Rangers v Bursaspor 1-0 Highlights

Rangers at home beat Turkey's Bursaspor. with Steven Naismith's lone goal, 1-0 .

This was their first Champions League success in three long years.

On th other hand Bursaspor still looking for their first point and goal in the Champions League.

Bursaspor in their first Champions League campaign, are already cast in the role of whipping boys and Naismith's 18th minute strike looks to have largely confirmed the group as a three-horse race for qualification.


Bursapor rarely threatened, with their final glimmer of hope being a dangerously-positioned free kick in the last seconds that was easily cleared by the staunch Rangers defense.


Sercan Yildirim was the closest to finding an equaliser with a volley that flew just wide of Allan McGregor's goal.


Bursaspor suffered a 4-0 defeat at home to Valencia in their first ever Champions League match and with no points from their opening two games, their hopes of progression are undeniably bleak already.

Coach Ertugrul Saglam,feels his side are showing signs that they can be quick learners at this level.

"Our second-half performance is an indication of how we're able to perform in this competition.

"We're a very inexperienced team and it's our first time in Europe for about 30 years but we are starting to find the rhythm of the Champions League."

Bursaspor will not were Celtic uniform!

No green-and-white hooped strip,uniforms for Bursaspor at Ibrox...


Bursaspor coach Ertugrul Saglam will not inflame the situation ahead of their Champions League clash at Rangers.

Bursaspor will not wear their green-and-white hooped strip, similar to that of the Govan club's Old Firm rivals Celtic.

Instead, the visitors will settle for an 'Ajax style' outfit in the club's traditional colours.

Coach of Bursaspor Ertugrul Saglam said: "We we will wear our Ajax-type strip, the same as we did against Valencia.

"We expect to see controlled aggression from our players but there is no need to increase tension in important matches such as this.

"Last year, we didn't win only the league title but also the Fair Play league. We believe in those principles.

"We want to play hard and play to the maximum with controlled aggression, but without any unnecessary provocation. That is our way."



On the other hand, Rangers manager Walter Smith insists Bursaspor should not be written off simply because they are one of the lesser known teams in the Champions League this season.

Smith said,"If we were playing Galatasaray or Fenerbahce or Besiktas, then everyone would say it would be a really difficult game. Bursaspor have shown to be better than those sides over the last year or so and that's the standard they are at."


He also said, "They lost their first game at home to Valencia, I watched the game and it wasn't a game that you would say was a 4-0 game."

Historical task for Turkish referee Cuneyt Cakır

Turkish referee Cüneyt Cakir will referee Wednesday’s Champions League match between Russians Rubin Kazan and FC Barcelona.

It is historic for Turkish referee's because After 12 years, Turkish referee team, will ref in the Champions League match!

Cakir assistant; will be Tarik Ongun ,Bahattin Duran, Firat Aydinus ,Tolga Ozkalfa.

Fourth referee will be Suleyman Abay.

As you probably know there are two extra line referees in the Champions League matches this season.


Cuneyt Cakir,34, was promoted to UEFA’s third tier of international refs just this year [Premier Development category].



Cuneyt Cakir has only a few international matches under his belt, the most prestigious of them being last year’s Europa League semi-final between Hamburg and Fulham.

12 years ago in November 1998 ,Turkish referee Oguz Sarvan, referee the Bayern Munich-Brondby match.

Ahmet Cakar was the first Turkish referee to referee a Champions League match back in 1995.

March 1st of 1995, Ahmet Cakar referee the match between Milan v Benfica quarter final match.

FENERBAHCE MOVES TO SIXTH PLACE IN TURKEY

Fenerbahce got out of the blues and they won a thrilling match 6-2 at Kasimpasa with Senegalese forward Mamadou Niang firing a hat-trick. The win took Fenerbahce to sixth place after six games, above Karabukspor on goal difference with 10 points.

Kasimpasa took the lead after five minutes through Sahin Aygunes but a 16th-minute Alex penalty drew Fener level. Emre Belozoglu put them in front after 20 minutes and Niang netted his first in the 23rd.

Kasimpasa ensured a half-time scoreline of 3-2 as Ersen Martin pulled one back two minutes later, but Fenerbahce pulled clear in the second half.

Former Marseille striker Niang scored his second and Fener's fourth in the 64th minute before Alex grabbed his second and Niang wrapped up his hat-trick in the final moments.

WATCH KASIMPASA V FENERBAHCE HIGLIGHTS AND NIANG'S HAT TRICK......

GALATASARAY MOVES TO THIRD IN TURKEY

MILAN BAROS HAT TRICK GAVE GALATASARAY THEIR FOURTH BACK TO BACK WIN....

CANADIAN NATIONAL PLAYER JOSH SIMPSON WHO PLAYS FOR MANISA ALSO HAD A HAT TRICK...


Milan Baros scored a hat-trick against Istanbul Buyuksehir and moved Galatasaray up to third in the Turkish "SPOR TOTO" super league.

After,Bursaspor and Besiktas won their match and in the earlier of the day Trabzon and Kayseri shared the points in Kayseri, Galatasaray come out in full force against Buyuksehir and scored two quick goal in the first fifteen minutes of the match...

Baros scored after five minutes and added a second from the penalty spot six minutes later. He completed his hat trick goal just before the half....

Herve Tum scored Istanbul Buyuksehir's only goal in the match....

