Turkish Super League Review, Week: 7

Who would it thought Trabzonspor would move to the second place in the Turkish Super League this weekend?



"A DOG RACE" ON THE TOP OF THE TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE.......

On Friday Galatasay losing against Karabuk and Saturday Kayseri and Fenerbahce winning and on Sunday, Trabzon beating Besiktas at home, cost all kinds of movement, on top of the Turkish Super League.,.,..

Turkish Super League leader Bursaspor, losing points in Istanbul against Buyuksehir, did close the gap between with other teams!


The race on top ,became a dog race for a lot of teams in Turkey.....


Bursaspor is the only team in Turkish Super League has not lost a match yet...

They still have the perfect record after seven matches....

But, a loss of points, close the gap , although, they might have three points, coming from suspending match against Gaziantep.

Turkish Football Federation will make a decision soon on this matter ,,,,


Looking at the seventh weekend, Trabzonspor and Fenerbahce teams were the biggest movers and shakers in the league!

Trabzonspor and Fenerbahce surpass their rivals Besiktas and Galatasaray in the standings after a very important wins....



On the bottom of the league, there are two teams hasn't wi=on a match yet..

Eskisehir and Kasimpasa is struggling very bad in the league!

After seventh week, the gap between first place and tenth place teams are so close...

The second place Trabzon and third place Kayseri dead luck with 14 points while Fenerbahce,Besiktas , Karabuk all at 13 points and Galatasaray 12, Antalya with 11, Ankaragucu with 10 and tenth place Buyuksehir with ten points,,,,,,,

The gap is getting narrower on top as we go further in the league and will get narrower in the future...

Bursaspor finished the seventh week on top with 16 points and three to be added!



This coming weekend there wont be any matches in the Turkish Super league because of the National team match...

Turkish National team will play against German National team in Berlin, Germany on October 8th, Saturday.


Here is the total scores from this weekend...

01 Oct 2010
FT Bucaspor 0 : 0 Eskisehirspor
FT Karabukspor 2 : 1 Galatasaray
02 Oct 2010
FT Ankaragucu 4 : 1 Konyaspor
FT Fenerbahce 3 : 0 Genclerbirligi
FT Manisaspor 0 : 1 Kayserispor
03 Oct 2010
FT Antalyaspor 3 : 1 Kasimpasa
FT Buyuksehir 0 : 0 Bursaspor
FT Sivasspor 1 : 1 Gaziantepspor
FT Trabzonspor 1 : 0 Besiktas


Standings.......

1 Bursaspor 6 5 1 0 8-1 16
2 Trabzonspor 7 4 2 1 13-6 14
3 Kayserispor 7 4 2 1 8-3 14
4 Fenerbahce 7 4 1 2 20-10 13
5 Besiktas 7 4 1 2 12-6 13
6 Karabukspor 7 4 1 2 12-10 13
7 Galatasaray 7 4 0 3 10-8 12
8 Antalyaspor 7 3 2 2 9-10 11
9 Ankaragucu 7 3 1 3 11-9 10
10 Buyuksehir 7 3 1 3 8-8 10
11 Genclerbirligi 7 2 2 3 4-10 8
12 Gaziantepspor 6 1 4 1 4-4 7
13 Bucaspor 7 1 3 3 4-5 6
14 Manisaspor 7 2 0 5 10-13 6
15 Konyaspor 7 1 3 3 8-12 6
16 Sivasspor 7 1 3 3 6-15 6
17 Eskisehirspor 7 0 3 4 4-9 3
18 Kasimpasa 7 0 2 5 5-17 2

GALATASARAY WENT DOWN IN KARABUK!

Karabukspor climbed to third place in the Turkish Spor Toto Super League as they beat Galatasaray 2-1.


Karbukspor stunned Galatasaray by taking a second-minute lead, Florin Cernat tucking away a penalty, and they pulled two goals clear after 11 minutes when Hakan Ozmert drilled home from 15 yards with the aid of a major deflection.

Galatasaray, who began the match in third place but now drop to fourth, pulled a goal back after 74 minutes when Baris Ozbek struck.

