TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE WEEK: 6 ,PREVIEW

Bursaspor kicks off week six......



The 6th weekend opens with Turkish Super League Leader Bursaspor against Bucasspor on Friday night in Bursa, Turkey.


The top team in the league , closed the 5th weekend after referee called off the match in Gazinatep because of linesman getting hit on a head with a object after Bursaspor scored a goal.Turkish Football Federation will make a decision soon .

So. The top team Bursaspor having one match on hand still front of Trabzon,Besiktas and Kayserispor with 2 points...

With a win on Friday night in Bursa with a home crowd , they could open the gap to 5 point!


Bucaspor is the new kid on the block ....

They won only one match in five matches and tied two and lost two...

They are brand new team and trying to be a total team!

Turkey's only team in the UEFA's Champions League competition, Bursaspor will have Rangers match on their mind too.

Bursaspor will play their second CL match on September 29th in Glasgow , Scotland against Rangers team.

Bursaspor should pass Bucaspor easily, but Bucaspor has some scoring powers!

Bucasspor's two losses were against Besiktas and Galatasaray with narrow margin scores...

In the last five matches, Bucaspor only scored 4 goals and allowed 4 goals...

On the other hand , Champions Bursaspor, scored 7 goals in 4 matches not counting the last week's goal and allowed only one goal...

Friday’s Bursaspor v Bucaspor match will start at 8 p.m.local time (13:00 ET)

SATURDAY.....

On Saturday there are three matches in the league...

In Ankara, two of the Ankara's teams Ankaragucu and Genclerbirligi will face each other..

Ankaragucu has 7 points in 5 matches while Gencler has only 5 points in five matches

This will be hard fought match between two clubs...


Also on Saturday , Eskisehirspor will host Gaziantepspor in the 6th week...

Eskisehirspor has only 2 points and they are second from bottom of the barrel!


Gaziantep also is hurting for points too..

Just like the match in Ankara this match will be hard fought match too..

Saturday's other match will be between Besiktas and Antalyaspor in Istanbul..

Besiktas has to win this match...

On the other hand Antalyaspor, will not be easy team to beat..

Antalyaspor earned 8 points in the last five matches in the league!

Besiktas sit on third place with 10 points,,

With a win they could well be on top of the league if Bursaspor does not win on Friday night..........

Sunday.....

There are four matches on Sunday and all of the four matches will be "crunch time" games!

Here is why....

Kayseri at home against Trabzonspor.........

They both have 10 points!

Galatasaray will host Istanbul BuyukSehir .....

They both have 9 points!

Manisaspor v Sivasspor...................

Manisa have only 3 points while Sivasspor have 5 points...

Konyaspor v Karabukspor match will also be very important match for Konyaspor to get out the danger zone in the league!

But, Karabukspor who has 9 points would want to win this match to stay on top,also!

With high power scoring machine, Emmanuel Emenike, look for Karbukspor to win this match...


Sunday matches, will probably be the most exciting matches of all of them....

Just look at the line up.....


Second place team Trabzonspor will face fourth place team Kayserispor ,with 10 points in Kayseri!


Fifth place team BuyukSehir, who has 9 points will face seventh place Galatasaray who has same points in Ali Samiyen Stadium !


These two matches and Konyaspor v Karabukspor match, will change out come of the standings on top!

The winner will move on losers will stall and a draw will keep all of them same..


Turkish SPOR TOTO Super League will close on Monday night in Istanbul, with Kasimpasa- Fenerbahce match.

The last place team Kasimpasa, who has only 2 points in the last five matches will face 9th place team Fenerbahce...

Fenerbahce with a win against Kasimpasa could reach to 10 points....

This could well be turning point for Fenerbahce and under-fire coach Aykut Kocaman!

Kasimpasa, is very week but they seem to play better against Fenerbahce all the time..


So, The 6th weekend matches will be hard fought matches......