After this win Galatasaray reached to 12 points one behind Besiktas who is in second place. Bursaspor on top of the Turkish Super league with 15 points and plus three points to came from suspended match.


The top three look like this at the end of the sixth weekend....
Bursaspor....Besiktas and Galatasaray...

After losing the first two matches in the league Rijkaard's Galatasaray is making stride with new player who are not hundred percent yet!

This was Galatasaray's fourth back to back win in theh league...

Also on Sunday, the team who did not have any points two weeks ago, Manisaspor came to life with their new coach Hikmet Karaman and won on Sunday again and beat Sivasspor 3- 0

Canadian International player Josh Simpson also had a hat trick in the Turkish Super League with Manisaspor....

Elsewhere on Sunday, two teams with 10 points Kayseri and Trabzon shared the points in Kayseri with no action..,..

Trabzonspor was man down last 10 minutes of the match when Giray Kacar recieved a red card.

Sixth-placed Karabukspor were held to a 2-2 draw at Konyaspor.

The sixth week in the Turkish Super League will close with Monday night match between Kasimpasa and Fenerbahce...

This match will take place in the Ali Samiyen Stadium...

Kasimpasa is the last team in the Turkish League...

Fenerbahce is at 10th place with 7 points...


This match will be a must win match for Fnerbhace if they want to catch up the teams that are running for the top spot...

With a win ,they could move to sixth place , one points behind Kayseri and Trabzon and two points behind Galatasaray.

That is why this will be very crucial match for Fenerbahce..



WATCH GALATASARAY V ISTANBUL BUYUKSEHIR MATCH HIGHLIGHTS AND MILAN BAROS HAT TRICK..




WATCH MANISA V SIVAS MATCH AND JOSH SIMPSON HAT TRICK........

BESIKTAS CAPTURES THE SECOND PLACE IN TURKEY

Besiktas beat Antalyaspor in the 90th minute goal,,,

It was all Besiktas in the match but not enough score from Besiktas,,,


Besiktas first scored in the 58th minute by Brazilian striker Bobo.

But, when everything was going good , Besiktas keeper Hakan Arikan, made a huge mistake by not communicating with his defense cost Besiktas a stupid goal!

By coming out and not timing his coming out , Hakan, almost cost the match for Besiktas!

After Hakan's huge mistake, Antalyaspor tied the match with Tita's goal, in the 67th minute...

Besiktas kept the pressure up and Holosko coming in the last three minutes of the match, gave chances for Besiktas, again

In the ninty minute, Besiktas found the second goal by Bobo again...

Bobo scored his second and Besiktas's second goal to win the match before going to

Viana. Besiktas will play against Austria Wien this coming Thursday in the UEFA's Europa League match...




With this win Besiktas captured the second place in the Turkish Spor Toto Super League with 13 points two points behind first place Bursaspor!

Also on Sunday, In Ankara, Genclerbirlgi beat Ankaragucu 1-0 and Eskisehirspor lost at home against Gaziantepspor with one goal.

This was Gaziantep's first win while Eskisehir still winless this season

Watch Besiktas v Antalyaspor match highlights........

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BURSASPOR OPENS THE GAP ON TOP OF TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE

Turkey' defending Champions Bursaspor made it five in a row, not counting the last weekend match.

They are still the only team with perfect record in the Turkish SPOR TOTO Super league after the sixth week....

On Friday, Bursaspor beat Bucaspor with only one goal but managed to walk out of the field with that score at the end of the match....

Bursaspor's goal came by Huseyin Cimsir in the fourth minute of the match....

Huseyin Cimsir has not scored a goal, since 2008 season in the Turkish Super League!

Bursaspor coach Ertugrul Saglam, made some gutsy moves and not started his starting keeper Ivankov after he was disappointed him against Valencia match...

He gave the starting job to young Turkish keeper Yavuz Ozkan....

He played good, except a couple mass up in the second half of the match...

Ertugrul Saglam also rested his starters because of Glasgow Rangers match in the Champions League match this coming Wendsday...


After this win, Bursaspor open the gap on top of the Turkish Super League..

Bursaspor with perfect record has 15 points and one game in the bank!


As I said in my 6th weekend preview article,this weekend matches, will be very hard fought matches...


Istanbul's big three's are feeling the heat from the Anatolian teams now!


Bursaspor will travel to Scotland to play in their second match in the Champions League against Rangers team...

Although Bursaspor havingg perfect record in Turkish League, they are not looking good in the Champions League!

After losing to Valencia at home with big score , they would need to at least get a draw in Scotland against Rangers...


Please read my sixth weekend preview article below link....

http://turkeyfootball.blogspot.com/2010/09/turkish-super-league-week-6-preview.html
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Referees
Hüseyin Göcek, Serkan Akal, Mehmet Metin, Volker Bayarslan

Bursaspor
Yavuz, Ali, Omar, Ibrahim, Vederson, Steinert (min. Insua 46), Hussein, Bekir Ozan, Ozan Ipek, Turgay (73m Volker), Nunez (min. 46 Sercan)

Bucaspor
Fernandes, Holly (73m Gomes), Tomas, Eaton, Mulemo, Ibrahim, Leko (min. 57 Ragip), Erkan, Emma (Dk.17 Mendy), Moses, Manucho

Goal
Min. 4 Hussein (Bursaspor)

Yellow cards
Min. 38 Hussein, Min. 61 Turgay, (Bursaspor), Min. 17 Abraham, Min. Leko 52, Min. 90 Fernandes (Bucaspor)