Second-bottom Eskisehirspor remain without a win after seven matches, drawing 0-0 away to Bucaspor in Friday'sother match.



On Saturday, In the early match Kayserispor could capture the second place from Besiktas if they win in Manisa...

Manissspor will host Kayserispor at home. Manisa is coming off a back to back two wins.

Kayserispor has eleven points going in to this match on Saturday..

In the two lates matches on Saturday, Ankaragucu will host Konyaspor in Ankara and Fenerbahce will be home against Gneclerbirligi.

If Fenerbahce wins on Saturday they will even the points with Besiktas and Karabukspor with 13 points!


Galatasaray after the loss against Karabukspor will be behind Karabuk in the standings. Galatasaray has 12 points after the seventh week....

On Sunday, League leader Bursaspor and second place Besiktas will have reay though matches...

Bursaspor will face Buyuksehir in Istanbul and Besiktas will be in Trabzon...

Besiktas and Trabzon will shout for win in this match..The winner will earns three golden points in the league...

Here is the top of the league looks like before the Saturday and Sunday matches....

Bursaspor with 13 points and plus one game in the bank, Besiktas with 13,Karabuk with 13 on third, Galatasaray on fourth with 12,Trabzonspor on fifth with 11 and Kayserispor also with 11 points on sixth.

Seventh place Fenerbahce and eight place Buyuksehir could move in the standing if they win their matches this weekend....

TURKISH SUPER LEAGUE WEEK: 7 ,PREVIEW

After European matches in the middle of the week for Besiktas and Bursasspor, attentions once again, turn to the Turkish Spor Toto Super League,,,


The seventh weekend will take a start with two matches on Friday ...


Izmir's only team in The Turkish Super League, Bucaspor will host Eskisehirspor at home.


And Turkish Giant's Galatasaray will travel to Karabuk to play very offensive mind team Karabukspor.



Frank Rijkaard's Galatasaray team has been moving in the standings with a win today they could reach league leader Bursaspor at 15 points....

As I was writing my blog, I just heard, Franks Rijaard's dear Father pass the way.

My condolences goes out tho the Frank Rijkaard family and Galatasaray club and their fans..



On Saturday, there are three matches...


Out of three the most important match is between Fenerbahce and Genclerbirligi..

With a win Fenerbahce also could move up in the league standings,,


Also on Saturday, Manisa will be home against Kayseri and Ankaragucu will host Konyaspor.


On Sunday, the match of the week will take place in Trabzon ,Turkey...

Besiktas will travel to Trabzon after beating Rapid Wien in the Europa League match.


But they won't have their star player Quarizma...

On the other hand Trabzonspor is struggling in the last two weeks..

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

A winner will have a big advantage in the standing.


On the other hand, the leaders of Turkish Super League, Bursaspor will travel to Istanbul to play Istanbul Buyuksehir.

Buyuksehir is coming off a huge loss to Galatasaray ...

And Bursaspor is little bit of tired mentally after losing their second match in the Champions League...

Buyuksehir is the the team gave a trouble to Bursa in the second half of the last season!


Which almost cost them the championship.....

Also , with that loss, they demolish the gap between Fenerbahce...

So, a loss in Istanbul for Bursaspor could just do that again, this time early in the season.. a win will separate them from the others in the league....

Elsewhere on Sunday, Sivasspor will host Gaziantep and Antalyaspor will be home against Kasimpasa.

The winners will simile and the losers will be going home with a sour face this weekend!

Lastly, there will be a movement on top of the league in my opinion...



See you next week....



01 Oct 2010
19:00 CET Bucaspor ? : ? Eskisehirspor
19:00 CET Karabukspor ? : ? Galatasaray

02 Oct 2010
14:30 CET Manisaspor ? : ? Kayserispor
18:00 CET Ankaragucu ? : ? Konyaspor
18:00 CET Fenerbahce ? : ? Genclerbirligi

03 Oct 2010
14:30 CET Buyuksehir ? : ? Bursaspor
14:30 CET Sivasspor ? : ? Gaziantepspor
18:00 CET Antalyaspor ? : ? Kasimpasa
18:00 CET Trabzonspor ? : ? Besiktas

Besiktas too strong for Rapid Wien

Besiktas came from behind to record a second successive win in Europa League Group L with a 2-1 victory over Rapid Wien.