Starting from Friday night with Bursaspor and ending on Monday night with Fenerbahce

matches all the point hungry teams will try to win their matches but, we should not
under estimate, the underdogs, this weekend!

Turkish Goalkeeper Volkan Demirel Tied The Not!

VOLKAN DEMIREL'S HAPPIEST DAY....

Turkish National team keeper and Fenerbahce's number one keeper signed the biggest signature of his life by marrying former Belgium beauty pageant winner Zeynep Kübra Sever in Ciragan Palace Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey.

His teammates from Turkish National team and Fenerbahce team and well known people from Turkish Football, attended his weeding on Tuesday night.

Fenerbahce President was Volkan Demirel's witness at the wedding signing ceremonies .

The Honeymoon have to wait until for the end of first half the season for Volkan Demirel and his new wife Zeynep Kübra Sever!

TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE WEEK: 5, REVIEW

As I mentioned in my preview article, there were many surprises and ugly scenes in the Turkish SPOR TOTO Super league too!


Last week, Turkish soccer was rocked by a bad news, coach getting stab during the match in the first division match in Turkey....

On Monday, all of the foreign media, was letting world know about the incident in Gazinatep !

The bad news travels pretty fast when this happens in Turkey....

The New York times even had carried the news...here is the New York Times news...

"A linesman in Gaziantep, Turkey, was injured when he was hit in the head by objects thrown onto the field, forcing a league match between Bursaspor and Gaziantepspor to be abandoned. The Turkish Football Federation said it was investigating."


I am very sorry to start to review of the 5th weekend with this ugly indecent...

But, All the world news agencies are talking about this ugly incident!

When this is going to stop in Turkish soccer?

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Now the review of the weekend......


Three team had a shot to claim the leagues top spot from Bursaspor, but they could not do it despite the match between Gazinatep and Bursaspor did not finish because of ugly incident after the ref called the match off!

On Friday Trabzon had a chance but they lost to the team that had zero points coming in to the match...

Instead, Trabzon lost at home with huge score against Manisaspor.

This was Manisaspor's first three points and win in the league...

With a new hired coach and last years leading goal scorer Makakula coming to Manisaspor, gave a fresh blood to the team.....

Makakula scored two while Canadian international player Josh Simpson scored one for Manisa...

Trabzonsspor only goal came by their midfielder Selcuk Inan....

Trabzonspor missed a very important chance to go on top with this loss!


On Saturday, Kayserispor had a chance to grab the lead but they also could not do it!

Kayserispor went down in Antalya against Medikal Park Antalyaspor with 2-1 score...



On Sunday, after Trabzon and Kayserispor pass the plate, Besiktas could not get a win in the derby match against Fenerbahce too..

They were lucky and smart to tied the match to collect one point.....


But, that was not enough to capture the top spot in the league...

In the derby match ,Besiktas looked very bad in the first half....

Huge mistake by Besiktas keeper Hakan Arikan and Besiktas defense, cost them a goal!

Fenerbahce's new transfer Mamadou Niang , scored the goal for Fenerbahce...

Fenerbahce just could not get the second goal after the first goal....

Fenerbahçe found more chances to increase it's lead but they could not do it..

That cost them the win in this match...

Coach Aykut Kocaman's wrong player subs did not help this too....


Taken Alex out of the match was wrong on his part!

In the second half Besiktas looked better the whole second half....

Besiktas coach made a smart move and put tall striker Bobo in to the match...

And that paid off for Besiktas and Because of Bobo, Besiktas earned penalty kick..


After Fenerbahce keeper Volkan Demirel brought down ,Bobo in the box , the referee called the penalty kick and Guti took the penalty and he scored...

In this match, Besiktas keeper Hakan Arikan left the field on a stretcher with a concussion and young Cenk Gonen took his place...

A draw was good for Besiktas but not good for Fenerbahce.....

After the match Kocaman said "Seven points in five games, that is definitely undesirable. I don’t think any Fenerbahçe fans can accept that.”

