CL match in front of their fans on Tuesday night against Valencia of Spain.
On Saturday,Kayserispor won, with a 2-0 home victory over Fenerbahce....
Jonathan Santana and Furkan Ozcal scored in the 67 and 68 minutes and Kayserispor remained unbeaten with 10 points from four games.
Besiktas are just a point further back in third after they trashed Ankaragucu 4-0.
Bobo scored either side of half-time with Ibrahim Toraman and Mert Nobre also
weighing in with second-half strikes.
Antalyaspor won their first match this season after a Necati Ates brace helped them to a comeback 2-1 win at pointless Manisaspor.
Eren Aydin opened the scoring after 26 minutes but the hosts were left still searching for their first point as Ates struck after 67 and 71 minutes.
Manisaspor just hired Hikmet Karaman to coach the team after they sacked their current coach.
Substitute Hakan Aslantas' 67th-minute equaliser helped Konyaspor to a 1-1 home draw with Bucaspor. Orhan Ak scored Bucasspor goal after nine minutes.
TRABZONSPOR RECAPTURES THE SECOND PLACE WITH A BIG WIN.....
Trabzonspor took the second place from Kayserispo after a huge win against Sivasspor and thrashing them with 6-1 score....
Ibrahima Yattara scored twice in four minutes just after the half-hour mark, and Selcuk Inan added a third before half-time.
Cihan Yilmaz got one back for Sivasspor two minutes after the re-start, but a quick brace from Teofilo Gutierrez ended any thoughts of a fightback.
Sivasspor then had Sedat Bayrak dismissed for a second yellow card before Burak Yilmaz completed the scoring late on.
GALATASARAY WINS BACK TO BACK.....
Galatasaray earned their second win, as Harry Kewell's penalty earned then a 1-0 win over Gaziantepspor.
Orhan Sam struck seven minutes from time to give Genclerbirligi a 2-1 win over Istanbul Buyuksehir.
After fourth week Bursaspor still on top with perfect record and they have 12 points.
Trabzonspor on second with 10 and Kayserispor on third with same points...
Besiktas on fourth with 9 points...
There are four teams with 6 points in the standings....
Fenerbahce(5), Buyuksehir(6), Galatasaray(7) and Karabukspor(8).....
Next weekends most important match will be between Fenerbahce and Besiktas on Sunday night in the Sukru Saracoglu stadium in Kadikoy,Istanbul.
If Fener wins this match they will even the points with Besiktas....
But, a loss or a draw could spell danger for Fenerbahce coach Aykut Kocaman....
Under fire coach might not see the sixth week if Fenerbahace lose this match...
Here is the week 5 match schedule....
17 Sep 2010
19:00 CET Trabzonspor ? : ? Manisaspor
18 Sep 2010
17:00 CET Ankaragucu ? : ? Kasimpasa
17:00 CET Sivasspor ? : ? Eskisehirspor
19:30 CET Antalyaspor ? : ? Kayserispor
19:30 CET Bucaspor ? : ? Galatasaray
19 Sep 2010
17:00 CET Karabukspor ? : ? Genclerbirligi
19:00 CET Fenerbahce ? : ? Besiktas
19:30 CET Buyuksehir ? : ? Konyaspor
20 Sep 2010
19:00 CET Gaziantepspor ? : ? Bursaspor
Standings....
1 Bursaspor 4 4 0 0 7-1 12
2 Trabzonspor 4 3 1 0 11-3 10
3 Kayserispor 4 3 1 0 6-1 10
4 Besiktas 4 3 0 1 9-3 9
5 Fenerbahce 4 2 0 2 10-7 6
6 Buyuksehir 4 2 0 2 6-5 6
7 Galatasaray 4 2 0 2 5-5 6
8 Karabukspor 4 2 0 2 5-7 6
9 Bucaspor 4 1 2 1 4-3 5
10 Konyaspor 4 1 2 1 5-5 5
11 Genclerbirligi 4 1 2 1 3-4 5
12 Antalyaspor 4 1 2 1 3-6 5
13 Ankaragucu 4 1 1 2 4-7 4
14 Sivasspor 4 1 1 2 4-10 4
15 Gaziantepspor 4 0 3 1 2-3 3
16 Kasimpasa 4 0 2 2 2-5 2
17 Eskisehirspor 4 0 1 3 3-7 1
18 Manisaspor 4 0 0 4 4-11 0
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