Young Turkish players who plays for Rapid,Veli Kavlak, gave Rapid Vienna the lead but Filip Holosko - a first-half substitute for the injured Ricardo Quaresma - quickly equalised.

And Bobo grabbed the winner for Besiktas - who won their first game against CSKA Sofia courtesy of a last-minute goal - were victorious once more.

Besiktas started the brighter and Fabian Ernst shot over before Quaresma hit the upright with a curling effort from the left of the penalty area.

Stefan Hoffman skied Rapid's first effort over the bar and Christopher Trimmel followed suit before Quaresma's evening was ended early by injury, Holosko taking his place in the 32nd minute.

The newcomer's corner saw Matteo Ferrari draw a sharp save from Raimund Hedl, who then held Rodrigo Tabata's 25-yard effort.

Rapid picked up the pace at the start of the second period, with Atdhe Nuhiu firing wide before Kavlak broke the deadlock.

Yasin Pehlivan's cross was thumped home by his midfield colleague to give the hosts the advantage in the 51st minute - and Nuhiu almost added a second when his effort was punched clear by goalkeeper Hakan Arikan.

But, as it transpired, the lead would last just four minutes as Holosko found the net with a low left-footed finish from the left side of the box - and he hit the bar moments later as Besiktas pressed forward.

Nuhiu headed over at the other end, but Besiktas soon had the lead as Rodrigo Tabata played in Bobo, who finished coolly in the 64th minute.

Rapid introduced veteran striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink in their search for an equaliser and Hoffman's free-kick was headed over by Hamdi Salihi before Arikan saved from the Dutchman's header.

But Rapid were unable to get back on terms as Besiktas joined Porto with a perfect six-point record ahead of the two teams' upcoming double-header.


Latest news on Quaresma, he definitely wont play agaisnt Trabzonspor this weekend .

According to reports he could be out with injury for three to four weeks,,,,,

EKREM DAG: BESIKTAS MEAN BUSINESS

Besiktas' Austria international Ekrem Dag has warned the Turkish club expect to claim all three points from their Europa League trip to Rapid Vienna on Thursday.

Besiktas are in good form at present having gone unbeaten in six games in a run that included a 1-0 success over CSKA Sofia in their Group L opener a fortnight ago.

By contrast Rapid have struggled since they produced the shock of the final qualification round when they dumped out Aston Villa.

The capital club lost four consecutive games before their late 3-2 win over struggling Kapfenberg at the weekend.

They were also thrashed 3-0 in the Europa League opener by Porto and Dag, who will sit out the match with a toe injury, expects his visiting team to secure victory.

"We normally should win. The quality of our squad is very high," said Dag, who made his Austria debut earlier this year.

"A club with such a strong squad must make clear the only goal can be to make it into the knockout stage.

"Besiktas come to Vienna not to take one but three points. But we must not underestimate Rapid because they pulled off something extraordinary by kicking out Aston Villa."

Besiktas should be boosted by the return of veteran playmaker Guti, who missed the weekend's 2-1 win over Antalyaspor, while tricky Portuguese winger Ricardo Quaresma is also set to start after only coming on as a substitute against CSKA.

Rapid boss Peter Pacult is wary of the star names in the visiting line-up, but believes his side will face an easier task than their opener away to Porto.

"At Besiktas there are many quality players, but we will be playing in front of a sell-out crowd and that will help us step up our game," he said.

"When we went to Porto you could see that other nations are more secure on the ball, more peaceful than us.

"But Porto is certainly a step up from Besiktas."

Speaking about the possible return of former Real Madrid midfielder Guti, he added: "Physically he may not be the player that he once was, but his key strength is his eye for certain situations.

"Even if he is not the youngest, his quality is indisputable."

Rapid will still be without their own playmaker with Markus Heikkinen still recovering from meningitis while Stefan Kulovits is a doubt with an ankle injury.


SOURCE: 365 Media Group

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."