Also on Sunday,Karabuk thrashed Genclerbirligi 3-0, thanks to Emmanuel Emenike, while Istanbul BuyukSehir beat Konyaspor with one goal.


Galatasaray wins their back to back third match....

On Sunday Galatasaray , after losing the first two matches in the league they manage to win their last three matches with narrow scores!

They did that again in Izmir on Sunday...

They beat Bucaspor with midfielder Ayhan Akman’s goal ....

Galatasaray climb to seventh place in the Turkish Super League...

Elsewhere on Sunday, Sivasspor drew Eskisehirspor 1-1, Ankaragucü defeated Kasımpasa 3-0


UGLY MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL............

Turkish Super league's top team Bursaspor traveled to Gaziantep to play Gazinatepspor on a Monday night football match, but the match was stopped by referee, after linesman was injured .

The incident occurred after Bursaspor scored against home team Gaziantepspor in the 56th minute to lead 1-0.

Bursaspor is the only teams who represent Turkey in the Champions League this season.

So, while all of the teams played their fifth weekend matches, Bursaspor and Gaziantep has to wait for the decison to come form Turkish Football federation...

You could bet your bottom dollars, Bursaspor will earn thee points out of this match!

Bursaspor still on top of the Turkish Spor Toto Super League with 12 points despite the Monday night match that did not finish...

This coming Friday, Bursaspor will host Bucaspor at home in the 6th weekend opining match...

If Bursaspor beats Bucaspor at home ,they will still be on top of the Turkish Super League...


Standings..............

1 Bursaspor 4 4 0 0 7-1 12
2 Trabzonspor 5 3 1 1 12-6 10
3 Besiktas 5 3 1 1 10-4 10
4 Kayserispor 5 3 1 1 7-3 10
5 Buyuksehir 5 3 0 2 7-5 9
6 Karabukspor 5 3 0 2 8-7 9
7 Galatasaray 5 3 0 2 6-5 9
8 Antalyaspor 5 2 2 1 5-7 8
9 Fenerbahce 5 2 1 2 11-8 7
10 Ankaragucu 5 2 1 2 7-7 7
11 Bucaspor 5 1 2 2 4-4 5
12 Konyaspor 5 1 2 2 5-6 5
13 Genclerbirligi 5 1 2 2 3-7 5
14 Sivasspor 5 1 2 2 5-11 5
15 Gaziantepspor 4 0 3 1 2-3 3
16 Manisaspor 5 1 0 4 7-12 3
17 Eskisehirspor 5 0 2 3 4-8 2
18 Kasimpasa 5 0 2 3 2-8 2


Next week matches......

24 Sep 2010
19:00 CET Bursaspor ? : ? Bucaspor

25 Sep 2010
14:30 CET Genclerbirligi ? : ? Ankaragucu
18:00 CET Besiktas ? : ? Antalyaspor
18:00 CET Eskisehirspor ? : ? Gaziantepspor

26 Sep 2010
14:30 CET Kayserispor ? : ? Trabzonspor
14:30 CET Konyaspor ? : ? Karabukspor
18:00 CET Galatasaray ? : ? Buyuksehir
18:00 CET Manisaspor ? : ? Sivasspor

27 Sep 2010
19:00 CET Kasimpasa ? : ? Fenerbahce

FENERBAHCE 1 - 1 BESIKTAS FULL HIGHLIGHTS [GENIS OZET] HD 19 EYLUL 2010

FENERBAHCE AND BESIKTAS SHARE TH POINTS IN KADIKOY, ISTANBUL.....

Guti's late penalty denied Fenerbahce all three points, but it was not enough to give Besiktas a share of first place in the Turkish Super League...



Mamadou Niang opened the scoring after 26 minutes for Fener, a lead which they held for an hour before Guti converted from the spot to earn his side a point.

A win would have taken Besiktas level with Bursaspor at the top of the table but, as it is, the leaders will take a two-point cushion into their game in hand at Gaziantepspor tomorrow.

TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE WEEK 5 ,PREVIEW

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

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

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.